,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ced  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #c1       
#bjbe,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,crapo1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1    
,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,ricketts1 and ,mr4  
,grassley7 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 to ,congress a study of the      
impacts of expanded telework and remote 
work by agency employees during the     
,,covid-#ai pandemic and a plan for the 
agency's future use of telework and     
remote work1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,stopping ,home ,office ,work's 
,unproductive ,problems ,act of #bjbe or
 the ,,show ,,up ,act of #bjbe4  #b4    
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,agency
 ,the term agency has the meaning given 
the term ,executive agency in section   
#aje of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4

  7#b7 ,director ,the term ,director    
means the ,director of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management4  7#c7 ,locality 
pay ,the term locality pay means        
locality pay provided for under section 
#ecjd or #ecjd;a of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code4  7#d7 ,telework2         
teleworking ,the terms telework and     
teleworking-- 7,a7 have the meaning     
given those terms in section #feja of   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 and    
7,b7 include remote work4  #c4          
,reinstatement of pre-pandemic telework 
policies1 practices1 and levels for     
,executive agencies  7a7 ,in general    
,not later than #cj days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the head of  
each agency shall reinstate and apply   
the telework policies1 practices1 and   
levels of the agency that were in effect
 on ,december #ca1 #bjai4  7b7          
,prohibition ,the head of an agency may 
not expand any policy1 practice1 or     
level described in subsection 7a7 until 
the date on which the head of the agency

 submits to ,congress-- 7#a7 an agency  
plan under section #d7;a77#b72 and  7#b7
 a certification under section          
#d7;a77#c74  #d4 ,study1 plan1 and      
certification regarding ,executive      
agency telework policies1 practices1 and
 levels for ,executive agencies  7a7 ,in
 general ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 head of each agency1 in consultation   
with the ,director1 shall submit to     
,congress-- 7#a7 a study on the impacts 
on the agency and the mission of the    
agency of expanding telework for        
employees as a result of the public     
health emergency relating to the        
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic declared under   
section #cai of the ,public ,health     
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7 on 
,january #ca1 #bjbj1 including an       
analysis of-- 7,a7 any adverse impacts  
of that expansion on the performance by 
the agency of the mission of the agency1
 including the performance of customer  

service by the agency2  7,b7 any costs  
to the agency during that expansion     
attributable to-- 7i7 owning1 leasing1  
or maintaining underutilized real       
property2 or  7ii7 paying higher rates  
of locality pay to teleworking employees
 as a result of incorrectly classifying 
those employees as teleworkers rather   
than remote workers2  7,c7 any degree to
 which the agency failed during that    
expansion to provide teleworking        
employees with secure network capacity1 
communications tools1 necessary and     
secure access to appropriate agency data
 assets and ,federal records1 and       
equipment sufficient to enable          
teleworking employee to be fully        
productive2  7,d7 any degree to which   
that expansion facilitated dispersal of 
the agency workforce around the ,united 
,states2 and  7,e7 any other impacts of 
that expansion that the head of the     
agency or the ,director considers       
appropriate2  7#b7 any agency plan to   
expand telework policies1 practices1 or 

levels beyond the telework policies1    
practices1 and levels of the agency that
 were in effect on ,december #ca1 #bjai2
 and  7#c7 a certification by the       
,director that the agency plan described
 in paragraph 7#b7 will-- 7,a7 have a   
substantial positive effect on-- 7i7 the
 performance of the mission of the      
agency1 including the performance of    
customer service2  7ii7 increasing the  
level of dispersal of agency personnel  
throughout the ,united ,states2 and     
7iii7 the reversal of any adverse       
impacts described in paragraph          
7#a77;,a72  7,b7 substantially lower the
 costs of the agency relating to owning1
 leasing1 or maintaining real property2 
7,c7 substantially lower the costs of   
the agency attributable to paying       
locality pay to agency personnel working
 from locations outside the pay locality
 of their position's official worksite2 
and  7,d7 ensure that teleworking       
employees will be provided with secure  
network capacity1 communications tools1 

necessary and secure access to          
appropriate agency data assets and      
,federal records1 and equipment         
sufficient to enable each teleworking   
employee to be fully productive1 without
 substantially increasing the agency's  
overall costs for secure network        
capacity1 communications tools1 and     
equipment4  7b7 ,limitation  7#a7 ,in   
general ,the head of an agency may not  
implement an agency plan described in   
subsection 7a77#b7 for which the        
,director does not issue a certification
 described in subsection 7a77#c74  7#b7 
,subsequent plans ,if the head of an    
agency unsuccessfully submits an agency 
plan described in subsection 7a77#b7 to 
the ,director for the certification     
described in subsection 7a77#c71 the    
head of the agency may-- 7,a7 submit to 
the ,director subsequent agency plans   
until the head of the agency receives   
the certification2 and  7,b7 submit a   
subsequent agency plan described in     
subparagraph 7,a7 that is certified by  

the ,director to ,congress4