Title: Return Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Return Act
This bill directs each federal agency to require the level of telework of employees to return to the level of telework in place on February 14, 2020.
The General Services Administration must submit to Congress a report that includes a description of how, during the period beginning on February 14, 2020, and ending on the date of this bill's enactment, agency services and response times for individuals in the United States who benefit from services of agencies were affected by the increased level of telework and the limited access to physical mail, data servers, and voice mail at agencies.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5057 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5057

To require the level of telework of employees of agencies to return to 
the level of telework of those employees on February 14, 2020, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 20, 2021

 Mr. Crenshaw introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the level of telework of employees of agencies to return to 
the level of telework of those employees on February 14, 2020, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Return Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 101 of title 31, United States Code.
            (2) Covered period.--The term ``covered period'' means the 
        period beginning on February 14, 2020, and ending on the date 
        of enactment of this Act.
            (3) Telework.--The term ``telework'' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 6501 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO RETURN.

    Not later than September 30, 2021, the head of each agency shall 
require the level of telework of employees of the agency to return to 
the level of telework of those employees on February 14, 2020.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of General Services, in coordination with the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management and the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, shall submit to Congress a report that includes 
a description of how, during the covered period, agency services and 
response times for individuals in the United States who benefit from 
services of agencies were affected by--
            (1) the increased level of telework of employees of 
        agencies; and
            (2) the limited access to physical mail, data servers, and 
        voice mail at agencies.
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