To exclude employees of the Transportation Security Administration from the collective bargaining rights of Federal employees and provide employment rights and an employee engagement mechanism for passenger and property screeners.

SA 14. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 223, to modernize the air traffic control system,
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by
air in the United States, provide modernization of the air traffic
control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EXCLUSION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE TRANSPORTATION
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FROM THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING RIGHTS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Termination of Collective Bargaining for Transportation
Security Administration Employees Act of 2011''.
(b) In General.--Section 7103(a) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in clause (iv), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(B) in clause (v), by striking the semicolon and inserting
``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(vi) an officer or employee of the Transportation
Security Administration of the Department of Homeland
Security;''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``; or'' and inserting
a semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period and
inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(I) the Transportation Security Administration of the
Department of Homeland Security;''.
(c) Amendments to Title 49.--
(1) Transportation security administration.--Section 114(n)
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding ``This
subsection shall be subject to the amendments made by the
Termination of Collective Bargaining for Transportation
Security Administration Employees Act of 2011.'' at the end.
(2) Personnel management system.--Section 40122 of title
49, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
``(j) Transportation Security Administration.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section
(including subsection (g)(2)(C)), this section shall be
subject to the amendments made by the Termination of
Collective Bargaining for Transportation Security
Administration Employees Act of 2011.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and
apply to any collective bargaining agreement (as defined
under section 7103(a)(8) of title 5, United States Code)
entered into on or after that date, including the renewal of
any collective bargaining agreement in effect on that date.
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