Telework Reform Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Telework Reform Act of 2025
This bill establishes additional terms and conditions for executive agency telework policies. It also authorizes agencies to noncompetitively hire qualified covered veterans, military spouses, and spouses of law enforcement officers for remote telework (i.e., full-time telework from an approved alternative worksite).
The bill provides, among other requirements, that agencies
- limit telework agreements to a period of one year,
- review telework agreements at least annually,
- ensure that telework policies address the extent to which telework may be restricted based on performance or disciplinary action, and
- establish systems to confirm that employees are working solely at approved worksites.
The bill also authorizes agencies to noncompetitively appoint veterans, military spouses, and spouses of law enforcement officers with appropriate qualifications to remote telework positions. The authority for hiring spouses of law enforcement officers is a seven-year pilot program.
Further, the bill requires the (1) Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines to protect the security of information and systems used while teleworking, and (2) the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study comparing the processing time for constituent services provided by agencies as of the study's date with the average processing times in 2019.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 22, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jan 22, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Commuting
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Employee performance
- Employment and training programs
- Family relationships
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Labor-management relations
- Law enforcement officers
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
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