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.

Bill: 113-s-1338
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-07-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Employee leave

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Labor-management relations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. Defines &quot;official time&quot; as any period of time granted to a federal employee to perform representational or consultative functions and during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1338 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 23, 2013 Mr. Coburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 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. Reporting requirement (a) In general Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) (1) Not later than March 31 of each calendar year, the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit to Congress a report on the operation of this section during the most recent full fiscal year. (2) Each report submitted under this subsection shall include the following information with respect to the most recent full fiscal year: (A) The total amount of official time granted to employees. (B) The average amount of official time expended by an employee in an appropriate unit represented by an exclusive representative. (C) The specific types of activities or purposes for which official time was granted, and the impact that the granting of official time for those activities or purposes had on agency operations. (D) The total number of employees to whom official time was granted, and, of that total number, the number of employees who were not engaged in any activities or purposes except activities or purposes involving the use of official time. (E) The total amount of compensation (including health benefits, retirement benefits, life insurance benefits, and student loan repayments) afforded to employees in connection with activities or purposes for which the employees were granted official time. (F) The dollar value of any office space, furnishings, equipment, or supplies provided by the Government in connection with activities or purposes for which employees were granted official time. (3) All information included in a report under this subsection— (A) shall be provided both as to each agency and for all agencies; and (B) shall be accompanied by the corresponding information for the fiscal year before the most recent full fiscal year, together with appropriate comparisons and analyses. (4) For purposes of this subsection, the term official time means any period of time, regardless of agency nomenclature— (A) that may be granted to an employee under this chapter (including under a collective bargaining agreement entered into under this chapter) to perform representational or consultative functions; and (B) during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to the first calendar year that begins at least 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and each calendar year thereafter.