[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 122 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 122

  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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2011

Mr. Gingrey of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Harper, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, 
  Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Duncan of 
 Tennessee, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, 
Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Broun of Georgia, 
Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Mack, Mr. Latta, Mr. Kline, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Stearns, 
Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Crawford, 
 Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
 King of Iowa, and Mr. Brady of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the circumstances in 
         which official time may be used by a Federal employee.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee Accountability Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. 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)--''.
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