Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-107
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Labor-management relations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 107 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2013 Mr. Gingrey of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas , Mr. Jones , Mr. Ross , Mr. Huelskamp , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Rokita , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Kingston , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Broun of Georgia , Mr. Carter , Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , and Mr. Chaffetz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 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)— .