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.
Latest action · Oct 5, 2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 24, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 11, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to submit an annual report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. The report must include at a minimum:
- the total amount of official time granted to employees,
- the average amount of official time expended per bargaining unit employee,
- the specific types of activities or purposes for which official time was granted and the impact on agency operations,
- the total number of employees to whom official time was granted and the number engaged exclusively in activities involving the use of official time,
- the total amount of compensation (including fringe benefits) afforded to employees granted official time,
- the total amount of official time spent by employees representing federal employees who are not union members, and
- a description of any room or space designated at the agency where official time will be conducted.
The bill 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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2017Markup Mar 8, 2017Reported May 11, 2017 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred May 25, 2017Markup Jul 26, 2017Reported Oct 5, 2017 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2017Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-167.
- Oct 5, 2017Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.
- Jul 26, 2017Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- May 25, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- May 24, 2017Mr. Ross moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 24, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4528-4533)
- May 24, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1293.
- May 24, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4528-4529)
- May 24, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 11, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-118.
- May 11, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 71.
- Mar 8, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 8, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4528–H4533Text printed H4528 | Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ, Brenda L. Lawrence D-MI, Dennis A. Ross R-FL, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Jody B. Hice R-GA, John P. Sarbanes D-MD, Mark Takano D-CA, Stephen F. Lynch D-MA | May 24, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 7, 2017H.R. 1293, an act 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 employeesAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 26, 2017
- Mar 17, 2017H.R. 1293, 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 employeesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 8, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 36, March 1, 2017, page H1464.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-86 | UNION TIME ON THE PEOPLE'S DIME: A CLOSER LOOK AT OFFICIAL TIME115 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | May 24, 2018 |
| Serial No. 115-25 | FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION: AN UPDATE170 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | May 18, 2017 |
| Serial No. 115-6 | A LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1461, THE "VETERANS, EMPLOYEES, AND TAXPAYERS PROTECTION ACT OF 2017"42 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 21, 2017 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44794 | Collective Bargaining and the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute: Selected Legal Issues | Report | Mar 21, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4392 | 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. | Reintroduction of | Apr 12, 2016 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2017Reported to Senate
- May 25, 2017Referred in Senate
- May 24, 2017Engrossed in House
- May 11, 2017Reported in House
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
