Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

2025-2026 Bill 5395: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5395
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Gilliard, Waters, Cobb-Hunter, Clyburn and McDaniel
Document Path: LC-0533CM-CM26.docx
Introduced in the House on March 24, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
Summary: Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

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Action Description with journal page number

3/24/2026

House

Introduced (
House Journal-page 35
)

3/24/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 35
)

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03/24/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

To memorialize the members of the South Carolina
Congressional delegation and the President of the United States to adopt a bipartisan
solution that will allow TSA officers to get paid during the government
shutdown and thereby allow the air travel industry to return to normal.

W
hereas, the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a United States Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) agency created in November 2001 following the September
9, 2001, terrorist attacks across our nation to manage security for
transportation systems, particularly air travel. It oversees airport screening,
baggage checks, and transportation security laws, employing uniformed officers
to ensure safety; and

W
hereas, TSA agents are
federal employees who screen over 1.3 million checked bags daily. They also
provide security for aviation, rail transit, highway, and port facilities. It
is estimated TSA employs approximately 1,500 agents in this State; and

W
hereas, since the
partial federal government shutdown which began in mid-February, TSA agents
have been required to work without full pay. This has resulted in many agents
quitting while others have taken unscheduled time off, prompting air travel
delays and headaches as winter storms have slammed the nation and spring break
travelers try to fly; and

W
hereas, in a letter
dated March 15, 2026, the CEOs of several major airlines, including Delta,
American, United, Southwest, and JetBlue, urged Congress to restore TSA funding
and embrace a bipartisan solution to ensure federal aviation workers are paid
during shutdowns. In the letter, the CEOs told Congress "It's difficult, if not
impossible, to put food on the table, put gas in the car, and pay rent when you
are not getting paid"; and

W
hereas, South
Carolinians are tired of the long lines at airports, travel delays, and flight
cancellations caused by the current shutdown and support the airline CEOs'
assessment of the current state of air travel. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
House of Representatives
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
House of Representatives
,
by this resolution, memorialize the members of the South Carolina Congressional
delegation and the President of the United States to adopt a bipartisan
solution that will allow TSA officers to get paid during the government
shutdown and thereby allow the air travel industry to return to normal.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to each member of the South
Carolina Congressional delegation and the President of the United States.

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