,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #g1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,cassidy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit certain telework
 employees from receiving certain annual
 adjustments to pay schedules1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,federal       
,employee ,return to ,work ,act4  #b4   
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,covered employee ,the term covered     
employee-- 7,a7 means an employee who   
teleworks not fewer than #a day1 or in  
the case of an alternative work         
schedule1 not less than #bj percent1 a  
week2 and  7,b7 does not include an     
employee who-- 7i7 teleworks not fewer  
than #a day a week2 and  7ii7 is-- 7,i7 
is disabled and receives reasonable     
accommodations2  7,,ii7 a member of the 
,foreign ,service of the ,united        

,states2  7,,iii7 a ,federal law        
enforcement officer2  7,,iv7 a member of
 the ,armed ,forces on active duty2 or  
7,v7 any other employee1 the official   
worksite of whom is not described in    
section #eca4fje7;a77#a7 of title #e1   
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or any  
corresponding similar regulation or     
ruling74  7#b7 ,employee ,the term      
employee has the meaning given the term 
in section #baje of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,telework ,the term
 telework has the meaning given the term
 in section #feja of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code4  #c4 ,annual adjustments 
to pay schedules ,no covered employee   
may receive an annual adjustment under  
section #ecjc of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code4  #d4 ,pay localities     
,each covered employee shall be paid at 
the rate of basic pay under the         
applicable grade and step for that      
employee under the locality pay area    
designated as ,rest of ,u4,s4-- 7#a7 as 
of the date on which the employee       

becomes a covered employee2 and  7#b7   
which shall not be adjusted under       
section #ecjd of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code4  #e4 ,effective date     
,this ,act shall take effect on the     
first day of the first full fiscal year 
beginning after the date of enactment of
 this ,act4