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HR 568 113th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Labor-management relations

To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.

Introduced: February 6, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2013
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 111.
Jul 16, 2013
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-154.
May 22, 2013
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 22, 2013
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 6, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Feb 6, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), not later than March 31 of each year, to report to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. Requires each federal agency, not later than December 31 of each year, to submit to OPM information required for OPM's report to Congress.

Defines "official time" as any period of time granted to a federal employee to perform representational or consultative functions in labor-management relations during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status.

Requires OPM's report to Congress to include: (1) the total amount of official time granted to employees, (2) the average amount of official time expended per bargaining unit employee, (3) the specific types of activities or purposes for which official time was granted and the impact which the granting of such official time had on agency operations, (4) the total number of employees to whom official time was granted and the total number of such employees who were not engaged in any work activities or purposes except those involving the use of official time, and (5) the total amount of compensation (including fringe benefits) afforded to employees in connection with activities or purposes for which they were granted official time. Requires the information submitted by OPM to be shown both agency-by-agency and for all agencies and to be accompanied by corresponding information in previous reports, together with appropriate comparisons and analyses.

What's happening now July 16, 2013

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 111.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 568: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-568/
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"H.R. 568: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-568/.
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H.R. 568, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-568/.
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[H.R. 568: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-568/)
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