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HOUSE 1293115th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.

To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.

Last Action
10/5/2017

Actions

  • 2017-10-05Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.
  • 2017-10-05Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-167.
  • 2017-10-05Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-167.
  • 2017-07-26Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 2017-05-25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • 2017-05-24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2017-05-24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4528-4529)
  • 2017-05-24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4528-4529)
  • 2017-05-24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1293.
  • 2017-05-24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4528-4533)
  • 2017-05-24Mr. Ross moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  • 2017-05-11Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 71.
  • 2017-05-11Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-118.
  • 2017-05-11Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-118.
  • 2017-03-08Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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CRS Summary

As of 2017-05-24 (36)

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 11, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. The report must include at a minimum:

  • the total amount of official time granted to employees,
  • the average amount of official time expended per bargaining unit employee,
  • the specific types of activities or purposes for which official time was granted and the impact on agency operations,
  • the total number of employees to whom official time was granted and the number engaged exclusively in activities involving the use of official time,
  • the total amount of compensation (including fringe benefits) afforded to employees granted official time,
  • the total amount of official time spent by employees representing federal employees who are not union members, and
  • a description of any room or space designated at the agency where official time will be conducted.

The bill defines "official time" as any period of time granted to a federal employee to perform representational or consultative functions and during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Employee leave
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Labor-management relations
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