,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjbj,mr4   
,correa 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 
,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,ms4 ,jackson
 ,lee1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mrs4    
,demings1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4
 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,ms4 ,norton1   
,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mrs4   
,napolitano1 and ,mr4 ,lynch7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 to lower health  
care costs for part-time ,transportation
 ,security ,administration employees and
 allow ,transportation ,security        
,administration employees to change     
health care plans1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,health ,care       
,opportunities for ,transportation      
,security ,administration ,employees    
,act4  #b4 ,health care opportunities   
for ,,tsa employees  7a7 ,coverage      

,section #hije of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7j7 ,during a   
national emergency 7including a pandemic
 such as that caused by ,,covid-#ai7 and
 the #cj-;day period following the end  
of such emergency1 a ,transportation    
,security ,administration employee--    
7#a7 if such employee is not enrolled in
 a health benefits plan1 dental benefits
 plan1 or vision benefits plan under    
this chapter1 chapter #hi;,a1 or chapter
 #hi;,b1 respectively1 may enroll in    
such a plan2 and  7#b7 if such employee 
is enrolled in any such plan1 may change
 such enrollment4  4  7b7 ,contributions
 ,section #hijf7;b7 of such title is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#e7 ,in the case of an     
employee of the ,transportation         
,security ,administration who is        
occupying a position on a part-time     
career employment basis1 the biweekly   
,government contribution shall be equal 
to that of an employee serving in a     

comparable position on a full-time      
career basis 7as determined under       
regulations prescribed by the ,office74 
,in this paragraph1 the term part-time  
career employment has the meaning given 
that term in section #cdja7b74  4