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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2297 
To require the heads of Federal agencies to submit to Congress an annual 
report regarding official time authorized under title 5, United States 
Code, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2025 
Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require the heads of Federal agencies to submit to Con-
gress an annual report regarding official time authorized 
under title 5, United States Code, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taxpayer-Funded 
Union Time Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING LABOR MATTERS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(C) the cost to the agency of providing 
benefits (including health insurance, retirement 
contributions, and any other financial benefit 
other than basic pay and a bonus) to the em-
ployee; 
(D) the total number of hours the em-
ployee spent on activities for which the official 
time was authorized; and 
(E) the exact percentage that the number 
of hours described in subparagraph (D) rep-
resented with respect to the total number of 
hours worked by the employee for the applicable 
year. 
(4) The total amount of compensation paid to 
employees of the agency to— 
(A) negotiate collective bargaining agree-
ments; 
(B) negotiate agreements between the 
agency and a labor organization to address 
matters of employment with respect to which a 
collective bargaining agreement does not apply; 
(C) process grievances pursuant to proce-
dures established under a collective bargaining 
agreement; and 
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(D) engage in mediation, arbitration, or 
impasse resolution in connection with collective 
bargaining disputes. 
(5) The total amount of fees paid by the agency 
to arbitrators hearing grievances pursuant to proce-
dures described in paragraph (4)(C). 
(6) The total amount paid by the agency for 
travel and lodging expenses incurred by agency staff 
(including employees for whom official time was au-
thorized under section 7131 and representatives of 
the agency) who were traveling for the purposes of 
negotiating a collective bargaining agreement. 
(7) The total amount of expenses paid the 
agency (or with respect to which a labor organiza-
tion has requested reimbursement from the agency) 
for retaining experts to assist in the negotiation of 
a collective bargaining agreement. 
(8) The total amount of expenses paid by the 
agency (or with respect to which a labor organiza-
tion has requested reimbursement from the agency) 
for retaining factfinders, mediators, or arbitrators to 
settle a dispute arising under a collective bargaining 
agreement. 
(9) The total number of hours for which the 
agency permitted labor organizations, or employees 
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of the agency for whom official time was authorized 
under section 7131, to use agency property at no 
cost or at a discounted rate. 
(10) The amount of real estate made available 
by the agency to labor organizations, which shall be 
measured by square footage and in consultation with 
the Administrator of General Services. 
(11) The total monetary value of the uses de-
scribed in paragraphs (9) and (10), which shall in-
clude— 
(A) the cost of maintaining real estate 
made available to a labor organization; and 
(B) the cost of acquiring each asset made 
available to a labor organization. 
(12) The amount of each reimbursement col-
lected by the agency with respect to a use described 
in paragraph (9) or (10). 
(13) The total amount of the expenses (includ-
ing the cost of administrative support and the cost 
of acquiring technology) incurred by the agency for 
purposes of activities conducted by a labor organiza-
tion or a private individual with respect to official 
time authorized by the agency under section 7131. 
(14) An explanation of any increase, as com-
pared to the report submitted in the previous year, 
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in the amount of official time authorized by the 
agency under section 7131. 
(15) The total amount of penalties levied 
against the agency relating to collective bargaining 
with a labor organization, including the value of ar-
bitration awards paid to, or monetary settlements 
with, a labor organization or a member of a labor 
organization. 
(c) GAO AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall, not less frequently than once every 
4 years— 
(1) audit the accounting practices that each 
agency uses to document the items described in sub-
section (b); and 
(2) if the Comptroller General finds, in carrying 
out paragraph (1), that an agency is not using gen-
erally accepted accounting principles, at minimum, 
brief the relevant authorizing committees of Con-
gress regarding that failure by the agency. 
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