,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ad1        
#bjbe,ms4 ,foxx 7for herself1 ,mr4      
,comer1 and ,mr4 ,palmer7 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 require that the ,office of          
,personnel ,management submit an annual 
report to ,congress relating to the use 
of official time by ,federal employees4 
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,official ,time ,reporting 
,act4  #b4 ,reporting requirement  7a7  
,in general ,section #gaca of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7e7 7#a7 7,a7 ,not later   
than ,march #ca of each calendar year1  
the ,director of the ,office of         
,personnel ,management1 in consultation 
with the ,director of the ,office of    
,management and ,budget1 shall submit to

 the ,committee on ,oversight and       
,government ,reform of the ,house of    
,representatives and ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate1 and make       
publicly available on a website of the  
,office of ,personnel ,management1 a    
report covering the activities under    
this section during the most recently   
completed fiscal year prior to such     
calendar year1 including each           
explanation submitted to the ,director  
under subparagraph 7,c7 and summarizing 
information received under subparagraph 
7,b74  7,b7 ,not later than ,december   
#ca of each calendar year1 the head of  
each agency shall submit to the         
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management the information which the   
,director requires1 with respect to such
 agency1 for purposes of the report     
which is next due under subparagraph    
7,a7 in accordance with the guidance    
issued by the ,director1 including any  
standardized format for the submission  

of such information included in such    
guidance4  7,c7 ,if the average         
aggregate official time rate of an      
agency for a fiscal year is greater than
 the average aggregate official time    
rate for such agency for the previous   
fiscal year1 the head of such agency    
shall include an explanation for such   
increase in the information submitted to
 the ,director of the ,office of        
,personnel ,management under            
subparagraph 7,b7 for the purposes of   
the report required under subparagraph  
7,a7 covering such fiscal year4  7#b7   
,each report submitted by the ,director 
of the ,office of ,personnel ,management
 under paragraph 7#a77;,a7 shall        
include1 with respect to the fiscal year
 covered by the report1 the following   
information3 7,a7 ,the total amount of  
official time granted to employees4     
7,b7 ,the average amount of official    
time expended per employee in a         
bargaining unit and the total number of 
employees in a bargaining unit4  7,c7   

,for each agency1 the average aggregate 
official time rate4  7,d7 ,the agency or
 subdivision of an agency in which      
employees in a bargaining unit are      
employed4  7,e7 ,the total amount       
withheld from the pay of employees in a 
bargaining unit using the payroll       
systems of agencies for the payment of  
the regular and periodic dues of the    
exclusive representative of the unit1   
and the total number of such employees  
that paid such dues through such payroll
 systems4  7,f7 ,the specific types of  
activities or purposes for which        
official time was granted1 and the      
effects on agency operations of such    
grants of official time for such        
activities or purposes4  7,g7 ,the total
 number of employees to whom official   
time was granted and the number of such 
employees who as an employee1 engaged in
 only activities or purposes involving  
the use of official time4  7,h7 ,the    
amount paid by the ,federal ,government 
to employees granted official time with 

respect to the activities or purposes   
for which such employees were granted   
such official time1 disaggregated by the
 costs of the compensation and fringe   
benefits of such employees and any      
travel1 per diem1 or other expense4     
7,i7 ,for each agency1 a description of 
any room or space designated at the     
agency 7or its subcomponent7 as a room  
or space where employees of the agency  
conducted activities for which official 
time was granted1 including the square  
footage of any such room or space1 and1 
if the agency allowed a labor           
organization or individuals on official 
time the free or discounted use of      
property of the ,government1 the total  
fair market value of such free or       
discounted use and the amount1 if any1  
paid by the labor organization to the   
agency for the use of such property4    
7#c7 ,the ,director of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management shall-- 7,a7     
provide the information required under  
paragraph 7#b7 to be included in a      

report submitted by the ,director under 
paragraph 7#a77;,a7 in the aggregate for
 all agencies and disaggregated by      
agency2 and  7,b7 include in each such  
report1 other than the first such report
 submitted by the ,director under       
paragraph 7#a77;,a71 comparisons of the 
information for the fiscal year covered 
by the report with the corresponding    
information for the previous fiscal year
 contained in the report submitted by   
the ,director under paragraph 7#a77;,a7 
covering such previous fiscal year1     
including such analysis of such         
comparisons as determined appropriate by
 the ,director4  7#d7 ,for the purposes 
of this subsection-- 7,a7 the term      
agency bargaining unit means a group of 
employees of an agency represented by an
 exclusive representative in an         
appropriate unit for collective         
bargaining under subchapter ,,ii of this
 chapter2  7,b7 the term average        
aggregate official time rate1 with      
respect to an agency1 means the average 

of the official time rates for each     
agency bargaining unit of such agency   
for a fiscal year1 weighted by the      
number of employees in each such agency 
bargaining unit as of the end of such   
fiscal year2  7,c7 the term bargaining  
unit means a group of employees         
represented by an exclusive             
representative in an appropriate unit   
for collective bargaining under         
subchapter ,,ii of this chapter2  7,d7  
the term official time means the time an
 employee of an agency who is a labor   
representative for a labor organization 
spends performing non-agency business   
while on duty1 either in service of such
 labor organization or otherwise acting 
in the capacity as an employee          
representative1 including official time 
authorized under this section2 and  7,e7
 the term official time rate means the  
total number of duty hours during a     
fiscal year that employees in an agency 
bargaining unit used for official time1 
divided by the number of employees in   

such agency bargaining unit as of the   
end of such fiscal year4  4  7b7        
,guidance ,not later than #ahj days     
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,director of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management shall-- 7#a7     
issue guidance to agencies 7as defined  
in section #gajc7;a7 of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code7 regarding the    
submission of information under         
subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c7 of section  
#gaca7;e77#a7 of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a71 which may include a standardized   
format for the submission of such       
information2 and  7#b7 in consultation  
with the ,chief ,human ,capital         
,officers designated under chapter #ad  
of such title1 promulgate any additional
 guidance that may be necessary or      
appropriate to assist the heads of such 
agencies in complying with the          
requirements of this ,act and the       
amendments made by this ,act4  7c7      
,applicability ,the amendment made by   

subsection 7a7 take effect on the first 
,april #a that is not less than six     
months after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act4