Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1312
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-07-17
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee leave

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Labor-management relations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 - Repeals provisions: (1) authorizing a federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement official time for such purpose during the time such employee otherwise would be in a duty status; and (2) requiring the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether any employee participating for, or on behalf of, a labor organization in any phase of proceedings before it shall be authorized official time for that purpose.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1312 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 17, 2013 Mr. Coburn (for himself, Mr. Alexander , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Burr , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Enzi , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Isakson , Mr. Lee , Mr. Portman , Mr. Risch , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Thune , Mr. Vitter , and Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin ) 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 limit the circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 . 2. Repeal of certain provisions relating to official time Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsections (a) and (c); (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (d) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; and (3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking Except as provided in the preceding subsections of this section— and inserting Except as provided in subsection (a)— .