,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ciee  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1    
#bjbd,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the heads of     
,federal agencies to submit to ,congress
 an annual report regarding official    
time authorized under title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,taxpayer-,funded ,union ,time  
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,official time 
7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,agency2 employee2 labor organization   
,the terms agency1 employee1 and labor  
organization have the meanings given    
those terms in section #gajc of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7        
,section #gaca ,the term section #gaca  
means section #gaca of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code4  7b7 ,annual report ,not
 later than ,june #cj of each year that 

begins after the year in which this ,act
 is enacted1 the head of each agency    
shall submit to ,congress1 and post on  
the public website of the agency1 a     
report that details the following for   
the year covered by the report3 7#a7    
,the cost to the agency of official time
 authorized under section #gaca4  7#b7  
,a detailed explanation of the purpose  
for which the agency made each          
authorization of official time under    
section #gaca4  7#c7 ,with respect to   
each employee of the agency for whom    
official time was authorized under      
section #gaca-- 7,a7 the position and   
annual rate of basic pay of the         
employee2  7,b7 the total number of     
hours the employee spent on activities  
for which the official time was         
authorized2 and  7,c7 the percentage    
that the number of hours described in   
subparagraph 7,b7 represented with      
respect to the total number of hours    
worked by the employee for the          
applicable year4  7#d7 ,the number of   

hours for which the agency permitted    
labor organizations1 or employees of the
 agency for whom official time was      
authorized under section #gcaa1 to use  
agency property at no cost or at a      
discounted rate4  7#e7 ,the total       
monetary value of the uses described in 
paragraph 7#d74  7#f7 ,the amount of any
 reimbursement collected by the agency  
with respect to a use described in      
paragraph 7#d74  7#g7 ,any expenses paid
 by the agency for activities conducted 
by a labor organization or a private    
individual with respect to official time
 authorized by the agency under section 
#gaca4  7#h7 ,an explanation of any     
increase1 as compared to the report     
submitted in the previous year1 in the  
amount of official time authorized by   
the agency under section #gaca4