,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjje  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ad1  
#bjbe ,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 ,executive       
agencies to submit reports to ,congress 
and to the ,office of ,personnel        
,management regarding employees who are 
furloughed during any period during     
which there is a lapse in               
appropriations1 and for other purposes4 
#a4  ,short title  ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,non-,essential ,workers   
,transparency ,act4  #b4  ,reporting    
requirements  7a7  ,definitions  ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate         
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means1 with respect to an ,executive    
agency--  7,a7 the ,committee on        
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate2  7,b7 the      

,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform of the ,house of               
,representatives2 and  7,c7 any other   
committee of ,congress with jurisdiction
 with respect to the ,executive agency4 
7#b7  ,covered employee  ,the term      
covered employee means an employee of an
 ,executive agency who is subject to    
furlough during a covered period with   
respect to that ,executive agency4  7#c7
  ,covered period  ,the term covered    
period means a period during which there
 is a lapse in appropriations with      
respect to an ,executive agency4  7#d7  
,director  ,the term ,director means the
 ,director of the ,office of ,personnel 
,management4  7#e7  ,executive agency   
,the term ,executive agency has the     
meaning given the term in section #aje  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7
  ,requirements  ,not later than #cj    
days after the date on which a covered  
period with respect to an ,executive    
agency ends1 the ,under ,secretary 7or  
the equivalent7 of that ,executive      

agency shall electronically submit to   
the appropriate congressional committees
 with respect to that ,executive agency1
 and to the ,director1 a report that    
contains--  7#a7 the total number of    
employees 7including contract employees7
 employed by the ,executive agency1 as  
of the day before the day on which that 
covered period began2  7#b7 the total   
amount expended by the ,executive agency
 on salaries of employees during the    
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in
 which that covered period began2  7#c7 
the total number of employees of the    
,executive agency who were covered      
employees during that covered period2   
7#d7 the sum obtained by adding the     
annual rate of basic pay of each        
employee described in paragraph 7#c72   
7#e7 the total number of employees of   
the ,executive agency who were not      
covered employees during that covered   
period2 and  7#f7 the sum obtained by   
adding the annual rate of basic pay of  
each employee described in paragraph    

7#e74  7c7  ,procedures  7#a7           
,classification  ,each ,executive agency
 submitting a report under subsection   
7b71 or an update to such a report1     
shall submit that report or update in   
unclassified form1 but that report or   
update may include a classified annex4  
7#b7  ,publication  ,not later than #cj 
days after the date on which an         
appropriate congressional committee     
receives a report submitted under       
subsection 7b71 that appropriate        
congressional committee shall publish   
the report on the website of the        
appropriate congressional committee4    
7#c7  ,,opm requirements  ,not later    
than #fj days after the date on which a 
covered period with respect to #a or    
more ,executive agencies ends1 the      
,director shall--  7,a7 consolidate all 
reports submitted to the ,director under
 subsection 7b7 with respect to that    
covered period into a single report2 and
  7,b7 publish the consolidated report  
created under subparagraph 7,a7 on the  

website of the ,office of ,personnel    
,management4