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Calendar No. 732 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3015 

[Report No. 118–312] 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to address telework for Federal 

employees, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 4, 2023 

Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

DECEMBER 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to address telework 

for Federal employees, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Telework Reform Act 

5 of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TELEWORK AND REMOTE WORK. 

2 (a) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS.—Section 6501 

3 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) by striking paragraph (3); and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(3) REMOTE WORK.—The term ‘remote work’, 

7 ‘remotely work’, or ‘remotely working’ refers to a 

8 work flexibility arrangement under which an em9 ployee routinely performs the duties and responsibil10 ities of such employee’s position, and other author11 ized activities, from an approved worksite— 

12 ‘‘(A) other than the location from which 

13 the employee would otherwise work; 

14 ‘‘(B) that may be inside or outside the 

15 local commuting area of the location from 

16 which the employee would otherwise work; and 

17 ‘‘(C) that is typically the residence of the 

18 employee. 

19 ‘‘(4) TELEWORK.—The term ‘telework’ or ‘tele20 working’— 

21 ‘‘(A) refers to a work flexibility arrange22 ment under which an employee performs the 

23 duties and responsibilities of such employee’s 

24 position, and other authorized activities, from 

25 an approved worksite other than the location 


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1 from which the employee would otherwise work; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(B) includes remote work or remotely 

4 working.’’. 

5 (b) EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TELEWORK REQUIRE6 MENT.—Section 6502(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

9 the end; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(C) is for a 1-year period; and 

12 ‘‘(D) the agency manager, in consultation 

13 with the supervisor of the applicable employee, 

14 shall review annually to determine whether to 

15 renew the agreement, taking into consider16 ation— 

17 ‘‘(i) whether the scope of the agree18 ment, or the duties of the employee, have 

19 changed; 

20 ‘‘(ii) the performance of the employee; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iii) the needs of the agency;’’. 

23 (c) TRAINING AND MONITORING.—Section 

24 6503(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

25 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘, which shall include 

2 training on accurate reporting of remote work 

3 and telework usage’’ after ‘‘agency’’; and 

4 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) all managers and supervisors of tele7 workers and remote workers, which shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) be provided on an annual basis; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) include training on accurate re11 porting of employee remote work and 

12 telework eligibility and participation in 

13 agency time and attendance systems;’’. 

14 (d) POLICY AND SUPPORT.—Section 6504 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘per18 formance management,’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘remote 

20 work and telework performance management’’ 

21 before ‘‘measures’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘guide24 lines not later than’’ and all that follows 


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1 through the period at the end and inserting the 

2 following: ‘‘guidelines— 

3 ‘‘(A) not later than 180 days after the date 

4 of enactment of this chapter to ensure the ade5 quacy of information and security protections 

6 for information and information systems used 

7 while teleworking; and 

8 ‘‘(B) not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of enactment of the Telework Reform Act 

10 of 2023 to ensure the adequacy of information 

11 and security protections for information and in12 formation systems used while remotely work13 ing.’’; and 

14 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of 

16 Management and Budget, in coordination with the 

17 Department of Homeland Security and the National 

18 Institute of Standards and Technology, shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) perform an annual review of the 

20 guidelines issued under this subsection; and 

21 ‘‘(B) make any updates to the guidelines 

22 issued under this subsection that are deter23 mined to be appropriate as a result of a review 

24 conducted under subparagraph (A).’’. 


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1 (e) DUTIES OF TELEWORK MANAGING OFFICER.— 

2 Section 6505(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para7 graph (5); and 

8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2)(C), as 

9 amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(3) issue to employees of the applicable execu12 tive agency a biannual remote work and telework 

13 survey— 

14 ‘‘(A) which shall be designed to evaluate, 

15 at a minimum, the effectiveness of— 

16 ‘‘(i) performance management with 

17 respect to executive agency employees who 

18 participate in the telework program of the 

19 executive agency, as compared to the effec20 tiveness of performance management for 

21 other employees; 

22 ‘‘(ii) strategies for engaging with exec23 utive agency employees while those employ24 ees participate in the telework program of 

25 the executive agency; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) remote work and telework train2 ing for executive agency managers and em3 ployees; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the results of which the Telework 

5 Managing Officer shall submit to the leadership 

6 of the executive agency, including the Chief 

7 Human Capital Officer of the executive agency; 

8 ‘‘(4) maintain an executive agency remote work 

9 and telework web page that serves as an information 

10 portal for employees of the executive agency who are 

11 seeking information with respect to remote work and 

12 telework policies, contact information for remote 

13 work and telework coordinators, and remote work 

14 and telework training resources; and’’. 

15 (f) OPM REPORTS.—Section 6506 of title 5, United 

16 States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking 

19 ‘‘Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Account20 ability’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

23 clause (iii) and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the number and percent of eligi2 ble employees in the agency who are re3 motely working or teleworking— 

4 ‘‘(I) full-time, such that those 

5 employees are not required to report 

6 to the locations from which those em7 ployees would otherwise work on a 

8 regular and recurring basis; 

9 ‘‘(II) 3 or more days per pay pe10 riod; 

11 ‘‘(III) 1 or 2 days per pay period; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(IV) on a situational, episodic, 

14 or short-term basis;’’; and 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (F)— 

16 (I) in clause (v), by inserting 

17 ‘‘and cost savings’’ after ‘‘produc18 tivity’’; and 

19 (II) in clause (vi), by inserting 

20 ‘‘well-being and’’ after ‘‘employee’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii), by striking 

23 ‘‘Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Account24 ability’’. 

25 (g) REPORTS.— 


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1 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

2 terms ‘‘executive agency’’, ‘‘remote work’’, and 

3 ‘‘telework’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

4 section 6501 of title 5, United States Code, as 

5 amended by subsection (a) of this section. 

6 (2) CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICERS.—Not 

7 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 

8 this Act, the Chief Human Capital Officer of each 

9 executive agency shall submit to the Director of the 

10 Office of Personnel Management and Congress a re11 port that contains— 

12 (A) an overview of a process to update cur13 rent (as of the date on which the report is sub14 mitted) remote work and telework eligibility re15 quirements of the executive agency; 

16 (B) recommendations regarding ways in 

17 which to update matters relating to remote 

18 work and telework practices, including practices 

19 relating to core business hours, flexible sched20 ules, performance management, and employee 

21 satisfaction; and 

22 (C) recommended solutions to barriers that 

23 prevent the executive agency from delivering 

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1 mote work and telework to the Office of Per2 sonnel Management. 

3 (3) EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.—Not later than 1 

4 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

5 head of each executive agency, in coordination with 

6 the Chief Human Capital Officer of the executive 

7 agency, the Chief Financial Officer of the executive 

8 agency, the Director of the Office of Management 

9 and Budget, and the Administrator of General Serv10 ices, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 

11 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

12 and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

13 of the House of Representatives a report that identi14 fies— 

15 (A) the potential value that would result 

16 from increasing remote work and other telework 

17 opportunities for employees of particular de18 partments within the executive agency; 

19 (B) which job classifications within the ex20 ecutive agency could benefit from being per21 formed exclusively through remote work; 

22 (C) the ways that the executive agency 

23 could coordinate with the Secretary of Defense 

24 to recruit the spouses of members of the Armed 


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1 Forces for positions, the responsibilities of 

2 which are performed through remote work; 

3 (D) expected cost savings as a result of in4 creased remote work and telework by employees 

5 of the executive agency, taking into consider6 ation the fact that the executive agency may 

7 need to reinvest those future cost savings to 

8 meet increased demands with respect to tech9 nology; 

10 (E) expected productivity outcomes from 

11 the increased use of remote work and telework; 

12 and 

13 (F) cybersecurity and information tech14 nology infrastructure changes necessitated by 

15 the increased use of remote work and telework. 

16 (h) AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS.—Not later 

17 than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

18 Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 

19 amend section 531.605(d)(1) of title 5, Code of Federal 

20 Regulations, or any successor regulation— 

21 (1) to provide that the regular worksite of an 

22 employee (where an employee’s work activities are 

23 based) is the employee’s official worksite if the em24 ployee is scheduled to work at least twice each bi25 weekly pay period on a regular basis at the regular 


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1 worksite, or within the locality pay area for that 

2 worksite, for the employee’s position of record; and 

3 (2) to eliminate the material in the second sen4 tence of that provision. 

5 SEC. 3. NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT TO REMOTE 

6 WORK POSITIONS. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) COMPETITIVE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘com9 petitive service’’ has the meaning given the term in 

10 section 2102 of title 5, United States Code. 

11 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

12 the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. 

13 (3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

14 agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

15 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

16 (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 

17 ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ means an individual occu18 pying a position in the 1801 or 1811 occupational 

19 series, as established by the Director. 

20 (5) REMOTELY WORK.—The term ‘‘remotely 

21 work’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

22 6501 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 

23 section 2 of this Act. 

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1 petitive service in which the individual occupying the 

2 position remotely works. 

3 (7) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 

4 meaning given the term in section 2108 of title 5, 

5 United States Code. 

6 (b) REGULATIONS.—Under such regulations as the 

7 Director shall issue, an Executive agency may noncompeti8 tively appoint, for other than temporary employment, to 

9 a remote work position any of the following individuals, 

10 if the head of that Executive agency determines that the 

11 individual is qualified for the position: 

12 (1) An individual who— 

13 (A) is certified by the Director as having 

14 been a high-performing employee in a former 

15 position in the competitive service; and 

16 (B) has been separated from the former 

17 position described in subparagraph (A) for less 

18 than 6 years. 

19 (2) A veteran. 

20 (3) An individual who is married to a member 

21 of the Armed Forces or to a law enforcement officer. 

22 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Telework Reform Act 

24 of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TELEWORK AND REMOTE WORK. 

2 (a) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS.—Section 6501 of 

3 title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) by striking paragraph (3); 

5 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

6 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

7 (3) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so re8 designated, the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) AGENCY-DESIGNATED WORKSITE.—The term 

10 ‘agency-designated worksite’ means a location, estab11 lished by the head of an executive agency (or the des12 ignee of such an official), from which an employee of 

13 the executive agency would otherwise work when not 

14 teleworking. 

15 ‘‘(2) APPROVED ALTERNATIVE WORKSITE.—The 

16 term ‘approved alternative worksite’ means a work17 site, approved by the head of an executive agency (or 

18 the designee of such an official), where an employee 

19 of the executive agency, through telework, performs the 

20 duties and responsibilities of the position of the em21 ployee, and other authorized activities, on a routine, 

22 situational, or full-time basis.’’; and 

23 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(5) REMOTE WORK.—The term ‘remote work’ or 

25 ‘working remotely’ means a category of telework 

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1 sponsibilities of the position of the employee, and 

2 other authorized activities, on a full-time basis from 

3 an approved alternative worksite other than the agen4 cy-designated worksite with respect to the employee. 

5 ‘‘(6) TELEWORK.—The term ‘telework’ or ‘tele6 working’ means a work flexibility arrangement under 

7 which an employee performs the duties and respon8 sibilities of the position of the employee, and other au9 thorized activities, on a routine, situational, or full10 time basis from an approved alternative worksite 

11 other than the agency-designated worksite with respect 

12 to the employee.’’. 

13 (b) EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TELEWORK REQUIRE14 MENT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6502 of title 5, 

16 United States Code, is amended— 

17 (A) in subsection (b)— 

18 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik19 ing ‘‘PARTICIPATION’’ and inserting ‘‘RE20 QUIREMENTS’’; 

21 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik23 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

24 (II) by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(C) is for a period of not longer than 1 

2 year; and 

3 ‘‘(D) the supervisor of the applicable em4 ployee, in consultation with the Telework Man5 aging Officer of the agency, shall review not less 

6 frequently than annually based on the needs of 

7 the agency, which shall include an analysis of— 

8 ‘‘(i) whether agency telework policies 

9 and procedures, the duties of the employee, 

10 or the approved alternative worksite or 

11 agency-designated worksite of the employee 

12 need to be changed; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the performance of the employee, 

14 as determined under the performance ap15 praisal system of the agency developed 

16 under section 4302 (or under a similar 

17 legal authority for an executive agency or 

18 employee to which section 4302 does not 

19 apply); and 

20 ‘‘(iii) the needs of the agency, as deter21 mined by the head of the agency;’’; 

22 (iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (iv) in paragraph (6), by striking the 

2 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

3 and 

4 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(7) address the extent to which telework may be 

6 restricted for an employee if— 

7 ‘‘(A) the employee has been officially dis8 ciplined for being absent without permission for 

9 any period of time while teleworking under a 

10 written agreement entered into under paragraph 

11 (2); 

12 ‘‘(B) the performance of the employee falls 

13 below acceptable levels, as determined under the 

14 performance appraisal system of the agency de15 veloped under section 4302 (or under a similar 

16 legal authority for an executive agency or em17 ployee to which section 4302 does not apply); or 

18 ‘‘(C) the conduct of the employee violates 

19 other terms or conditions of the policy.’’; and 

20 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS ON REMOTE WORK.—The following 

22 shall apply with respect to an employee working remotely: 

23 ‘‘(1) The employee may be expected to report to 

24 the agency-designated worksite of the employee on a 

25 periodic basis. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

2 or regulation, if the employee is working remotely 

3 from an approved alternative worksite that is located 

4 within a radius of not more than 75 miles from the 

5 agency-designated worksite of the employee, the em6 ployee may not be compensated or reimbursed for any 

7 travel to or from that agency-designated worksite un8 less that travel is— 

9 ‘‘(A) required during the workday; and 

10 ‘‘(B) approved by the head of the applicable 

11 executive agency (or the designee of such an offi12 cial), in the sole and exclusive discretion of that 

13 official.’’. 

14 (2) APPLICABILITY.—With respect to subpara15 graph (C) of section 6502(b)(2) of title 5, United 

16 States Code, as added by paragraph (1) of this sub17 section— 

18 (A) such subparagraph (C) shall not be en19 forced to the extent that such subparagraph con20 flicts with any applicable agreement described in 

21 section 7103(a)(8) of such title 5, if the agree22 ment was in effect before October 1, 2024; and 

23 (B) to the extent that an agreement de24 scribed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph 

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1 graph (C), such subparagraph (C) shall become 

2 enforceable beginning on the earlier of— 

3 (i) the date on which the agreement ex4 pires or becomes subject to renegotiation; or 

5 (ii) the date that is 2 years after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act. 

7 (c) TRAINING AND MONITORING.—Section 6503(a) of 

8 title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘, which shall include 

12 training on accurate reporting of remote 

13 work and telework usage’’ after ‘‘agency’’; 

14 and 

15 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

16 inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(B) all managers and supervisors of tele18 workers and remote workers, which shall— 

19 ‘‘(i) be provided on an annual basis; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(ii) include training on accurate re22 porting of employee remote work and 

23 telework eligibility and participation in 

24 agency time and attendance systems;’’; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

4 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(5) the executive agency has established a sys7 tem to confirm that employees of the executive agency 

8 are performing the duties, responsibilities, and au9 thorized activities of the positions of those employees 

10 solely at approved worksites under guidelines of the 

11 Office of Personnel Management, developed in con12 sultation with the Director of the Office of Manage13 ment and Budget.’’. 

14 (d) POLICY AND SUPPORT.—Section 6504 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘perform18 ance management,’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘remote 

20 work and telework performance management’’ be21 fore ‘‘measures’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘guide24 lines not later than’’ and all that follows through 


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1 the period at the end and inserting the following: 

2 ‘‘guidelines— 

3 ‘‘(A) not later than 180 days after the date 

4 of enactment of this chapter to ensure the ade5 quacy of information and security protections 

6 for information and information systems used 

7 while teleworking; and 

8 ‘‘(B) not later than 180 days after the date 

9 of enactment of the Telework Reform Act of 2024 

10 to ensure the adequacy of information and secu11 rity protections for information and information 

12 systems used while teleworking.’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) REVIEW.—The Director of the Office of 

15 Management and Budget, in coordination with the 

16 Department of Homeland Security and the National 

17 Institute of Standards and Technology, shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) perform an annual review of the 

19 guidelines issued under this subsection; and 

20 ‘‘(B) make any updates to the guidelines 

21 issued under this subsection that are determined 

22 to be appropriate as a result of a review con23 ducted under subparagraph (A).’’. 

24 (e) DUTIES OF TELEWORK MANAGING OFFICER.—Sec25 tion 6505(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para4 graph (5); and 

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2)(C), as 

6 amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(3) issue to employees of the applicable execu9 tive agency a biennial remote work and telework sur10 vey— 

11 ‘‘(A) which shall be designed to evaluate, at 

12 a minimum, the effectiveness of— 

13 ‘‘(i) performance management with re14 spect to executive agency employees who 

15 participate in the telework program of the 

16 executive agency, as compared to the effec17 tiveness of performance management for 

18 other employees; 

19 ‘‘(ii) strategies for engaging with exec20 utive agency employees while those employ21 ees participate in the telework program of 

22 the executive agency; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) remote work and telework train24 ing for executive agency managers and em25 ployees; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) the results of which the Telework Man2 aging Officer shall submit to the leadership of 

3 the executive agency, including the Chief Human 

4 Capital Officer of the executive agency; 

5 ‘‘(4) maintain an executive agency remote work 

6 and telework web page that serves as an information 

7 portal for employees of the executive agency who are 

8 seeking information with respect to remote work and 

9 telework policies, contact information for remote work 

10 and telework coordinators, and remote work and 

11 telework training resources; and’’. 

12 (f) OPM REPORTS.—Section 6506 of title 5, United 

13 States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking 

16 ‘‘Government Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Account17 ability’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

20 clause (iii) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(iii) the number and percent of eligi22 ble employees in the agency who are re23 motely working or teleworking— 

24 ‘‘(I) full-time, such that those em25 ployees are not required to report to 


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1 the agency-designated worksites of those 

2 employees on a regular and recurring 

3 basis; 

4 ‘‘(II) 7 or more days per pay pe5 riod; 

6 ‘‘(III) 5 or 6 days per pay period; 

7 ‘‘(IV) 3 or 4 days per pay period; 

8 ‘‘(V) 1 or 2 days per pay period; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(VI) on a situational, episodic, 

11 or short-term basis;’’; and 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (F)— 

13 (I) in clause (v), by inserting 

14 ‘‘and cost savings’’ after ‘‘produc15 tivity’’; and 

16 (II) in clause (vi), by inserting 

17 ‘‘well-being and’’ after ‘‘employee’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘Gov19 ernment Reform’’ and inserting ‘‘Accountability’’. 

20 (g) REGULATIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 65 of title 5, United 

22 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘§ 6507. Regulations 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Per3 sonnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out 

4 this chapter. 

5 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The regulations prescribed under 

6 subsection (a) shall include appropriate procedures for— 

7 ‘‘(1) establishing the process through which an 

8 executive agency shall evaluate a position for eligi9 bility and approval for telework (including remote 

10 work) under this chapter, which shall require an exec11 utive agency to— 

12 ‘‘(A) consider the duties of the position; 

13 ‘‘(B) establish a process through which the 

14 executive agency shall determine the agency-des15 ignated worksite and approved alternative work16 site for the position; and 

17 ‘‘(C) consider the potential costs and sav18 ings associated with approving a position as eli19 gible for telework or remote work; 

20 ‘‘(2) processing a change in the eligibility for an 

21 employee working remotely from an approved alter22 native worksite within a radius of more than 75 

23 miles from the agency-designated worksite of the em24 ployee; 


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1 ‘‘(3) establishing which officials within an execu2 tive agency may designate a position within the exec3 utive agency as eligible for remote work; 

4 ‘‘(4) if necessary, defining a limited geographical 

5 boundary within which the approved alternative 

6 worksite of an employee must be located, which shall 

7 be based on— 

8 ‘‘(A) the need of the executive agency, as de9 termined by the head of the executive agency; or 

10 ‘‘(B) the requirements of the applicable po11 sition; 

12 ‘‘(5) for an employee working remotely, proc13 essing and approving a change of the approved alter14 native worksite of the employee when the employee re15 quests such a change; and 

16 ‘‘(6) for an employee working remotely, the abil17 ity of whom to continue working remotely is not of18 fered by the applicable executive agency after the ex19 piration of a written agreement entered into under 

20 section 6502(b)(2) for a reason that does not include 

21 the conduct or performance of the employee, entering 

22 into a written remote work transition agreement, 

23 which shall— 

24 ‘‘(A) be for a period of not longer than 1 

25 year; 


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1 ‘‘(B) provide the employee with the ability 

2 to participate in remote work during the period 

3 in which the transition agreement is in effect; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(C) otherwise satisfy the requirements of 

6 section 6502(b)(2).’’. 

7 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND8 MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 65 of title 5, 

9 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following: 

‘‘6507. Regulations.’’. 

11 (h) REPORTS.— 

12 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 

13 ‘‘executive agency’’, ‘‘remote work’’, and ‘‘telework’’ 

14 have the meanings given those terms in section 6501 

15 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this sec16 tion. 

17 (2) CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICERS.—Not 

18 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

19 Act, the Chief Human Capital Officer of each execu20 tive agency shall submit to the Director of the Office 

21 of Personnel Management and Congress a report that 

22 contains— 

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1 mitted) telework and remote work eligibility re2 quirements of the executive agency; 

3 (B) recommendations regarding ways in 

4 which to update matters relating to telework and 

5 remote work practices, including practices relat6 ing to core business hours, flexible schedules, per7 formance management, and employee satisfac8 tion; 

9 (C) recommended solutions to barriers that 

10 prevent the executive agency from delivering con11 sistent and reliable data with respect to telework 

12 and remote work to the Office of Personnel Man13 agement; 

14 (D) metrics used by the executive agency to 

15 evaluate the performance of employees of the ex16 ecutive agency; and 

17 (E) methods used by the executive agency to 

18 track and evaluate the productivity of employees 

19 of the executive agency when those employees are 

20 teleworking. 

21 (3) EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.—Not later than 1 

22 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the head 

23 of each executive agency, in coordination with the Di24 rector of the Office of Personnel Management, the 

25 Chief Human Capital Officer of the executive agency, 


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1 the Chief Financial Officer of the executive agency, 

2 the Chief Information Officer of the executive agency, 

3 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

4 and the Administrator of General Services, shall sub5 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

6 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com7 mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

8 of Representatives a report that identifies— 

9 (A) the potential value that would result 

10 from increasing remote work and other telework 

11 opportunities for employees of particular compo12 nents within the executive agency; 

13 (B) the potential disadvantages that would 

14 result from increasing remote work and other 

15 teleworking opportunities for employees of par16 ticular components within the executive agency, 

17 including the effects of remote work on— 

18 (i) newly appointed employees; 

19 (ii) collaboration between employees; 

20 (iii) the ability of managers to effec21 tively supervise other employees; and 

22 (iv) employee productivity; 

23 (C) which job classifications within the ex24 ecutive agency could benefit from being per25 formed exclusively through remote work; 


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1 (D) which job classifications within the ex2 ecutive agency could suffer from being performed 

3 primarily or exclusively through telework; 

4 (E) which job classifications within the ex5 ecutive agency could benefit from being per6 formed exclusively through in-person work; 

7 (F) actionable strategies for enhancing co8 ordination between the head of the executive 

9 agency and the Secretary of Defense to recruit 

10 the spouses of members of the Armed Forces for 

11 positions, the responsibilities of which are per12 formed through remote work; 

13 (G) expected cost savings as a result of in14 creased remote work and telework by employees 

15 of the executive agency, taking into consideration 

16 the fact that the executive agency may need to 

17 reinvest those future cost savings to meet in18 creased demands with respect to technology; 

19 (H) expected cost increases as a result of in20 creased remote work and telework by employees 

21 of the executive agency, taking into consideration 

22 costs associated with changes in cybersecurity 

23 and information technology infrastructure and 

24 the extra equipment required for telework; 


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1 (I) expected productivity outcomes from the 

2 increased use of remote work and telework; 

3 (J) cybersecurity and information tech4 nology infrastructure changes necessitated by the 

5 increased use of remote work and telework; and 

6 (K) barriers that prevent the executive agen7 cy from meeting in-person work targets, if appli8 cable. 

9 (4) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—Not 

10 later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 

11 Act, and on the fifth day of each month thereafter for 

12 60 months, the Director of the Office of Management 

13 and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator 

14 of General Services and the Director of the Office of 

15 Personnel Management, shall submit to Congress a re16 port regarding, for the period covered by the report, 

17 in-person attendance by employees of executive agen18 cies. 

19 (5) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

20 STATES.— 

21 (A) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of 

22 the United States shall conduct a study com23 paring the processing times for constituent serv24 ices provided by executive agencies, as of the date 

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1 age processing times during 2019, which shall 

2 include a comparison of the number of constitu3 ents seeking services and the personnel available 

4 in each executive agency to service constituent 

5 requests. 

6 (B) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

8 General of the United States shall submit to the 

9 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern10 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

11 on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 

12 Representatives a report containing the results of 

13 the study conducted under subparagraph (A). 

14 (i) AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS.— 

15 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 

16 ‘‘approved alternative worksite’’ and ‘‘working re17 motely’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec18 tion 6501 of title 5, United States Code, as amended 

19 by this section. 

20 (2) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

22 Office of Personnel Management shall amend section 

23 531.605 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or 

24 any successor regulation, to— 


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1 (A) clarify that the official worksite of an 

2 employee working remotely is the regular work3 site established as an approved alternative work4 site of the employee under the written agreement 

5 entered into by the employee under section 

6 6502(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code, as 

7 amended by this section; and 

8 (B) distinguish between remotely working 

9 employees and employees whose work location 

10 varies on a recurring basis. 

11 SEC. 3. NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT TO REMOTE 

12 WORK POSITIONS. 

13 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 

15 Director of the Office of Personnel Management. 

16 (2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

17 agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

18 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

19 (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 

20 ‘‘law enforcement officer’’— 

21 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec22 tion 8401 of title 5, United States Code; and 

23 (B) includes— 

24 (i) an employee (as defined in section 

25 8401 of title 5, United States Code)— 


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1 (I) the duties of the position of 

2 whom include the investigation or ap3 prehension of individuals suspected or 

4 convicted of offenses against the crimi5 nal laws of the United States; and 

6 (II) who is authorized to carry a 

7 firearm; 

8 (ii) an employee of the Department of 

9 Veterans Affairs who is a Department police 

10 officer under section 902 of title 38, United 

11 States Code; and 

12 (iii) an employee of U.S. Customs and 

13 Border Protection— 

14 (I) who is a seized property spe15 cialist in the GS–1801 job series; and 

16 (II) the duties of the position of 

17 whom include activities relating to the 

18 efficient and effective custody, manage19 ment, and disposition of seized and 

20 forfeited property. 

21 (4) QUALIFIED COVERED VETERAN.—The term 

22 ‘‘qualified covered veteran’’ has the meaning given the 

23 term in section 4212(a)(3) of title 38, United States 

24 Code. 


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1 (5) REMOTE WORK.—The term ‘‘remote work’’ 

2 has the meaning given the term in section 6501 of 

3 title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 2 

4 of this Act. 

5 (6) REMOTE WORK POSITION.—The term ‘‘remote 

6 work position’’ means a position determined by the 

7 head of an Executive agency to be eligible for remote 

8 work under regulations prescribed by the Director 

9 under section 6507 of title 5, United States Code, as 

10 added by section 2 of this Act. 

11 (b) NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT.—An Executive 

12 agency may noncompetitively appoint, for other than tem13 porary employment, to a remote work position an indi14 vidual who is a qualified covered veteran or who is married 

15 to a member of the Armed Forces, if the head of that Execu16 tive agency determines that the individual is qualified for 

17 the position. 

18 (c) LAW ENFORCEMENT SPOUSE PILOT PROGRAM.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning 

20 on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 

21 the last day of the fiscal year in which the date that 

22 is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act falls, 

23 an Executive agency may noncompetitively appoint, 

24 for other than temporary employment, to a remote 

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1 enforcement officer, if the head of that Executive agen2 cy determines that the individual is qualified for the 

3 position. 

4 (2) REPORTS.—Not later than the last day of the 

5 fiscal year in which the date that is 4 years after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act falls, and annually 

7 thereafter until the authority to carry out the pilot 

8 program under paragraph (1) expires, the Director 

9 shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 

10 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com11 mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

12 of Representatives a report that addresses the results 

13 of that pilot program, which shall include— 

14 (A) the number, pay or grade level, location, 

15 and longevity in Federal service of each indi16 vidual appointed under that pilot program; and 

17 (B) any other information that the Director 

18 determines relevant to consider the effectiveness 

19 of that pilot program in recruiting and retain20 ing law enforcement officers. 

21 (d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue or 

23 amend regulations, to the extent necessary, to carry out this 

24 section. 


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Calendar No. 732 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3015 

[Report No. 118–312] 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to address 

D

purposes. telework for Federal employees, and for other 

ECEMBER 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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