The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is looking to determine whether or not the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been abusing its power to relocate employees to different workplaces.

TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger recently received a letter from committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md) who questioned whether agency workers were wrongly given involuntary assignments and/or retaliated against.

A memo sent out by TSA’s Office of Human Capital that halted the agency’s pending requests to involuntarily relocate employees spurred the committee’s inquiry.

The memo was sent out on February 29 and read:

Until further notice and effective immediately, Directed Involuntary Reassignments must be routed through the Office of Human Capital (OHC) for review and approval. …All Directed Reassignments current in process will be halted, reviewed, and possibly returned to the program office for further action, if the nature of action is unclear or isn’t clearly supported as outlined in policy.      

Prior to the memo however, TSA employees who were not part of the Senior Executive Service were required to accept involuntary reassignment to “any location with minimal notice to support the agency’s staffing needs.”

The committee’s letter asks for a few things. The letter requests TSA provide copies of all policy documents related to involuntary reassignments that have been in effect since 2012. Additionally, the letter also requests that the agency provide disciplinary records on employees dated within six months of the reassignment.

TSA has until the end of March to respond to the agency’s questions. The American Federation of Government Employees who represents the majority of TSA employees, has declined to comment.