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H.R. 605 116th Congress House

Official Time Reporting Act

Official title: 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: January 16, 2019 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversightEmployee leaveGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementLabor-management relations
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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 Latest action January 16, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Official Time Reporting Act

This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to report annually to Congress on the use of official time by federal employees. Official time is paid time off from assigned duties to perform labor-management relations activities.

Among other things, the OPM must report on the following:

  • the total amount of official time granted to employees,
  • the specific types of activities for which official time was granted, and
  • the total amount of compensation provided to employees in connection with official time activities.
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 4
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Apr 15, 2019
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Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Mar 25, 2019
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Arrington, Jodey C.
Texas · Jan 16, 2019
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jan 16, 2019
Meadows, Mark
· Jan 16, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 605: Official Time Reporting Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-605/
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"H.R. 605: Official Time Reporting Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-605/.
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H.R. 605, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-605/.
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