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Union Calendar No. 119 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1633 
[Report No. 114–163] 
To provide for certain improvements relating to the tracking and reporting 
of employees of the Department of Homeland Security placed on adminis-
trative leave, or any other type of paid non-duty status without charge 
to leave, for personnel matters, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2015 
Mr. LOUDERMILK (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KATKO, Mr. HURD of 
Texas, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. WALKER, Ms. MCSALLY, and Mr. 
RATCLIFFE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security 
JUNE 17, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HENSARLING, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. 
PERRY, and Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia 
JUNE 17, 2015 
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 25, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To provide for certain improvements relating to the tracking 
and reporting of employees of the Department of Home-
land Security placed on administrative leave, or any other 
type of paid non-duty status without charge to leave, 
for personnel matters, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘DHS Paid Administra-
tive Leave Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMPROVED 
INTERNAL TRACKING AND REPORTING OF 
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR PERSONNEL 
MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 104. INTERNAL TRACKING AND REPORTING OF AD-
MINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR PERSONNEL MAT-
TERS. 
‘‘(a) INTERNAL REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of the DHS Paid Adminis-
trative Leave Accountability Act of 2015, and quarterly 
thereafter, the head of each component of the Department 
shall submit to the Chief Human Capital Officer of the De-
partment— 
‘‘(1) the number of employees of the component 
who had been on administrative leave, or any other 
type of paid non-duty status without charge to leave, 
for personnel matters for a period of six consecutive 
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months or longer as of the last day of the period cov-
ered by the report; 
‘‘(2) the total cost to the component associated 
with such administrative leave and such paid non- 
duty status (including salary and benefits) for the pe-
riod covered by the report; and 
‘‘(3) the average duration that employees are 
placed on administrative leave, or any other type of 
paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for per-
sonnel matters for a period of six consecutive months 
or longer, as of the last day of the period covered by 
the report for the component. 
‘‘(b) CHCO TRACKING.—The Chief Human Capital 
Officer shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain records of the number of employ-
ees of the Department who are placed on administra-
tive leave or paid non-duty status without charge to 
leave for personnel matters and the costs (including 
salary and benefits) associated with such leave or 
non-duty status; and 
‘‘(2) in consultation with the head of each of the 
components of the Department, determine any appro-
priate actions to be taken by the Department to re-
solve any personnel matter objectively, appropriately, 
and expeditiously or to reduce the use of administra-
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tive leave and paid non-duty status without charge to 
leave in addressing any personnel matter. 
‘‘(c) PERSONNEL MATTERS DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘personnel matters’ means, with respect to an em-
ployee, any personnel investigation (including any inves-
tigation into misconduct and any national security or suit-
ability investigation), any criminal matter, or any adverse 
action proposed or taken by the Department, including any 
action under chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(d) LEVERAGE OF EXISTING SYSTEMS.—In carrying 
out this section, the Secretary is encouraged to leverage sys-
tems and operations in use on the date of enactment of the 
DHS Paid Administrative Leave Accountability Act of 
2015 to implement the requirements of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 103 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 104. Internal tracking and reporting of administrative leave for personnel 
matters.’’. 
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY RE-
LATING TO EMPLOYEES ON ADMINISTRATIVE 
LEAVE. 
By not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Chief Human Capital Officer of the 
Department of Homeland Security shall develop and imple-
ment a Department-wide policy in accordance with existing 
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Federal guidance specifically related to the use of adminis-
trative leave, or any other type of paid non-duty status 
without charge to leave, for personnel matters. Such policy 
shall include the responsibilities of the components of the 
Department for reporting information relating to such ad-
ministrative leave and such paid non-duty status to the 
Chief Human Capital Officer, as required under section 
104(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–296), as added by section 2. Such policy shall provide 
guidance on expediting the resolution of a personnel matter 
for which an employee has been on administrative leave or 
any other type of paid non-duty status without charge to 
leave for a period of six consecutive months or longer in 
an objective and appropriate manner. 
SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY EMPLOYEES ON AD-
MINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR PERSONNEL MAT-
TERS. 
(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the last day of each calendar quarter of 2016, 2017, 
and 2018, the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a report on the number of Department 
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employees on administrative leave, and any other type of 
paid non-duty status without charge to leave, for personnel 
matters for a period of six consecutive months or longer as 
of the last day of the quarter covered by the report. Each 
such report shall include— 
(1) the costs to the Department associated with 
the placement of such employees on administrative 
leave or such paid non-duty status (including salary 
and benefits) for the period covered by the report; and 
(2) a description of any actions taken by the De-
partment to resolve any personnel matter for which 
an employee has been placed on administrative leave 
or paid non-duty status without charge to leave. 
(b) PERSONNEL MATTERS.—In this section, the term 
‘‘personnel matters’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 104(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–296), as added by section 2. 
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