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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 27
To prohibit certain telework employees from receiving certain annual
adjustments to pay schedules, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY7, 2025
Mr. C
ASSIDYintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit certain telework employees from receiving certain
annual adjustments to pay schedules, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employee Re-4
turn to Work Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act: 7
(1) C
OVERED EMPLOYEE .—The term ‘‘covered 8
employee’’— 9
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(A) means an employee who teleworks not 1
fewer than 1 day, or in the case of an alter-2
native work schedule, not less than 20 percent, 3
a week; and 4
(B) does not include an employee who— 5
(i) teleworks not fewer than 1 day a 6
week; and 7
(ii) is— 8
(I) is disabled and receives rea-9
sonable accommodations; 10
(II) a member of the Foreign 11
Service of the United States; 12
(III) a Federal law enforcement 13
officer; 14
(IV) a member of the Armed 15
Forces on active duty; or 16
(V) any other employee, the offi-17
cial worksite of whom is not described 18
in section 531.605(a)(1) of title 5, 19
Code of Federal Regulations (or any 20
corresponding similar regulation or 21
ruling). 22
(2) E
MPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 23
meaning given the term in section 2105 of title 5, 24
United States Code. 25
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(3) TELEWORK.—The term ‘‘telework’’ has the 1
meaning given the term in section 6501 of title 5, 2
United States Code. 3
SEC. 3. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO PAY SCHEDULES. 4
No covered employee may receive an annual adjust-5
ment under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code. 6
SEC. 4. PAY LOCALITIES. 7
Each covered employee shall be paid at the rate of 8
basic pay under the applicable grade and step for that em-9
ployee under the locality pay area designated as ‘‘Rest of 10
U.S.’’— 11
(1) as of the date on which the employee be-12
comes a covered employee; and 13
(2) which shall not be adjusted under section 14
5304 of title 5, United States Code. 15
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 16
This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first 17
full fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of 18
this Act. 19
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