Sec. 6411. SURVEY OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION WORKFORCE REGARDING COVID-19 RESPONSE

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## SEC. 6411 SURVEY OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION WORKFORCE REGARDING COVID-19 RESPONSE ###

(a)Survey Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (referred to in this section as the “Administrator”), in consultation with the labor organization certified as the exclusive representative of full- and part-time nonsupervisory Administration personnel carrying out screening functions under section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, shall conduct a survey of the Transportation Security Administration (referred to in this section as the “Administration”) workforce regarding the Administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such survey shall be conducted in a manner that allows for the greatest practicable level of workforce participation. ###

(b)Contents In conducting the survey required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall solicit feedback on the following: ####

(1)The Administration’s communication and collaboration with the Administration’s workforce regarding the Administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate and monitor transmission of COVID-19 among its workforce, including through— #####

(A)providing employees with personal protective equipment and mandating its use; #####

(B)modifying screening procedures and Administration operations to reduce transmission among officers and passengers and ensuring compliance with such changes; #####

(C)adjusting policies regarding scheduling, leave, and telework; #####

(D)outreach as a part of contact tracing when an employee has tested positive for COVID-19; and #####

(E)encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations and efforts to assist employees that seek to be vaccinated such as communicating the availability of duty time for travel to vaccination sites and recovery from vaccine side effects. ####

(2)Any other topic determined appropriate by the Administrator. ###

(c)Report Not later than 30 days after completing the survey required under subsection (a), the Administration shall provide a report summarizing the results of the survey to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.