,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fajh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjbj,mr4 
,connolly 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 
and ,ms4 ,wexton7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 to improve ,federal     
agency teleworking programs1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,telework      
,metrics and ,cost ,savings ,act4  #b4  
,improvements to ,federal agency        
teleworking programs  7a7 ,definition of
 telework ,section #feja7c7 of title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by   
inserting after performs the following3 
7on a periodic or full-time basis74  7b7
 ,telework participation goals ,chapter 
#fe of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 
is amended as follows3 7#a7 ,in section 
#fejb-- 7,a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7i7 in 
paragraph 7#d71 by striking and at the  
end2  7ii7 in paragraph 7#e71 by        

striking the period at the end and      
inserting a semicolon2 and  7iii7 by    
adding at the end the following3  7#f7  
include annual goals for increasing the 
percent of employees of the executive   
agency participating in teleworking--   
7,a7 three or more days per pay period2 
7,b7 one or #b days per pay period2     
7,c7 once per month2 and  7,d7 on an    
occasional1 episodic1 or short-term     
basis2 and  7#g7 include methods for    
collecting data on1 setting goals for1  
and reporting costs savings to the      
executive agency achieved through       
teleworking1 consistent with the        
guidance developed under section #b7;c7 
of the ,telework ,metrics and ,cost     
,savings ,act4  2 and  7,b7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7d7            
,notification for reduction in          
teleworking participation ,not later    
than #cj days before the date that an   
executive agency implements or modifies 
a teleworking plan that would reduce the
 percentage of employees at the agency  

who telework1 the head of the executive 
agency shall provide written            
notification1 including a justification 
for the reduction in telework           
participation and a description of how  
the agency will pay for any increased   
costs resulting from that reduction1    
to-- 7#a7 the ,director of the ,office  
of ,personnel ,management2  7#b7 the    
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform of 
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7#c7 the ,committee on ,homeland        
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate4  7e7 ,prohibition on       
agency-,wide limits on teleworking ,an  
agency may not prohibit any delineated  
period of teleworking participation for 
all employees of the agency1 including  
the periods described in subparagraphs  
7,a7 through 7,d7 of subsection 7b77#f74
 ,the agency shall make any teleworking 
determination with respect to an        
employee or group of employees at the   
agency on a case-by-case basis4  4  7#b7
 ,in section #fejf7;b77#b7-- 7,a7 in    

subparagraph 7,f77vi71 by striking and  
at the end2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,g71 
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting a semicolon2 and  7,c7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7,h7  
agency cost savings achieved through    
teleworking1 consistent with the        
guidance developed under section #b7;c7 
of the ,telework ,metrics and ,cost     
,savings ,act2 and  7,i7 a detailed     
explanation of a plan to increase the   
,government-wide teleworking            
participation rate above such rate      
applicable to fiscal year #bjaf1        
including agency-level plans to maintain
 or improve such rate for each of the   
teleworking frequency categories listed 
under subparagraph 7,a77iii74  4  7c7   
,guidance ,not later than #ij days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,director of the ,office of        
,personnel ,management1 in collaboration
 with the ,chief ,human ,capital        
,officer ,council1 shall establish      
uniform guidance for agencies on how to 

collect data on1 set goals for1 and     
report cost savings achieved through1   
teleworking4 ,such guidance shall       
account for cost savings related to     
travel1 energy use1 and real estate4    
7d7 ,technical correction ,section      
#fejf7;b77#a7 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
with ,chief and inserting with the      
,chief4