Show Up to Work Act

Bill: 118-hr-10324
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2024-12-06
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10324 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 6, 2024 Mr. Ogles introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to address telework for Federal employees, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Show Up to Work Act . 2. Telework (a) In general Section 6502(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (A), by striking and at the end; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) shall be reviewed on a quarterly basis and be subject to the approval of the head of the executive agency; and (D) provides that an employee may not telework for more than 25 percent of the workdays of the employee per pay period, except that this limitation may be waived by the head of the executive agency on an individual basis if the head of the agency certifies in writing to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs that additional telework for that individual will improve agency efficiency and performance and provides in writing to the committees an explanation of why it will do so in that employee’s case. . (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed to provide any employee with a right to telework or to prohibit the head of any agency from further restricting telework. (c) Effective date The amendments made in subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.