[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1351

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of 
   the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to make certain 
   improvements in managing TSA's employee misconduct, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2017

 Mr. Perry (for himself and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of 
   the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to make certain 
   improvements in managing TSA's employee misconduct, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Oversight of TSA 
Employee Misconduct Act''.

SEC. 2. TSA MISCONDUCT INSPECTION PLAN.

    (a) In General.--Section 44935 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second subsection (i) (relating to 
        accessibility of computer-based training facilities) as 
        subsection (k); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) TSA Misconduct Inspections.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this subsection, the Administrator of the 
        Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shall--
                    ``(A) designate a senior official to implement a 
                plan to oversee unannounced inspections of the types of 
                actions taken in response to employee misconduct 
                allegations, including actions taken by managers at 
                airports to address any such allegations through 
                corrective actions, including dismissal if warranted, 
                in accordance with Department of Homeland Security and 
                TSA policies;
                    ``(B) on a quarterly basis thereafter until 
                September 30, 2022, the official specified in 
                subparagraph (A) shall certify to the Administrator 
                that the unannounced inspections referred to in such 
                paragraph were completed across a sufficient number of 
                airports such that all airports are inspected before 
                such date;
                    ``(C) designate a senior official to review the 
                results of such unannounced inspections to identify 
                root causes of any variances in the way actions taken 
                in response to employee misconduct allegations and 
                develop corrective actions (including dismissal if 
                warranted), as appropriate; and
                    ``(D) ensure that the official specified in 
                subparagraph (A) implements the recommendations made by 
                the official specified in subparagraph (C).
            ``(2) Department of homeland security review.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On a quarterly basis, the 
                official specified in paragraph (1)(A) shall provide to 
                the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of 
                Homeland Security the results of unannounced 
                inspections conducted pursuant to such paragraph.
                    ``(B) Identification.--The Chief Human Capital 
                Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
                review the results of the unannounced inspections 
                conducted pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) to identify 
                trends and, as appropriate, make recommendations, 
                including timeframes for implementation, to the 
                Administrator of the TSA to address employee 
                misconduct.
                    ``(C) Implementation.--The Administrator of the TSA 
                shall implement recommendations made by the Chief Human 
                Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security 
                within the timeframes established by the Chief Human 
                Capital Officer.
            ``(3) Information to congress.--The Administrator of the 
        TSA shall make misconduct information identified under this 
        subsection readily available to--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives;
                    ``(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Commerce, 
                Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    ``(C) as appropriate, personnel of the Department 
                of Homeland Security, as determined by the 
                Administrator.
            ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Actions.--The term `actions' means 
                consequences for employee misconduct established by the 
                Transportation Security Administration's misconduct 
                policy and related documents under this subsection.
                    ``(B) Misconduct.--The term `misconduct' means the 
                failure of a Transportation Security Administration 
                employee to comply with a performance plan, rule, 
                regulation, or law within the scope of such employee's 
                duties, responsibilities, or functions.
                    ``(C) Unannounced inspections.--The term 
                `unannounced inspections' means a review of information 
                without providing notice to the party under review.''.
    (b) No Additional Funds Authorized.--No additional funds are 
authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise authorized.
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