113 HR 568 RH: 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.
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-07-16
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1.
(a)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 each House of Congress a
report on the operation of this section during the fiscal year last ending
before the start of such calendar year.
(2)Each report under
this subsection shall include, with respect to the fiscal year described in
paragraph (1), at least the following information:
(A)The total amount
of official time granted to employees.
(B)The average amount
of official time expended per bargaining unit employee.
(C)The specific types
of activities or purposes for which official time was granted, and the impact
which the granting of such official time for such activities or purposes had on
agency operations.
(D)The total number
of employees to whom official time was granted, and, of that total, the number
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 fringe benefits) afforded to employees in connection
with activities or purposes for which they 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 shown
both agency-by-agency and for all agencies; and
(B)shall be
accompanied by the corresponding information for the fiscal year before the
fiscal year described in paragraph (1), 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)which may be
granted to an employee under this chapter (including 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)The
amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective beginning with the report
which, under the provisions of such amendment, is first due by a date which
occurs at least 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
1.
(a)Section 7131 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
(e)(1)(A)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 each House of Congress a
report on the operation of this section during the fiscal year last ending
before the start of such calendar year.
(B)Not later than December
31 of each calendar year, each agency (as defined by section 7103(a)(3)) shall
furnish to the Office of Personnel Management the information which such Office
requires, with respect to such agency, for purposes of the report which is next
due under subparagraph (A).
(2)Each report by the Office
of Personnel Management under this subsection shall include, with respect to
the fiscal year described in paragraph (1)(A), at least the following
information:
(A)The total amount of
official time granted to employees.
(B)The average amount of
official time expended per bargaining unit employee.
(C)The specific types of
activities or purposes for which official time was granted, and the impact
which the granting of such official time for such activities or purposes had on
agency operations.
(D)The total number of
employees to whom official time was granted, and, of that total, the number 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 fringe benefits) afforded to employees in connection
with activities or purposes for which they were granted official time.
(3)All information included
in a report by the Office of Personnel Management under this subsection with
respect to a fiscal year—
(A)shall be shown both
agency-by-agency and for all agencies; and
(B)shall be accompanied by
the corresponding information (submitted by the Office in its report under this
subsection) for the fiscal year before the fiscal year to which such report
pertains, 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)which may be granted to
an employee under this chapter (including 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)The
amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective beginning with the report
which, under the provisions of such amendment, is first required to be
submitted by the Office of Personnel Management to each House of Congress by a
date which occurs at least 6 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
July 16, 2013
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of
the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be
printed