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Union Calendar No. 71 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1293 

[Report No. 115–118] 

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 

MARCH 1, 2017 

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

on Oversight and Government Reform 

MAY 11, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 1, 2017] 


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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. 


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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 following: 

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

7 year, the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation 

8 with the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit 

9 to each House of Congress a report on the operation of this 

10 section during the fiscal year last ending before the start 

11 of such calendar year. 

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

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

14 furnish to the Office of Personnel Management the informa15 tion which such Office requires, with respect to such agency, 

16 for purposes of the report which is next due under subpara17 graph (A). 

18 ‘‘(2) Each report by the Office of Personnel Manage19 ment under this subsection shall include, with respect to 

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

21 following information: 

22 ‘‘(A) The total amount of official time granted to 

23 employees. 

24 ‘‘(B) The average amount of official time ex25 pended per bargaining unit employee. 


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

2 for which official time was granted, and the impact 

3 which the granting of such official time for such ac4 tivities or purposes had on agency operations. 

5 ‘‘(D) The total number of employees to whom of6 ficial time was granted, and, of that total, the number 

7 who were not engaged in any activities or purposes 

8 except activities or purposes involving the use of offi9 cial time. 

10 ‘‘(E) The total amount of compensation (includ11 ing fringe benefits) afforded to employees in connec12 tion with activities or purposes for which they were 

13 granted official time. 

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

15 employees representing Federal employees who are not 

16 union members in matters authorized by this chapter. 

17 ‘‘(G) A description of any room or space des18 ignated at the agency (or its subcomponent) where of19 ficial time activities will be conducted, including the 

20 square footage of any such room or space. 

21 ‘‘(3) All information included in a report by the Office 

22 of Personnel Management under this subsection with respect 

23 to a fiscal year— 

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

25 for all agencies; and 


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

2 information (submitted by the Office in its report 

3 under this subsection) for the fiscal year before the fis4 cal year to which such report pertains, together with 

5 appropriate comparisons and analyses. 

6 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘official 

7 time’ means any period of time, regardless of agency no8 menclature— 

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

10 under this chapter (including a collective bargaining 

11 agreement entered into under this chapter) to perform 

12 representational or consultative functions; and 

13 ‘‘(B) during which the employee would otherwise 

14 be in a duty status.’’. 

15 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub16 section (a) shall be effective beginning with the report 

17 which, under the provisions of such amendment, is first re18 quired to be submitted by the Office of Personnel Manage19 ment to each House of Congress by a date which occurs at 

20 least 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 71 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1293 

[Report No. 115–118] 

A BILL 

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 

MAY 11, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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