[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1338 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1338

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of 
 Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to 
             the use of official time by Federal employees.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2013

  Mr. Coburn 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 require that the Office of 
 Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to 
             the use of official time by Federal employees.

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

SECTION 1. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e)(1) Not later than March 31 of each calendar year, the Office 
of Personnel Management, in consultation with the Office of Management 
and Budget, shall submit to Congress a report on the operation of this 
section during the most recent full fiscal year.
    ``(2) Each report submitted under this subsection shall include the 
following information with respect to the most recent full fiscal year:
            ``(A) The total amount of official time granted to 
        employees.
            ``(B) The average amount of official time expended by an 
        employee in an appropriate unit represented by an exclusive 
        representative.
            ``(C) The specific types of activities or purposes for 
        which official time was granted, and the impact that the 
        granting of official time for those activities or purposes had 
        on agency operations.
            ``(D) The total number of employees to whom official time 
        was granted, and, of that total number, the number of employees 
        who were not engaged in any activities or purposes except 
        activities or purposes involving the use of official time.
            ``(E) The total amount of compensation (including health 
        benefits, retirement benefits, life insurance benefits, and 
        student loan repayments) afforded to employees in connection 
        with activities or purposes for which the employees were 
        granted official time.
            ``(F) The dollar value of any office space, furnishings, 
        equipment, or supplies provided by the Government in connection 
        with activities or purposes for which employees were granted 
        official time.
    ``(3) All information included in a report under this subsection--
            ``(A) shall be provided both as to each agency and for all 
        agencies; and
            ``(B) shall be accompanied by the corresponding information 
        for the fiscal year before the most recent full fiscal year, 
        together with appropriate comparisons and analyses.
    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term `official time' 
means any period of time, regardless of agency nomenclature--
            ``(A) that may be granted to an employee under this chapter 
        (including under a collective bargaining agreement entered into 
        under this chapter) to perform representational or consultative 
        functions; and
            ``(B) during which the employee would otherwise be in a 
        duty status.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to the first calendar year that begins at least 3 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and each calendar year thereafter.
                                 <all>