[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 76 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1948. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1911 submitted by Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Cruz, Ms. 
Duckworth, and Mr. Moran) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 
3935, to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize and improve 
the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of section 221, add the following:
       (d) Data Collection and Reporting.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) FAA office.--The term ``FAA office'' means any office 
     space owned or leased by the FAA at which 1 or more employees 
     of the FAA or employees of any contractor with the FAA 
     regularly perform their duties.
       (B) Teleworking employee.--The term ``teleworking 
     employee'' means an employee of the FAA or of any contractor 
     with the FAA who is covered by a telework agreement.
       (C) Working remotely.--The term ``working remotely'' means 
     performing work duties on a computer outside of an FAA 
     office.
       (2) Initiation of data collection.--Not later than 
     September 1, 2024, the Administrator shall--
       (A) establish policies requiring the login activity and 
     traffic on Federal information technology equipment of each 
     teleworking employee working remotely to be recorded; and
       (B) establish best practices for managers of teleworking 
     employees to periodically review each teleworking employee's 
     traffic log while working remotely.
       (3) Retention of data collection.--The Administrator shall 
     retain the data collected under paragraph (2) for a period of 
     not less than 3 years from the date on which the data is 
     collected. The information collected and retained during such 
     period shall include, with respect to each teleworking 
     employee working remotely, at minimum, the following:
       (A) The average number of logins made each day by the 
     teleworking employee.
       (B) The average daily connection duration for the 
     teleworking employee.
       (C) The network traffic the teleworking employee generates 
     while working remotely.
       (4) Report.--The Secretary shall include in the budget 
     justification materials (as defined in section 3(b)(2) of the 
     Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 
     (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)) of the Department of Transportation 
     the data collected under paragraph (2) in an aggregated 
     format which protects personally identifiable information and 
     compares the data to the average utilization rates of 
     teleworking employees working remotely on each weekday to the 
     average utilization rates of all Federal employees with a 
     telework agreement who work remotely, for the most recent 
     period for which such data is available.
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