,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ca1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,kennedy of ,new ,york 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,garbarino7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
  ,a ,,bill  ,to reduce commuting       
burdens on ,transportation ,security    
,administration employees1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,,tsa ,commuting    
,fairness ,act4  #b4 ,feasibility study 
on ,,tsa commuting benefits  7a7 ,in    
general ,not later than #bgj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,administrator of the               
,transportation ,security               
,administration shall submit to the     
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives and the     
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation and the ,committee on   
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a study on the  

feasibility of treating as on-duty hours
 the time ,transportation ,security     
,administration employees working at    
airport locations spend traveling       
between regular duty locations and      
airport parking lots and bus and transit
 stops4  7b7 ,considerations ,in        
conducting the feasibility study        
required under subsection 7a71 the      
,administrator of the ,transportation   
,security ,administration shall consider
 the following with respect to          
,transportation ,security               
,administration employees3 7#a7 ,the    
amount of time needed by such employees 
to travel between regular duty locations
 and airport parking lots and bus and   
transit stops at small hub airports1    
medium hub airports1 and large hub      
airports 7as such terms are defined in  
section #djajb of title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code74  7#b7 ,the amount of    
time such employees spend commuting1 on 
average1 exclusive of the time described
 in paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 ,the potential

 benefits to such employees and the     
,administration of treating as on-duty  
hours the time described in such        
paragraph4  7#d7 ,the feasibility of    
using mobile phones1 location data1 and 
any other means to allow such employees 
to report their arrival to and departure
 from the airport parking lots and bus  
and transit stops concerned4  7#e7 ,the 
estimated costs of treating as on-duty  
hours the time described in such        
paragraph1 including by considering such
 hours creditable as basic pay for      
retirement purposes4  7#f7 ,other       
considerations determined appropriate by
 the ,administrator4