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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 568 

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 

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 

Mr. ROSS (for himself and Mr. GINGREY of Georgia) 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 amount of official time ex11 pended per bargaining unit employee. 

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

13 for which official time was granted, and the impact 

14 which the granting of such official time for such ac15 tivities or purposes had on agency operations. 

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

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

18 number who were not engaged in any activities or 

19 purposes except activities or purposes involving the 

20 use of official time. 

21 ‘‘(E) The total amount of compensation (includ22 ing fringe benefits) afforded to employees in connec23 tion with activities or purposes for which they were 

24 granted official time. 

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1 ‘‘(F) The dollar value of any office space, fur2 nishings, equipment, or supplies provided by the 

3 Government in connection with activities or purposes 

4 for which employees were granted official time. 

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

6 subsection— 

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

8 for all agencies; and 

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

10 information for the fiscal year before the fiscal year 

11 described in paragraph (1), together with appro12 priate comparisons and analyses. 

13 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘offi14 cial time’ means any period of time, regardless of agency 

15 nomenclature— 

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

17 under this chapter (including a collective bargaining 

18 agreement entered into under this chapter) to per19 form representational or consultative functions; and 

20 ‘‘(B) during which the employee would other21 wise be in a duty status.’’. 

22 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub23 section (a) shall be effective beginning with the report 

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

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1 due by a date which occurs at least 6 months after the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act. 

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