3.0.0 1364 2023-01-11T13:35:44Z 2023-01-11T13:35:44Z House HR 2017-03-06 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 38 (Monday, March 6, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia:H.R. 1364.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution states``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among theseveral States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution states``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States or in any Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H1537]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Markup by 2017-03-10T22:01:00Z Referred to 2017-03-06T21:01:30Z 2017-03-10 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17. Committee 2017-03-10 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2017-03-06 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001071 Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10] Jody Hice R GA B. 10 N H001053 Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] Vicky Hartzler R MO 4 2017-04-06 False 2018-11-30T16:07:00Z H.R. 1364, Official Time Reform Act of 2017 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54850 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 10, 2017 Government Operations and Politics Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Public participation and lobbying Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-03-06 Introduced in House 2017-11-01T15:08:14Z Official Time Reform Act of 2017

This bill prohibits the granting of official time to an employee who would otherwise be in a duty status for purposes of engaging in any political activity, including lobbying activity. Official time is time off from assigned duties granted to a federal employee for purposes of representing a union or its bargaining unit employees.

Under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System: (1) an employee may not be allowed retirement credit for any day of service spent principally on official time that is in excess of 365 days in the aggregate, (2) an employee is deemed to have spent a day principally on official time if it is at least 80% of the time such employee would otherwise be in a duty status, and (3) any such service spent principally on official time for which an employee is not allowed credit shall be treated as credible service for purposes of calculating the employee's average pay.

]]> Official Time Reform Act of 2017 Display Title Official Time Reform Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of official time for political activity and to exclude certain official time from eligibility as creditable service under CSRS and FERS, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Official Time Reform Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr1364ih/xml/BILLS-115hr1364ih.xml 2017-03-10 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.