TSA Commuting Fairness Act

The TSA Commuting Fairness Act would direct the Transportation Security Administration to conduct a study examining whether the time TSA employees spend commuting between their regular duty locations, airport parking lots, and public transit stops should be counted as on-duty hours. Currently, this commute time is not compensated as work time, even though employees must travel to airport locations as part of their job responsibilities.

If enacted, this bill would not directly change TSA employee compensation or policies. Instead, it would require the TSA to investigate the feasibility of treating commute time as paid work hours and submit findings to Congress. The study would help lawmakers understand the practical and financial implications of such a change for the agency and its workforce.

The bill passed the House and is currently under review in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. If the Senate committee approves it and the full Senate votes to pass it, the study would provide Congress with information needed to make future decisions about TSA employee compensation and working conditions. The practical impact would depend on whether Congress acts on the study's recommendations.