Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB27

Introduced
1/7/25  

Caption

Federal Employee Return to Work Act

Congress_id

119-S-27

Policy_area

Government Operations and Politics

Introduced_date

2025-01-07

Companion Bills

US HB236

Identical bill Federal Employee Return to Work ActThis bill prohibits providing certain annual or locality-based pay increases to teleworking federal employees.Currently, federal law mandates annual adjustments to General Schedule (GS) pay rates according to (1) a formula based on the annual percentage change in the Employment Cost Index (a measure of labor costs in the private sector); and (2) the difference between public and private sector pay rates in an employee's locality, if that difference exceeds 5%. For example, in 2025, the default annual rate of pay for a GS-7 (step 1) employee is $49,960; the adjusted annual rate of pay for a GS-7 (step 1) employee in the locality pay area that includes Washington, DC, is $57,164. The bill makes executive agency employees who telework at least one day each week (or, in the case of an alternative work schedule, 20% or more each week) ineligible for these payments.The bill is effective on the first day of the fiscal year beginning after the bill's enactment.  

Previously Filed As

US HB10014

Federal Employee Return to Work Act

US SB4834

Federal Employee Return to Work Act

US HB9813

Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2024

US SB5501

A bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.

US SB5614

A bill to require the head of each Executive agency to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to the headquarters of the Executive agency to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.

US HB10517

To require the head of each Executive agency to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to the headquarters of the Executive agency to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.

US SB131

Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act

US SB5479

A bill to implement a 5-year pilot program establishing a performance-based pay structure for certain Federal employees in order to enhance productivity, accountability, and employee satisfaction in public service.

US HB10411

To implement a 5-year pilot program establishing a performance-based pay structure for certain Federal employees in order to enhance productivity, accountability, and employee satisfaction in public service.

US SB5644

A bill to establish a new visa category for high-skilled aliens seeking employment in slow-growing and shrinking counties in the United States.

Similar Bills

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