,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjag,mr4 
,jody ,b4 ,hice of ,georgia introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to limit the use of official time for   
political activity and to exclude       
certain official time from eligibility  
as creditable service under ,,csrs and  
,,fers1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,official ,time ,reform ,act of     
#bjag4  #b4 ,limitation on use of       
official time for political activity    
7a7 ,in general ,section #gaca of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subsection 7d7 by inserting and 
subsection 7e7 after preceding          
subsections2 and  7#b7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7e7 ,an employee may
 not be granted official time under this
 section for any time such employee     

would otherwise be in a duty status for 
purposes of engaging in any political   
activity1 including lobbying activity4  
4  7b7 ,applicability ,the amendment    
made by this section shall apply on the 
date of enactment of this ,act1         
regardless of whether an employee is    
covered by a collective bargaining      
agreement in effect on such date4  #c4  
,exclusion of certain durations of      
official time from creditable service   
7a7 ,,csrs ,section #hccb of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7p7   
7#a7 ,an employee may not be allowed    
credit under this section for any day of
 service spent principally on official  
time1 as described under subsection 7b71
 that is in excess of #cfe days in the  
aggregate4  7#b7 ,for purposes of this  
subsection1 an employee spends a day    
principally on official time if at least
 #hj percent of the time such employee  
would otherwise be in a duty status     
during such day is spent on official    

time granted under section #gaca4  7#c7 
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a71 any    
service described under paragraph 7#a7  
for which an employee is not allowed    
credit under this subsection shall be   
treated as creditable service for       
purposes of calculating the average pay 
of the employee under section #hcca7d74 
4  7b7 ,,fers ,section #hdaa of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended   
by-- 7#a7 striking 7i77#a7 ,upon        
application and inserting 7j77#a7 ,upon 
application2 and  7#b7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7m7 7#a7 ,an        
employee may not be allowed credit under
 this section for any day of service    
spent principally on official time1 as  
described under subsection 7b71 that is 
in excess of #cfe days in the aggregate4
  7#b7 ,for purposes of this subsection1
 an employee spends a day principally on
 official time if at least #hj percent  
of the time such employee would         
otherwise be in a duty status during    
such day is spent on official time      

granted under section #gaca4  7#c7      
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a71 any    
service described under paragraph 7#a7  
for which an employee is not allowed    
credit under this subsection shall be   
considered service for purposes of      
calculating the average pay of the      
employee under section #hdja7c74  4  7c7
 ,applicability ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to any         
applicable annuity calculated on or     
after ,october #a1 #bjag4