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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2066 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 1, 2011 

Mr. ROSS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

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 each House of Congress a report on the operation of 

3 this section during the fiscal year last ending before the 

4 start of such calendar year. 

5 ‘‘(2) Each report under this subsection shall include, 

6 with respect to the fiscal year described in paragraph (1), 

7 at least the following information: 

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

9 to employees. 

10 ‘‘(B) The average obtained by dividing— 

11 ‘‘(i) the number described in subparagraph 

12 (A), by 

13 ‘‘(ii) the total number of employees in an 

14 appropriate unit represented by an exclusive 

15 representative. 

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

17 for which official time was granted. 

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

19 official time was granted. 

20 ‘‘(E) The total dollar amount paid to employ21 ees, in the form of salaries or basic pay, while they 

22 were engaged in activities for which they were grant23 ed official time. 

24 ‘‘(F) The fair market value of any office space, 

25 furnishings, equipment, or supplies provided by the 


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1 Government in connection with activities for which 

2 employees were granted official time. 

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

4 subsection— 

5 ‘‘(A) shall be shown both agency-by-agency and 

6 for all agencies; and 

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

8 information for the fiscal year before the fiscal year 

9 described in paragraph (1), together with appro10 priate comparisons and analyses. 

11 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘offi12 cial time’ means any period of time, regardless of agency 

13 nomenclature— 

14 ‘‘(A) which may be granted to an employee 

15 under this chapter (including a collective bargaining 

16 agreement entered into under this chapter) to per17 form representational or consultative functions; and 

18 ‘‘(B) during which the employee would other19 wise be in a duty status.’’. 

20 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub21 section (a) shall be effective beginning with the report 

22 which, under the provisions of such amendment, is first 

23 due at least 6 months after the date of the enactment of 

24 this Act. 

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