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Calendar No. 236 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1293 

[Report No. 115–167] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 25, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

OCTOBER 5, 2017 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 

AN ACT 

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: 


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

2 year, the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation 

3 with the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit 

4 to each House of Congress a report on the operation of 

5 this section during the fiscal year last ending before the 

6 start of such calendar year. 

7 ‘‘(B) Not later than December 31 of each calendar 

8 year, each agency (as defined by section 7103(a)(3)) shall 

9 furnish to the Office of Personnel Management the infor10 mation which such Office requires, with respect to such 

11 agency, for purposes of the report which is next due under 

12 subparagraph (A). 

13 ‘‘(2) Each report by the Office of Personnel Manage14 ment under this subsection shall include, with respect to 

15 the fiscal year described in paragraph (1)(A), at least the 

16 following information: 

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

18 to employees. 

19 ‘‘(B) The average amount of official time ex20 pended per bargaining unit employee. 

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

22 for which official time was granted, and the impact 

23 which the granting of such official time for such ac24 tivities or purposes had on agency operations. 


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

2 official time was granted, and, of that total, the 

3 number who were not engaged in any activities or 

4 purposes except activities or purposes involving the 

5 use of official time. 

6 ‘‘(E) The total amount of compensation (includ7 ing fringe benefits) afforded to employees in connec8 tion with activities or purposes for which they were 

9 granted official time. 

10 ‘‘(F) The total amount of official time spent by 

11 employees representing Federal employees who are 

12 not union members in matters authorized by this 

13 chapter. 

14 ‘‘(G) A description of any room or space des15 ignated at the agency (or its subcomponent) where 

16 official time activities will be conducted, including 

17 the square footage of any such room or space. 

18 ‘‘(3) All information included in a report by the Of19 fice of Personnel Management under this subsection with 

20 respect to a fiscal year— 

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

22 for all agencies; and 

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

24 information (submitted by the Office in its report 

25 under this subsection) for the fiscal year before the 


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1 fiscal year to which such report pertains, together 

2 with appropriate comparisons and analyses. 

3 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘offi4 cial time’ means any period of time, regardless of agency 

5 nomenclature— 

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

7 under this chapter (including a collective bargaining 

8 agreement entered into under this chapter) to per9 form representational or consultative functions; and 

10 ‘‘(B) during which the employee would other11 wise be in a duty status.’’. 

12 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub13 section (a) shall be effective beginning with the report 

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

15 required to be submitted by the Office of Personnel Man16 agement to each House of Congress by a date which oc17 curs at least 6 months after the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act. 


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Calendar No. 236 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1293 

[Report No. 115–167] 

AN ACT 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to require 

of official time by Federal employees. an annual report to Congress relating to the use that the Office of Personnel Management submit 

OCTOBER 5, 2017 

Reported without amendment 


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