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H.R. 862

U.S. House•In Senate Committee

Summary

H.R. 862, the TSA Commuting Fairness Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. Timothy Kennedy (D) with 8 co-sponsors. It was referred to Commerce, Science, And Transportation, and last saw action on Mar 11, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Record

Text

H.R. 862 has 8 co-sponsors.

hb862/engrossed-in-house.txt
119 HR 862 EH: TSA Commuting Fairness Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I
 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 862
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To reduce commuting burdens on Transportation Security Administration employees, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   TSA Commuting Fairness Act  .
2.
Feasibility study on TSA commuting benefits
(a)
In general
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a study on the feasibility of treating as on-duty hours the time Transportation Security Administration employees working at airport locations spend traveling between regular duty locations and airport parking lots and bus and transit stops.
(b)
Considerations
In conducting the feasibility study required under subsection (a), the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall consider the following with respect to Transportation Security Administration employees:
(1)
The amount of time needed by such employees to travel between regular duty locations and airport parking lots and bus and transit stops at small hub airports, medium hub airports, and large hub airports (as such terms are defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code).
(2)
The amount of time such employees spend commuting, on average, exclusive of the time described in paragraph (1).
(3)
The potential benefits to such employees and the Administration of treating as on-duty hours the time described in such paragraph.
(4)
The feasibility of using mobile phones, location data, and any other means to allow such employees to report their arrival to and departure from the airport parking lots and bus and transit stops concerned.
(5)
The estimated costs of treating as on-duty hours the time described in such paragraph, including by considering such hours creditable as basic pay for retirement purposes.
(6)
Other considerations determined appropriate by the Administrator.
     Passed the House of Representatives March 10, 2025.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-31
  2. Passed House2025-03-10
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 31, 2025

hb862/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/31/2025)

TSA Commuting Fairness Act

This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to submit to Congress a study on the feasibility of treating as on-duty hours the time TSA employees working at airport locations spend traveling between regular duty locations, airport parking lots, and bus and transit stops.

Sponsors

Rep. Timothy Kennedy (D) sponsors H.R. 862, and 8 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 862 went before 3 committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee and Homeland Security.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Referred To · Mar 11, 2025 · 458 Bills
Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee
Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee
Referred to · Jan 31, 2025 · 28 Bills
Homeland Security
Homeland Security
Referred To · Jan 31, 2025 · 6 Bills

Actions

H.R. 862 has taken 10 actions since Jan 31, 2025, the latest on Mar 11, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 11, 2025
Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Mar 10, 202516:16
House
Mr. Green (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Mar 10, 202516:16
House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1048-1049)
Mar 10, 202516:16
House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 862.
Mar 10, 202516:24
House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1048)

Votes

H.R. 862 has not gone to a roll call.

2 bills are related to H.R. 862.

Titles

H.R. 862 goes by 6 titles, 3 of them short titles.

  • To reduce commuting burdens on Transportation Security Administration employees, and for other purposes. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
  • TSA Commuting Fairness Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
  • TSA Commuting Fairness Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
  • TSA Commuting Fairness Act — Display Title
  • TSA Commuting Fairness Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To reduce commuting burdens on Transportation Security Administration employees, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 25 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 862 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Defense, District of Columbia, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), Foreign Relations, Government Issues.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO—District of Columbia18—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO18—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 25.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
DANIEL HOROWITZ118
ELLIOT FRIEDMAN118
FIONA KOHRMAN118
HERB SMITH118
KEITH ABOUCHAR118
LISA SWIRSKY118
SERGIO ESPINOSA118
ANTHONY LIVINGSTON117
GABRIEL PEDREIRA117
GRANT SCHOTT117
JUSTIN PERPICH117
KEVIN LIDDELL117
RYAN MIMS117
SHANNON FAULK117
STEVEN CAMPISI117
BENJAMIN KING114
MATT MUCHOWSKI114
ADAM ORLOVICH111
AMY LLOYD111
DONALD DREWETT111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 second_quarter$590K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 fourth_quarter$450.4K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2026 first_quarter$410K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2026 second_quarter$390K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 third_quarter$360.2K3rd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 third_quarter$360.2K3rd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 third_quarter$360.2K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOAMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO2025 fourth_quarter$45.8K4th Quarter - Amendme…

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 862 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 862’s is Transportation and Public Works.

hr862/policy-areas.txt
Transportation and Public WorksAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 862 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Commuting to Transportation employees.

hr862/subjects.txt
CommutingCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsTransportation employees

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 862, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KENNEDY of New York:H.R. 862.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3, Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution[Page H434]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com