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H.R. 1140 - Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020
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COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE OF 7-2 on Monday, March 2, 2020.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 877:
Agreed to by record vote of 220-192, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 219-194, on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.
MANAGERS: Scanlon/Lesko
1. Structured rule.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Homeland Security now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9. Provides that it shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of March 5, 2020, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as though under clause 1 of rule XV, relating to a measure making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
10. Waives the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of March 5, 2020, relating to a measure making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Brownley (CA) | Democrat | Ensures TSA officers and their families are eligible for the Public Safety Officer Benefits program. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 2 | Brown (MD) | Democrat | Revised Reaffirms that the Transportation Security Administration’s workforce should be provided protections and benefits under Title 5 because of the critical role they play in securing the nation’s transportation systems. | Made in Order |
| 3 | Version 1 | Case (HI) | Democrat | Ensures that TSA officers will be reimbursed for official travel expenses during a government shutdown. This will prevent TSA officers from being personally financially liable for official travel expenses without being reimbursed. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 3 | Foxx (NC) | Republican | Revised Codifies the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruling in Pellegrino v. Transportation Security Administration, which held that Transportation Security Officers do not have immunity from private lawsuits for tortious acts they commit in the scope of their employment. | Revised |
| 5 | Version 1 | Peters (CA), Moulton (MA), Rice, Kathleen (NY) | Democrat | Requires a GAO report to Congress within one year of enactment, studying TSA's recruitment efforts in general, and specifically efforts to recruit veterans and military families. The report will include recommendations to improve such recruitment efforts. | Made in Order |
| 6 | Version 1 | Foxx (NC), Hice (GA) | Republican | Prohibits covered employees that are predominantly working on official time, or paid time off from assigned government duties for collective bargaining purposes, from receiving retention and/or recruitment bonuses. | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Amendment number not in use. | Submitted | ||
| 8 | Version 1 | Castro (TX) | Democrat | Late Prohibits TSA personnel from being detailed, transferred, or otherwise relocated to the international border of the United States for the purpose of border security. | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 1 | Kim (NJ) | Democrat | Late Directs the TSA Administrator to engage and consult with entities associated with the Federal Air Marshal Service to address concerns related to (but not limited to) mental health, suicide, morale, and recruitment. | Made in Order |
| 10 | Version 1 | Rose, Max (NY) | Democrat | Late States that nothing in this Act shall be construed as to contradict existing law regarding terrorism transcending national boundaries, harboring or concealing terrorists, or providing material support to terrorists. | Made in Order |
| 11 | Version 1 | González-Colón, Jenniffer (PR) | Republican | Late Requires GAO to study rates of pay for Transportation Security Administration employees with duty stations in the territories, Alaska, and Hawaii with those in the contiguous 48 states based on pay systems. | Made in Order |
| 12 | Version 1 | Cisneros (CA) | Democrat | Late Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize the hiring of veterans and related preference eligible individuals, including disabled veterans and widows or widowers of veterans, for positions within the Transportation Security Administration. | Made in Order |
| 13 | Version 1 | Spanberger (VA) | Democrat | Late Codifies the Administration’s ban on TSA employees using or installing the Chinese-owned video app TikTok (or any successor application) on U.S. Government-issued mobile devices. | Made in Order |
| 14 | Version 1 | Schrier (WA) | Democrat | Late Would ensure the Administrator of TSA in coordination with the Director of CDC and NIAID shall ensure that TSA employees are provided the proper guidance regarding prevention and protections against coronavirus, including guidance and resources. | Made in Order |
| 15 | Version 1 | Underwood (IL), Hayes (CT) | Democrat | Late Ensures the Secretary continues to prevent the hiring of individuals for TSA who have been convicted of a sex crime, an offense involving a minor, a crime of violence, or terrorism. | Made in Order |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 255
Motion by Mr. Woodall to report an open rule. Defeated: 2–6
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
No Vote
Mr. Perlmutter
No Vote
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
No Vote
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
No Vote
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
No Vote
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 256
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to report the rule. Adopted: 7–2
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Yea
Mrs. Torres
No Vote
Mr. Perlmutter
Yea
Mr. Raskin
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Morelle
Yea
Ms. Shalala
Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier
No Vote
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Yea
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
No Vote
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mrs. Lesko
No Vote