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.

Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. Defines "official time" as any period of time granted to a federal employee to perform representational or consultative functions and during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2066 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2066

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 1, 2011

 Mr. Ross of Florida 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 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 each House of Congress a report on the 
operation of this section during the fiscal year last ending before the 
start of such calendar year.
    ``(2) Each report under this subsection shall include, with respect 
to the fiscal year described in paragraph (1), at least the following 
information:
            ``(A) The total amount of official time granted to 
        employees.
            ``(B) The average obtained by dividing--
                    ``(i) the number described in subparagraph (A), by
                    ``(ii) the total number of employees in an 
                appropriate unit represented by an exclusive 
                representative.
            ``(C) The specific types of activities or purposes for 
        which official time was granted.
            ``(D) The total number of employees to whom official time 
        was granted.
            ``(E) The total dollar amount paid to employees, in the 
        form of salaries or basic pay, while they were engaged in 
        activities for which they were granted official time.
            ``(F) The fair market value of any office space, 
        furnishings, equipment, or supplies provided by the Government 
        in connection with activities for which employees were granted 
        official time.
    ``(3) All information included in a report under this subsection--
            ``(A) shall be shown both agency-by-agency and for all 
        agencies; and
            ``(B) shall be accompanied by the corresponding information 
        for the fiscal year before the fiscal year described in 
        paragraph (1), 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) which may be granted to an employee under this 
        chapter (including 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 be 
effective beginning with the report which, under the provisions of such 
amendment, is first due at least 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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