| 1 | 1 | | I |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 101 |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | To require executive agencies to reinstate telework policies that were in |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | place on December 31, 2019, and for other purposes. |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | IGGSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | on Oversight and Accountability |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | To require executive agencies to reinstate telework policies |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | that were in place on December 31, 2019, and for other |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | purposes. |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Return to Work Act’’. 4 |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. REINSTATE PRIOR REMOTE WORK POLICIES. 5 |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | (a) I |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 6 |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each execu-7 |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | tive agency shall reinstate the telework policies in use by 8 |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | such executive agency on December 31, 2019. 9 |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:20 Jan 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H101.IH H101 |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | •HR 101 IH |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | (b) RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Beginning on the 1 |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | date on which the head of an executive agency reinstates 2 |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | the telework policies in use by such executive agency on 3 |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | December 31, 2019, the reinstated telework policy of such 4 |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | executive agency shall apply in place of any telework provi-5 |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | sion of a teleworking, collective bargaining, or other em-6 |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | ployment agreement of such executive agency to the extent 7 |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | that such telework provision conflicts with, or applies a 8 |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | different telework policy than, the reinstated telework pol-9 |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | icy of such executive agency. 10 |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | (c) D |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11 |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | (1) E |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | XECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 12 |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 13 |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | 105 of title 5, United States Code. 14 |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | (2) R |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | EINSTATED TELEWORK POLICY .—The 15 |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | term ‘‘reinstated telework policy’’ means the 16 |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | telework policies in use by an executive agency on 17 |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | December 31, 2019. 18 |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | (3) T |
|---|
| 51 | 51 | | ELEWORK.—The term ‘‘telework’’ has the 19 |
|---|
| 52 | 52 | | meaning given such term in section 6501 of title 5, 20 |
|---|
| 53 | 53 | | United States Code. 21 |
|---|
| 54 | 54 | | Æ |
|---|
| 55 | 55 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:20 Jan 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H101.IH H101 |
|---|
| 56 | 56 | | pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB |
|---|