HR 2165 · 115th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

TSA Misconduct Accountability Act of 2017

Introduced 2017-04-26· Sponsored by Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.(2017-05-16)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] TSA Misconduct Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to: revise its employee code of conduct policy to include a process for disciplining an employee who has received a certain number of disciplinary or adverse actions for violations of such policy within a certain timeframe, as well as guidance on how employees should report misconduct; identify methods for addressing employee misconduct, including revising the agency-wide baseline table of offenses and penalties used for both non-disciplinary and disciplinary actions regarding misconduct; submit to the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) such policy and table; identify a senior TSA official responsible for overseeing such policy and table; instruct TSA managers on how to appropriately administer discipline for employee misconduct; and identify and address causes of misconduct. TSA shall implement human capital initiatives to address employee misconduct by: (1) modifying the performance plans of Federal Security Directors to include the extent to which such directors ensure that disciplinary actions administered at the airport for which th…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican