I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7692 
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 15, 2024 
Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
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. OFFICIAL TIME. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) AGENCY; EMPLOYEE; LABOR
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The terms ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘employee’’, and ‘‘labor 
organization’’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 7103 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) SECTION 7131.—The term ‘‘section 7131’’ 
means section 7131 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than June 30 of 
each year that begins after the year in which this Act is 
enacted, the head of each agency shall submit to Congress, 
and post on the public website of the agency, a report that 
details the following for the year covered by the report: 
(1) The cost to the agency of official time au-
thorized under section 7131. 
(2) A detailed explanation of the purpose for 
which the agency made each authorization of official 
time under section 7131. 
(3) With respect to each employee of the agency 
for whom official time was authorized under section 
7131— 
(A) the position and annual rate of basic 
pay of the employee; 
(B) the total number of hours the em-
ployee spent on activities for which the official 
time was authorized; and 
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(C) the percentage that the number of 
hours described in subparagraph (B) rep-
resented with respect to the total number of 
hours worked by the employee for the applicable 
year. 
(4) The number of hours for which the agency 
permitted labor organizations, or employees of the 
agency for whom official time was authorized under 
section 7311, to use agency property at no cost or 
at a discounted rate. 
(5) The total monetary value of the uses de-
scribed in paragraph (4). 
(6) The amount of any reimbursement collected 
by the agency with respect to a use described in 
paragraph (4). 
(7) Any expenses paid by the agency for activi-
ties conducted by a labor organization or a private 
individual with respect to official time authorized by 
the agency under section 7131. 
(8) An explanation of any increase, as com-
pared to the report submitted in the previous year, 
in the amount of official time authorized by the 
agency under section 7131. 
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