[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 785 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 785

To amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate the use of official 
                       time by Federal employees.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 23, 2013

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee Accountability Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF OFFICIAL TIME.

    (a) In General.--Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 7131. Elimination of official time
    ``Any activities performed by an employee relating to the internal 
business of a labor organization (including the solicitation of 
membership, elections of labor organization officials, and collection 
of dues) shall be performed during the time the employee is in a non-
duty status.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 71 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 7131 and inserting the following:

``7131. Elimination of official time.''.
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