H.R. 1351: Strengthening Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-02 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 161. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Strengthening Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act

Plain summary

Strengthening Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate a senior official: implement a plan to oversee unannounced inspections at airports of agency actions taken to address TSA employee misconduct, including corrective actions by airport managers and employee removal from federal service; certify to the TSA, on a biannual basis until September 30, 2023, that such unannounced inspections were completed across a sufficient number of airports; review the results of such inspections to identify causes of any variances and overall trends in actions taken in response to employee misconduct and to develop corrective actions and recommendations; implement the corrective actions and any recommendations; and provide the results of such inspections to DHS. Unannounced inspections of certain locations may be consolidated and coordinated with other TSA offices. TSA may extend the time for completing such inspections for up to an additional fiscal year if exigent circumstances warrant. DHS may review such results to identify trends and make recommendations to the TSA to address employee misconduct. The TSA shall implement such recommendations.

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Strengthening Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1351, Strengthening Oversight of TSA Employee Misconduct Act (2017-07-17)

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Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4] reported raising $6.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1351.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1351 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115