,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bd1 #bjbb,mr4
 ,burgess introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
direct the ,secretary of the ,interior  
to reinstate pre-pandemic in-office work
 policies at the ,department of the     
,interior in order to receive certain   
supplemental emergency relief funds1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,limitation on
 ,department of ,interior funds until   
pre-pandemic work policies reinstated   
7a7 ,in general ,none of the unobligated
 ,,covid-#ai relief funds made available
 to the ,secretary may be used until on 
or after the date that the ,secretary   
reinstates the telework policies1       
practices1 and levels of telework as in 
effect at the ,department of the        
,interior on ,december #ca1 #bjai4  7b7 
,report ,not later than #cj days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary shall submit to ,congress

 a plan for opening the offices of the  
,department of the ,interior for        
in-office work in a manner consistent   
with the policies1 practices1 and levels
 of telework as in effect on ,december  
#ca1 #bjai4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this  
section3 7#a7 ,,covid-#ai relief funds  
,the term ,,covid-#ai relief funds means
 any funds made available to the        
,secretary in--  7,a7 the ,coronavirus  
,preparedness and ,response             
,supplemental ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjbj 7,public ,law #aaf-abc72  7,b7 the
 ,american ,rescue ,plan ,act of #bjba  
7,public ,law #aag-b72 or  7,c7 any     
,,covid-#ai supplemental emergency      
appropriations measure enacted into law 
on or after the date of enactment of    
this ,act4  7#b7 ,secretary ,the term   
,secretary means the ,secretary of the  
,interior4  7#c7 ,telework ,the term    
telework has the meaning given such term
 in section #feja of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 and includes remote work4