Earn Your Keep Act

Bill: 117-hr-7201
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2022-03-24
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Congressional oversight

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government studies and investigations

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Labor-management relations

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Earn Your Keep Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires each executive agency to reinstate the telework policies that were in effect on December 31, 2019. Employees who do not comply with the reinstated policies must be removed from the civil service, and their positions must be eliminated. </p> <p>The Government Accountability Office must report on the locality pay and geographic location of employees who were teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7201 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2022 Mr. Carl introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To reinstate pre-pandemic telework policies of Executive agencies, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Earn Your Keep Act . 2. Reinstatement of pre-pandemic Executive agency telework policies (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each Executive agency shall reinstate the telework policies in use by such Executive agency on December 31, 2019. (b) Rule of construction Beginning on the date that the head of an Executive agency reinstates the telework policy under subsection (a), such policy shall apply in place of any other provision of a teleworking, collective bargaining, or other employment agreement of such Executive agency to the extent that such other provision conflicts with the policy so reinstated. (c) Removal Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee of an Executive agency who does not comply with a reinstated telework policy under subsection (a) shall be removed from the civil service, and the position formerly occupied by such employee shall be eliminated. (d) GAO study Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress analyzing, with respect to any employee of Executive agencies who were teleworking during the COVID–19 pandemic— (1) the rate of locality pay (if any) paid to such employee; and (2) the geographic location of the teleworking work site of the employee. (e) Definitions In this section— (1) the term Executive agency has the meaning given such term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the term locality pay means locality pay under section 5304 or 5304a of such title; and (3) the term telework and teleworking have the meaning given those terms in section 6501 of such title, and includes remote work.