Legislative/Political Committee

Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D); Representative for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District

Introduced: February 5, 2021 (117th Congress)

Co-Sponsors: 123 (as of 2 April 2021)

Status:

1. 5 Feb 2021 – Introduced
2. 5 Feb 2021 – Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
3. 06 May 2022 – Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rest. 117-310, Part I.
4. 06 May 2022 – Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
5. 12 May 2022 – Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220-201

To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

Sponsor: Peter DeFazio (D); Representative for Oregon’s 4th Congressional District

Introduced: March11, 2021 (117th Congress)

Co-Sponsors: 38 (as of 18 March 2021)

Status:

1. 11 March 2021 – Introduced to House and referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.