Pay Our TSA Screeners Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 705 To authorize the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration to utilize the security service fee to pay Transportation Security officer salaries during a lapse in appropriations for the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 22, 2019 Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mr. STIVERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To authorize the Administrator of the Transportation Secu- rity Administration to utilize the security service fee to pay Transportation Security officer salaries during a lapse in appropriations for the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pay Our TSA Screen- 4 ers Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Jan 31, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H705.IH H705 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 705 IH SEC. 2. USE OF SECURITY SERVICE FEE TO PAY SALARIES 1 OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICERS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 3 sion of law, including section 44940 of title 49, United 4 States Code, during any lapse in appropriations with re- 5 spect to the Transportation Security Administration, the 6 Administrator of the Transportation Security Administra- 7 tion is authorized to utilize amounts payable to the Ad- 8 ministrator pursuant to the security service fee under such 9 section to pay Transportation Security officer salaries to 10 ensure effective continuity of security operations at air- 11 ports. 12 (b) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—If the Adminis- 13 trator of the Transportation Security Administration exer- 14 cises the authority provided under subsection (a), the Ad- 15 ministrator shall notify the Committee on Homeland Secu- 16 rity and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 17 of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 18 Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appro- 19 priations of the Senate of such exercise. 20 (c) TERMINATION.—The authority provided under 21 subsection (a) terminates, with respect to any lapse in ap- 22 propriations with respect to the Transportation Security 23 Administration, on the date of the enactment of any Act 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Jan 31, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H705.IH H705 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 705 IH making appropriations for the Transportation Security 1 Administration. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Jan 31, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H705.IH H705 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS