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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1338 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2013 

Mr. COBURN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

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. 

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

3 SECTION 1. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7131 of title 5, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(e)(1) Not later than March 31 of each calendar 

8 year, the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation 


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1 with the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit 

2 to Congress a report on the operation of this section dur3 ing the most recent full fiscal year. 

4 ‘‘(2) Each report submitted under this subsection 

5 shall include the following information with respect to the 

6 most recent full fiscal year: 

7 ‘‘(A) The total amount of official time granted 

8 to employees. 

9 ‘‘(B) The average amount of official time ex10 pended by an employee in an appropriate unit rep11 resented by an exclusive representative. 

12 ‘‘(C) The specific types of activities or purposes 

13 for which official time was granted, and the impact 

14 that the granting of official time for those activities 

15 or purposes had on agency operations. 

16 ‘‘(D) The total number of employees to whom 

17 official time was granted, and, of that total number, 

18 the number of employees who were not engaged in 

19 any activities or purposes except activities or pur20 poses involving the use of official time. 

21 ‘‘(E) The total amount of compensation (includ22 ing health benefits, retirement benefits, life insur23 ance benefits, and student loan repayments) af24 forded to employees in connection with activities or 


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1 purposes for which the employees were granted offi2 cial time. 

3 ‘‘(F) The dollar value of any office space, fur4 nishings, equipment, or supplies provided by the 

5 Government in connection with activities or purposes 

6 for which employees were granted official time. 

7 ‘‘(3) All information included in a report under this 

8 subsection— 

9 ‘‘(A) shall be provided both as to each agency 

10 and for all agencies; and 

11 ‘‘(B) shall be accompanied by the corresponding 

12 information for the fiscal year before the most re13 cent full fiscal year, together with appropriate com14 parisons and analyses. 

15 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘offi16 cial time’ means any period of time, regardless of agency 

17 nomenclature— 

18 ‘‘(A) that may be granted to an employee under 

19 this chapter (including under a collective bargaining 

20 agreement entered into under this chapter) to per21 form representational or consultative functions; and 

22 ‘‘(B) during which the employee would other23 wise be in a duty status.’’. 

24 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub25 section (a) shall apply to the first calendar year that beVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:35 Jul 24, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1338.IS S1338

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1 gins at least 3 months after the date of enactment of this 

2 Act, and each calendar year thereafter. 

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