H.R. 1881 (the Lowey Bill) Allows for Bargaining Rights at TSA. Help Us Get This Bill Passed NOW!

Monday November 2, 2009

In April 2008, AFGE was proud to stand in solidarity with Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Chair Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, as they introduced H.R. 1881, which will help make President Obama’s commitment to grant TSOs collective bargaining rights and workplace protections into reality for the 43,000 men and women who stand on the front lines protecting this nation. AFGE encourages cosponsorship of the bill and stresses the urgency of a swift passage.

• H.R. 1881 Fact Sheet
• H.R. 1881 Legislation Text

Current Status:

H.R. 1881 was marked up and reported out favorably by both the House Homeland Security Committee (7/9/09) and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (9/10/09). (Scroll to bottom of page for full vote results.)

Next Steps: After a Committee Report is submitted, the bill most probably will be sent to the Rules Committee, which will set the rules (including schedule) for the House to vote on final passage of the bill. When the bill passes the House, it will go to the Senate for consideration. The bill will be referred to one or more Senate committees, and will need to be “reported out” and voted on by the Senate. After Senate passage, the House and Senate will come up with a joint bill for presentation to President Obama. The president then would be expected to sign the bill, making it a law.

AFGE Takes Action!

AFGE was first out of the gate in support of H.R. 1881, and has actively pursued passage of the bill since it was introduced.

• AFGE: The Time for TSA Bargaining Rights is Now!
• AFGE Thanks Lawmakers for Supporting H.R. 1881
• AFGE letter to Chairman Thompson and Ranking Member King urging support for H.R. 1881
• AFGE TSOs Recognized as House Oversight Committee Passes TSA Bargaining Rights Bill

What you can to do help

• Send a letter directly to your congressman asking that they support the bill
• Print out and send this letter to your congressman
• Click here to find your elected official

Current Co-Sponsors (142)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 4/23/2009	Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 5/6/2009
Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 4/29/2009	Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 5/21/2009
Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 4/29/2009	Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 5/14/2009
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 4/29/2009	Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 5/14/2009
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 5/13/2009	Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 5/14/2009
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 6/17/2009	Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 5/6/2009
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 4/23/2009	Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 5/13/2009
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 5/21/2009	Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 4/2/2009
Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] - 5/5/2009	Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 5/7/2009
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 7/8/2009	Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 6/3/2009
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" [VA-11] - 4/23/2009	Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 5/13/2009
Rep Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12] - 7/10/2009	Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 5/7/2009
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 5/7/2009	Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] - 7/7/2009
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 4/23/2009	Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 5/14/2009
Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 5/14/2009	Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 5/5/2009
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 5/14/2009	Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 5/13/2009
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 5/14/2009	Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] - 5/14/2009
Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] - 4/23/2009	Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 6/3/2009
Rep Edwards, Donna F. [MD-4] - 5/14/2009	Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 6/26/2009
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 5/6/2009	Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 5/14/2009
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 4/29/2009	Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 5/14/2009
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 4/2/2009	Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 7/29/2009
Rep Fudge, Marcia L. [OH-11] - 5/14/2009	Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - 5/13/2009
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 6/10/2009	Rep Grayson, Alan [FL-8] - 5/5/2009
Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 4/23/2009	Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 4/2/2009
Rep Hall, John J. [NY-19] - 5/7/2009	Rep Halvorson, Deborah [IL-11]
Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 4/29/2009	Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 4/2/2009
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 7/8/2009
Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] - 5/13/2009	Rep Himes, James A. [CT-4] - 6/26/2009
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 4/2/2009	Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] - 5/14/2009
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 5/13/2009	Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 5/21/2009
Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 5/5/2009	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 5/14/2009
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 4/2/2009	Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 7/20/2009
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 4/23/2009	Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 5/13/2009
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 5/13/2009	Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 4/2/2009
Rep Kilroy, Mary Jo [OH-15] - 5/5/2009	Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] - 4/2/2009
Rep Kirkpatrick, Ann [AZ-1] - 4/2/2009	Rep Klein, Ron [FL-22] - 5/14/2009
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 5/13/2009	Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 6/3/2009
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 5/14/2009	Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 7/31/2009
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] - 7/22/2009	Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 4/23/2009
Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 6/17/2009	Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 5/14/2009
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 4/2/2009	Rep Lujan, Ben Ray [NM-3] - 5/6/2009
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 4/29/2009	Rep Maffei, Daniel B. [NY-25] - 5/13/2009
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 4/23/2009	Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 4/2/2009
Rep Massa, Eric J. J. [NY-29] - 4/29/2009	Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 5/14/2009
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 4/30/2009	Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 4/23/2009
Rep McMahon, Michael E. [NY-13] - 4/2/2009	Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 5/14/2009
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 5/5/2009	Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 5/14/2009
Rep Mitchell, Harry E. [AZ-5] - 4/29/2009	Rep Mollohan, Alan B. [WV-1] - 5/14/2009
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 4/2/2009	Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 5/13/2009
Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 4/2/2009	Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 4/23/2009
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 5/14/2009	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 4/2/2009
Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 6/3/2009	Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 4/29/2009
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 4/2/2009	Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 5/14/2009
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 5/7/2009	Rep Peters, Gary C. [MI-9] - 7/29/2009
Rep Pierluisi, Pedro R. [PR] - 4/23/2009	Rep Pingree, Chellie [ME-1] - 7/7/2009
Rep Quigley, Mike [IL-5] - 7/22/2009	Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] - 5/14/2009
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 5/13/2009	Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 5/14/2009
Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] - 7/8/2009	Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 5/13/2009
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 4/23/2009	Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 5/14/2009
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 5/14/2009	Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 5/14/2009
Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 5/21/2009	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 7/29/2009
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 4/23/2009	Rep Scott, David [GA-13] - 6/3/2009
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 4/23/2009	Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 4/29/2009
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 5/14/2009	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 5/14/2009
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 4/23/2009	Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] - 7/9/2009
Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 5/13/2009	Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] - 4/2/2009
Rep Titus, Dina [NV-3] - 5/14/2009	Rep Tonko, Paul D. [NY-21] - 5/14/2009
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 5/14/2009	Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 5/13/2009
Rep Walz, Timothy J. [MN-1] - 5/21/2009	Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 5/7/2009
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 5/14/2009	Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 5/21/2009
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 5/14/2009	Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 5/13/2009

 

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Voting Record

Voted FOR TSO bargaining rights	Voted to DENY TSOs basic workplace protections
Chairman Ed Towns, D-N.Y.	Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind.
Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa.	Rep. John Mica, R-Fla.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.	Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.	Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio	Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif.
Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass.	Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio
Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif.	Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb.
Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill.	Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio	Rep. Blaine Leutkemeyer, R-Mo.
Del. Holmes-Norton, D-D.C.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas
Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H.
Rep. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn.
Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt.
Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill.
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif.
Rep. Steve Driehaus, D-Ohio

Chairman Ed Towns (bottom center) welcomed AFGE TSOs at the Oversight Committee hearing on H.R. 1881

Next steps:
After a Committee Report is submitted, the bill most probably will be sent to the Rules Committee, which will set the rules (including schedule) for the House to vote on final passage of the bill. When the bill passes the House, it will go to the Senate for consideration.

For full details on H.R. 1881, including AFGE's mounted efforts to get the bill passed, please visit afge.org/HR1881.