Original Legislation to Give TSA Employees a Raise

Beginning on the first day of the applicable pay period—

(1) the annual rate of basic pay for each career employee shall be increased by 15 percent; and

(2) the annual rate of basic pay for each pay band under the Transportation Security Administration Core Compensation System shall be increased by 15 percent.

In this section:

The term applicable pay period means the pay period that—

(A) is the first pay period beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and

(B) occurs prior to the beginning of the second pay period beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

The term career employee means any career agent or officer of the Transportation Security Administration who is not a senior executive, a career appointee, or a senior career employee (as such terms are defined in section 114(n)(2) of title 49, United States Code) of the Administration.