Strengthening Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act
- Last Action
- 7/17/2017
Actions
- 2017-07-17Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161.
- 2017-07-17Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-226.
- 2017-07-17Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-226.
- 2017-05-03Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.
- 2017-05-03Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2017-05-03Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security Discharged.
- 2017-03-22Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.
- 2017-03-02Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- 2017-03-02Introduced in House
- 2017-03-02Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-07-17 (17)
Strengthening Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate a senior official:
- implement a plan to oversee unannounced inspections at airports of agency actions taken to address TSA employee misconduct, including corrective actions by airport managers and employee removal from federal service;
- certify to the TSA, on a biannual basis until September 30, 2023, that such unannounced inspections were completed across a sufficient number of airports;
- review the results of such inspections to identify causes of any variances and overall trends in actions taken in response to employee misconduct and to develop corrective actions and recommendations;
- implement the corrective actions and any recommendations; and
- provide the results of such inspections to DHS.
Unannounced inspections of certain locations may be consolidated and coordinated with other TSA offices. TSA may extend the time for completing such inspections for up to an additional fiscal year if exigent circumstances warrant.
DHS may review such results to identify trends and make recommendations to the TSA to address employee misconduct. The TSA shall implement such recommendations.
Cosponsors (1)
- Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Subjects
- Aviation and airports
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Employee performance
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government studies and investigations
- Transportation safety and security
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