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<dc:title>119 S1313 IS: No Union Time on the Taxpayer's Dime Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-04-07</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 1313</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20250407">April 7, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S346">Mr. Lee</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate the use of official time by Federal employees.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H96125577735A4466972DBD0C5DFEAAE2"><section section-type="section-one" id="HBB4CE183A5534E8F9C7B6B281E907D22"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>No Union Time on the Taxpayer's Dime Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="H73D08E2A9036407CA16343B1396CB840"><enum>2.</enum><header>Elimination of official time</header><subsection id="H00230E8CDE884AD5962F29194943FEBE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC82AB3D8AEE244039D9A048B7128C9F9"><section id="H308D9A07C7B74C4595043718356D7EE3"><enum>7131.</enum><header>Elimination of official time</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any activities performed by an employee relating to the business of a labor organization shall be performed during the time the employee is in a non-duty status.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H46DC5FC2FCD048638A60B5E5FC7D25DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/71">chapter 71</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 7131 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85955375364D42E5A99A0F72CCBD0CA6"><toc regeneration="no-regeneration"><toc-entry level="section">7131. Elimination of official time.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

