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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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013.

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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)—.