3.0.0 236 2026-07-18T00:05:10Z 2026-07-18T00:05:10Z House H HR 2025-01-07 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/236 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 7, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]Mr. NEWHOUSE:H.R. 236.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1[Page H63]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-07T16:03:10Z Federal Employee Return to Work Act 119 27 S 2025-01-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2025-01-07 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2025-01-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000189 Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] Dan Newhouse R WA 4 N N000193 Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] Zachary Nunn R IA 3 2025-01-07 True M001204 Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] Daniel Meuser R PA 9 2025-01-07 True W000814 Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] Randy Weber R TX K. 14 2025-01-07 True B000825 Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] Lauren Boebert R CO 4 2025-01-07 True T000480 Rep. Timmons, William R. [R-SC-4] William Timmons R SC R. 4 2025-01-07 True E000071 Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] Jake Ellzey R TX 6 2025-01-07 True H001091 Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] Ashley Hinson R IA 2 2025-01-07 True C001129 Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] Mike Collins R GA 10 2025-01-07 True M000317 Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] Nicole Malliotakis R NY 11 2025-01-07 True C001103 Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] Earl Carter R GA L. "Buddy" 1 2025-01-07 True F000475 Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] Brad Finstad R MN 1 2025-01-07 True F000459 Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] Charles Fleischmann R TN J. "Chuck" 3 2025-01-07 True F000246 Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] Pat Fallon R TX 4 2025-01-09 False C001133 Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] Juan Ciscomani R AZ 6 2025-01-09 False L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2025-01-09 False R000395 Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] Harold Rogers R KY 5 2025-01-09 False B001321 Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] Tom Barrett R MI 7 2025-01-15 False H001052 Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] Andy Harris R MD 1 2025-01-15 False H001067 Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] Richard Hudson R NC 9 2025-01-15 False K000376 Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] Mike Kelly R PA 16 2025-01-21 False H001101 Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] Pat Harrigan R NC 10 2025-02-05 False Government Operations and Politics Commuting 2025-03-05T16:06:56Z Computers and information technology 2025-03-05T16:07:01Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2025-03-05T16:06:49Z Government Operations and Politics 2025-02-26T20:04:58Z 00 2025-01-07 Introduced in House 2025-03-18T15:40:19Z Federal Employee Return to Work Act

This bill prohibits providing certain annual or locality-based pay increases to teleworking federal employees.

Currently, federal law mandates annual adjustments to General Schedule (GS) pay rates according to (1) a formula based on the annual percentage change in the Employment Cost Index (a measure of labor costs in the private sector); and (2) the difference between public and private sector pay rates in an employee's locality, if that difference exceeds 5%. For example, in 2025, the default annual rate of pay for a GS-7 (step 1) employee is $49,960; the adjusted annual rate of pay for a GS-7 (step 1) employee in the locality pay area that includes Washington, DC, is $57,164. 

The bill makes executive agency employees who telework at least one day each week (or, in the case of an alternative work schedule, 20% or more each week) ineligible for these payments.

The bill is effective on the first day of the fiscal year beginning after the bill's enactment. 

 

]]> Federal Employee Return to Work Act Display Title 45 Federal Employee Return to Work Act 2026-07-18T00:05:10Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Federal Employee Return to Work Act 2025-02-05T01:23:20Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To prohibit certain telework employees from receiving certain annual adjustments to pay schedules, and for other purposes. 2025-02-05T01:18:26Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr236ih/xml/BILLS-119hr236ih.xml 2025-01-07 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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.