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[Leo @ MIA]

what this bill explains

Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 - Terminates
certain authorities under the Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) personnel management system with respect to TSA employees under
the Aviation and Transportation Security Act and related law,
including all authority to establish or adjust a human resources
management system.

Subjects TSA employees (including screeners) to the protections of the
federal civil service system, including the right to collective
bargaining, compensation, leave, health, and other employee rights.
Prohibits any reduction in rate of pay or certain other rights of TSA
employees upon conversion from the TSA personnel system to the federal
civil service system.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall repeal laws against striking
against the U.S. Government



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[Leo @ MIA]

please go here to find your house REP!!!

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put your ZIP in to find who is your House person, goto your rep page
and to contact us

then cut and paste ALL OF THIS AND SEND

PLEASE COSPONCER

H.R.1881
Title: To enhance the transportation security functions of the
Department of Homeland Security by providing for an enhanced personnel
system for employees of the Transportation Security Administration,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] (introduced 4/2/2009)
Cosponsors (60)
Latest Major Action: 5/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and
the District of Columbia

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[Leo @ MIA]

SPEECH OF
HON. NITA M. LOWEY
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009
•Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to join Chairman Thompson and
Congresswoman Jackson-Lee in introducing today
[Page: E868] GPO's PDFa bill that will bring parity to Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) employees and ensures security. This
legislation would provide the same rights to all TSA employees,
including the Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) (i.e.,
screeners), as those already enjoyed by employees at the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) and numerous front-line security agencies
throughout the country, including state law enforcement agencies.
•In the 110th Congress, The Committee on Homeland Security worked to
give a broad range of rights to the Transportation Security
Administration workforce in H.R. 1, Implementing the Recommendations
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. Basic workplace protections and
collective bargaining rights were a key part of this effort. While the
House passed these important measures and the Senate followed suit, to
avoid a veto from the Bush Administration, these protections were
stripped from the conference report. This bill renews and improves
upon this effort by increasing the quality of the entire TSA workforce
and not just a smaller part of it. This bill will increase security by
improving workforce morale and employee retention, and will put
workers in a position to expose security gaps and put TSA on par with
other DHS components.
•In 2001, when TSA was created, Congress provided discretionary
authority allowing TSA to create different classes of employees, each
with different rights and protections. Specifically, the 107th
Congress and President Bush gave the TSA Administrator the
discretionary authority to set up two different TSAs. One group of TSA
employees would be given one set of rights and the other group, the
TSOs (i.e., screeners), could be treated differently, with respect to
conditions and benefits of employment, discipline, compensation,
leave, and other basic employment rights.
•Under then TSA Administrator, Admiral James Loy, the Bush
Administration exercised discretionary authority to create two classes
of TSA employees by denying the TSOs certain employment rights. While
this discretionary authority helped quickly establish and stand-up
TSA, as intended by the 107th Congress and the Bush Administration, it
was, and continues to be the impetus for low employee morale and
diminished transportation security.
•From survey results to testimony over the past several years, we have
seen that the TSA workforce is frustrated by the lack of recognition
and rewards for performance and promotion practices, confused by
different policies and procedures on leave, training, and other
administrative matters.
•On March 5, 2009, a House Homeland Security Subcommittee received
testimony from employee representatives of the workforce. All of TSA
operates under a separate personnel system than other DHS components.
Further, the ISO workforce is not allowed to collectively bargain in
contrast with the CBP workforce and others across the Federal
government, including state law enforcement. These discrepancies and
differences lead to confusion, frustration and further erode morale.
•The time for personnel experiments is now over. The employees of TSA
deserve to be treated like their fellow employees in the DHS and
across the Federal government--fairly and equitably. Providing basic
employment protections and rights is critical to instill confidence in
the workforce. The time for two classes of TSA employees is over--this
bill eliminates this dichotomy.
•This legislation brings parity to the TSA workforce. The bill affords
the workforce the same rights and protections their colleagues across
the Federal government and the Department enjoy under Title 5 of the
United States Code and other civil service laws such as provisions of
the Federal Labor Standards Act, Equal Pay Act, Age Discrimination in
Employment Act and the Rehabilitation Act, among others.
•The legislation aims to transition the 60,000 plus TSA workforce in a
responsible way from its current and varied personnel systems to that
of Title 5. It provides the Secretary and Assistant Secretary the
discretion on how and when to move to the new system, although not
later than 60 days after the date of enactment. It also provides a
window for the transition to allow for consultation with employee
representatives and communication with the workforce. Further, it
ensures that no employee will lose any pay, accrued leave or health
benefit that is currently afforded to them.
•To truly provide comprehensive transportation security, it must start
with those who provide the security--in this case all TSA employees,
including the TSOs. We must set up a system where all TSA employees
are protected, otherwise we will have a system that treats colleagues
differently and remains inefficient to the extent of hindering
transportation security. In the end, by creating one TSA as a part of
a one DHS the American public truly receives national security.
•We look forward to working with our colleagues to put the TSA
workforce in a system that has stood the test of time and shown itself
to be fair and equitable.

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[Leo @ MIA]

H.R.1881
Title: To enhance the transportation security functions of the
Department of Homeland Security by providing for an enhanced personnel
system for employees of the Transportation Security Administration,
and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] (introduced 4/2/2009)

Cosponsors (112)

Latest Major Action: 5/4/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and

the District of Columbia.

[Gary Rinaldi]

whats up with Hr 2200???

[Snowba...@aol.com]

we are on hr 1881 its in sub committee and has 112 reps

[gary rinaldi]

Hey M, there is a bill Hr 2200 it is a TSA authorization bill..  --- On Sat, 5/16/09, Snowba...@aol.com <Snowba...@aol.com> wrote:

[gary rinaldi]

There is another bill, does any one know anything about it??? Hr 2200 Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act To authorize the Transportation Security Administration's programs relating to the provision of transportation security, and for other purposes. --- On Sat, 5/16/09, Leo @ MIA <tsabo...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[ACE]

Who is sponsoring the bill the only thing I find on it is in reference to information and technology. Can you give us more to work with.

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