,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdbh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #aj1    
#bjbj,ms4 ,hirono 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,cardin1 and ,mr4 ,van ,hollen7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to improve ,federal agency telework     
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-- 7#a7 in section #fejb-- 7,a7  
in subsection 7b7-- 7i7 in paragraph    

7#d77;,b71 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 percentage of  
employees of the executive agency who   
participate in telework-- 7,a7 #c or    
more days per pay period2  7,b7 #a 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 cost  
savings to the executive agency that are
 achieved through telework1 consistent  
with the guidance established 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 telework
 participation ,not later than #cj days 
before the date on which an executive   
agency implements or modifies a telework
 plan that would reduce the percentage  

of employees of the agency who          
participate in telework1 the head of the
 executive agency shall provide written 
notification of the proposed            
implementation or modification1 which   
shall include a justification for the   
reduction and a description of how the  
agency will pay for any increased costs 
resulting from the reduction1 to-- 7#a7 
the ,director of the ,office of         
,personnel ,management2  7#b7 the       
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate2  
and  7#c7 the ,committee on ,oversight  
and ,reform of the ,house of            
,representatives4  7e7 ,prohibition on  
agency-,wide limits on teleworking ,an  
agency-- 7#a7 may not prohibit all      
employees of the agency from            
participating in any delineated period  
of telework1 including a period         
described in any of subparagraphs 7,a7  
through 7,d7 of subsection 7b77#f72 and 
7#b7 shall make any telework            
determination with respect to an        

employee1 or a group of employees1 of   
the agency on a case-by-case basis4  2  
and  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 telework1      
consistent with the guidance established
 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 telework 
participation rate above that rate with 
respect to fiscal year #bjaf1 including 
agency-level plans to maintain or       
improve that rate for each of the       
frequency categories described in       
subparagraph 7,a77iii74  4  7c7         
,guidance  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this   
subsection1 the terms executive agency  
and telework have the meanings given    
those terms in section #feja of title   

#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as amended by
 this section4  7#b7 ,requirement ,not  
later than #ij days after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 the ,office of ,personnel ,management1 
in collaboration with the ,chief ,human 
,capital ,officers ,council1 shall      
establish uniform guidance for executive
 agencies regarding how to collect data 
on1 set goals for1 and report cost      
savings achieved through telework1 which
 shall account for cost savings achieved
 through telework that relate to travel1
 energy use1 and the use of real estate4
  7d7 ,technical correction ,section    
#fejf7;b77#a7 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended1 in the matter
 preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by        
striking with ,chief and inserting with 
the ,chief4