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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2783 

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 

APRIL 22, 2021 

Mr. HICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. COMER, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of 

Florida, Mr. NORMAN, Ms. MACE, Mr. SESSIONS, and Ms. HERRELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Official Time Report5 ing Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

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

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

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

6 year, the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation 

7 with the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit 

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

9 this section during the fiscal year last ending before the 

10 start of such calendar year. 

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

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

13 furnish to the Office of Personnel Management the infor14 mation which such Office requires, with respect to such 

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

16 subparagraph (A). 

17 ‘‘(2) Each report by the Office of Personnel Manage18 ment under this subsection shall include, with respect to 

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

20 following information: 

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

22 to employees. 

23 ‘‘(B) The average amount of official time ex24 pended per bargaining unit employee. 

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

26 for which official time was granted, and the impact 


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1 which the granting of such official time for such ac2 tivities or purposes had on agency operations. 

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

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

5 number who were not engaged in any activities or 

6 purposes except activities or purposes involving the 

7 use of official time. 

8 ‘‘(E) The total amount of compensation (includ9 ing fringe benefits) afforded to employees in connec10 tion with activities or purposes for which they were 

11 granted official time. 

12 ‘‘(F) A description of any room or space des13 ignated at the agency (or its subcomponent) where 

14 official time activities will be conducted, including 

15 the square footage of any such room or space. 

16 ‘‘(3) All information included in a report by the Of17 fice of Personnel Management under this subsection with 

18 respect to a fiscal year— 

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

20 for all agencies; and 

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

22 information (submitted by the Office in its report 

23 under this subsection) for the fiscal year before the 

24 fiscal year to which such report pertains, together 

25 with appropriate comparisons and analyses. 


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1 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘offi2 cial time’ means any period of time, regardless of agency 

3 nomenclature— 

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

5 under this chapter (including a collective bargaining 

6 agreement entered into under this chapter) to per7 form representational or consultative functions; and 

8 ‘‘(B) during which the employee would other9 wise be in a duty status.’’. 

10 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub11 section (a) shall be effective beginning with the report 

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

13 required to be submitted by the Office of Personnel Man14 agement to each House of Congress by a date which oc15 curs at least 6 months after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act. 

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