Earn Your Keep Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7080 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7080

To reinstate pre-pandemic telework policies of Executive agencies, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2024

   Mr. Carl introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
To reinstate pre-pandemic telework policies of Executive agencies, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Earn Your Keep Act''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF PRE-PANDEMIC EXECUTIVE AGENCY TELEWORK 
              POLICIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the head of each Executive agency shall reinstate the 
telework policies in use by such Executive agency on December 31, 2019.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Beginning on the date that the head of 
an Executive agency reinstates the telework policy under subsection 
(a), such policy shall apply in place of any other provision of a 
teleworking, collective bargaining, or other employment agreement of 
such Executive agency to the extent that such other provision conflicts 
with the policy so reinstated.
    (c) Removal.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
employee of an Executive agency who does not comply with a reinstated 
telework policy under subsection (a) shall be removed from the civil 
service, and the position formerly occupied by such employee shall be 
eliminated.
    (d) GAO Study.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress 
analyzing, with respect to any employee of Executive agencies who were 
teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic--
            (1) the rate of locality pay (if any) paid to such 
        employee; and
            (2) the geographic location of the teleworking work site of 
        the employee.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Executive agency'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
            (2) the term ``locality pay'' means locality pay under 
        section 5304 or 5304a of such title; and
            (3) the term ``telework'' and ``teleworking'' have the 
        meaning given those terms in section 6501 of such title, and 
        includes remote work.
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