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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 82 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 5, United States Code, to address telework for Federal |
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| 6 | 6 | | employees, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | ANKFORDintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and |
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| 11 | 11 | | referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 5, United States Code, to address telework |
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| 14 | 14 | | for Federal employees, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Telework Reform Act 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. TELEWORK AND REMOTE WORK. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) A |
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| 22 | 22 | | MENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS.—Section 6501 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) by striking paragraph (3); 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so re-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | designated, the following: 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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| 33 | 33 | | GENCY-DESIGNATED WORKSITE .—The 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | term ‘agency-designated worksite’ means a location, 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | established by the head of an executive agency (or 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the designee of such an official), from which an em-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ployee of the executive agency would otherwise work 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | when not teleworking. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 40 | 40 | | PPROVED ALTERNATIVE WORKSITE .— 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | The term ‘approved alternative worksite’ means a 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | worksite, approved by the head of an executive agen-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | cy (or the designee of such an official), where an 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | employee of the executive agency, through telework, 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | performs the duties and responsibilities of the posi-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | tion of the employee, and other authorized activities, 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | on a routine, situational, or full-time basis.’’; and 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) by adding at the end the following: 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(5) R |
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| 50 | 50 | | EMOTE WORK.—The term ‘remote work’ 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | or ‘working remotely’ means a category of telework 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | under which an employee performs the duties and 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | responsibilities of the position of the employee, and 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | other authorized activities, on a full-time basis from 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | an approved alternative worksite other than the 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | agency-designated worksite with respect to the em-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ployee. 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(6) T |
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| 62 | 62 | | ELEWORK.—The term ‘telework’ or ‘tele-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | working’ means a work flexibility arrangement under 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | which an employee performs the duties and respon-5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | sibilities of the position of the employee, and other 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | authorized activities, on a routine, situational, or 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | full-time basis from an approved alternative worksite 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | other than the agency-designated worksite with re-9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | spect to the employee.’’. 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (b) E |
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| 71 | 71 | | XECUTIVEAGENCIESTELEWORKREQUIRE-11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | MENT.— 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (1) I |
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| 74 | 74 | | N GENERAL.—Section 6502 of title 5, 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | United States Code, is amended— 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (A) in subsection (b)— 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (i) in the subsection heading, by strik-16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ing ‘‘P |
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| 79 | 79 | | ARTICIPATION’’ and inserting ‘‘RE-17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | QUIREMENTS’’; 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (ii) in paragraph (2)— 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (II) by adding at the end the fol-22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | lowing: 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(C) is for a period of not longer than 1 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | year; and 25 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(D) the supervisor of the applicable em-1 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ployee, in consultation with the Telework Man-2 |
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| 93 | 93 | | aging Officer of the agency, shall review not 3 |
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| 94 | 94 | | less frequently than annually based on the 4 |
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| 95 | 95 | | needs of the agency, which shall include an 5 |
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| 96 | 96 | | analysis of— 6 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(i) whether agency telework policies 7 |
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| 98 | 98 | | and procedures, the duties of the employee, 8 |
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| 99 | 99 | | or the approved alternative worksite or 9 |
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| 100 | 100 | | agency-designated worksite of the employee 10 |
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| 101 | 101 | | need to be changed; 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(ii) the performance of the employee, 12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | as determined under the performance ap-13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | praisal system of the agency developed 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | under section 4302 (or under a similar 15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | legal authority for an executive agency or 16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | employee to which section 4302 does not 17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | apply); and 18 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘(iii) the needs of the agency, as de-19 |
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| 110 | 110 | | termined by the head of the agency;’’; 20 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 21 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ‘‘and’’ at the end; 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (iv) in paragraph (6), by striking the 23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | and 25 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (v) by adding at the end the following: 1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | ‘‘(7) address the extent to which telework may 2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | be restricted for an employee if— 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(A) the employee has been officially dis-4 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ciplined for being absent without permission for 5 |
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| 124 | 124 | | any period of time while teleworking under a 6 |
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| 125 | 125 | | written agreement entered into under para-7 |
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| 126 | 126 | | graph (2); 8 |
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| 127 | 127 | | ‘‘(B) the performance of the employee falls 9 |
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| 128 | 128 | | below acceptable levels, as determined under the 10 |
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| 129 | 129 | | performance appraisal system of the agency de-11 |
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| 130 | 130 | | veloped under section 4302 (or under a similar 12 |
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| 131 | 131 | | legal authority for an executive agency or em-13 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ployee to which section 4302 does not apply); or 14 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(C) the conduct of the employee violates 15 |
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| 134 | 134 | | other terms or conditions of the policy.’’; and 16 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ‘‘(d) L |
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| 137 | 137 | | IMITATIONS ON REMOTEWORK.—The fol-18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | lowing shall apply with respect to an employee working 19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | remotely: 20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(1) The employee may be expected to report to 21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | the agency-designated worksite of the employee on a 22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | periodic basis. 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of 24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | law or regulation, if the employee is working re-25 |
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| 148 | 148 | | motely from an approved alternative worksite that is 1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | located within a radius of not more than 75 miles 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | from the agency-designated worksite of the em-3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ployee, the employee may not be compensated or re-4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | imbursed for any travel to or from that agency-des-5 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ignated worksite unless that travel is— 6 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(A) required during the workday; and 7 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ‘‘(B) approved by the head of the applica-8 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ble executive agency (or the designee of such an 9 |
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| 157 | 157 | | official), in the sole and exclusive discretion of 10 |
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| 158 | 158 | | that official.’’. 11 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (2) A |
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| 160 | 160 | | PPLICABILITY.—With respect to subpara-12 |
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| 161 | 161 | | graph (C) of section 6502(b)(2) of title 5, United 13 |
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| 162 | 162 | | States Code, as added by paragraph (1) of this sub-14 |
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| 163 | 163 | | section— 15 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (A) such subparagraph (C) shall not be en-16 |
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| 165 | 165 | | forced to the extent that such subparagraph 17 |
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| 166 | 166 | | conflicts with any applicable agreement de-18 |
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| 167 | 167 | | scribed in section 7103(a)(8) of such title 5, if 19 |
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| 168 | 168 | | the agreement was in effect before October 1, 20 |
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| 169 | 169 | | 2024; and 21 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (B) to the extent that an agreement de-22 |
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| 171 | 171 | | scribed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph 23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | conflicts with the requirements of such subpara-24 |
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| 176 | 176 | | graph (C), such subparagraph (C) shall become 1 |
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| 177 | 177 | | enforceable beginning on the earlier of— 2 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (i) the date on which the agreement 3 |
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| 179 | 179 | | expires or becomes subject to renegoti-4 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ation; or 5 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (ii) the date that is 2 years after the 6 |
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| 182 | 182 | | date of enactment of this Act. 7 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (c) T |
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| 184 | 184 | | RAINING ANDMONITORING.—Section 6503(a) 8 |
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| 185 | 185 | | of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 9 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 10 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (A) in subparagraph (A)— 11 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (i) by inserting ‘‘, which shall include 12 |
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| 189 | 189 | | training on accurate reporting of remote 13 |
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| 190 | 190 | | work and telework usage’’ after ‘‘agency’’; 14 |
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| 191 | 191 | | and 15 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 16 |
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| 193 | 193 | | inserting the following: 17 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(B) all managers and supervisors of tele-18 |
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| 195 | 195 | | workers and remote workers, which shall— 19 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(i) be provided on an annual basis; 20 |
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| 197 | 197 | | and 21 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(ii) include training on accurate re-22 |
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| 199 | 199 | | porting of employee remote work and 23 |
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| 200 | 200 | | telework eligibility and participation in 24 |
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| 201 | 201 | | agency time and attendance systems;’’; 25 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (2) in paragraph (3)(D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 1 |
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| 206 | 206 | | the end; 2 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 3 |
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| 208 | 208 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 4 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (4) by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ‘‘(5) the executive agency has established a sys-6 |
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| 211 | 211 | | tem to confirm that employees of the executive agen-7 |
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| 212 | 212 | | cy are performing the duties, responsibilities, and 8 |
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| 213 | 213 | | authorized activities of the positions of those em-9 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ployees solely at approved worksites under guidelines 10 |
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| 215 | 215 | | of the Office of Personnel Management, developed in 11 |
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| 216 | 216 | | consultation with the Director of the Office of Man-12 |
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| 217 | 217 | | agement and Budget.’’. 13 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (d) P |
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| 219 | 219 | | OLICY ANDSUPPORT.—Section 6504 of title 5, 14 |
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| 220 | 220 | | United States Code, is amended— 15 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (1) in subsection (b)— 16 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘per-17 |
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| 223 | 223 | | formance management,’’; and 18 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘remote 19 |
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| 225 | 225 | | work and telework performance management’’ 20 |
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| 226 | 226 | | before ‘‘measures’’; and 21 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (2) in subsection (c)— 22 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘guide-23 |
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| 229 | 229 | | lines not later than’’ and all that follows 24 |
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| 233 | 233 | | through the period at the end and inserting the 1 |
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| 234 | 234 | | following: ‘‘guidelines— 2 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(A) not later than 180 days after the date 3 |
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| 236 | 236 | | of enactment of this chapter to ensure the ade-4 |
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| 237 | 237 | | quacy of information and security protections 5 |
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| 238 | 238 | | for information and information systems used 6 |
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| 239 | 239 | | while teleworking; and 7 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ‘‘(B) not later than 180 days after the 8 |
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| 241 | 241 | | date of enactment of the Telework Reform Act 9 |
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| 242 | 242 | | of 2025 to ensure the adequacy of information 10 |
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| 243 | 243 | | and security protections for information and in-11 |
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| 244 | 244 | | formation systems used while teleworking.’’; 12 |
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| 245 | 245 | | and 13 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 14 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 248 | 248 | | EVIEW.—The Director of the Office of 15 |
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| 249 | 249 | | Management and Budget, in coordination with the 16 |
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| 250 | 250 | | Department of Homeland Security and the National 17 |
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| 251 | 251 | | Institute of Standards and Technology, shall— 18 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ‘‘(A) perform an annual review of the 19 |
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| 253 | 253 | | guidelines issued under this subsection; and 20 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(B) make any updates to the guidelines 21 |
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| 255 | 255 | | issued under this subsection that are deter-22 |
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| 256 | 256 | | mined to be appropriate as a result of a review 23 |
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| 257 | 257 | | conducted under subparagraph (A).’’. 24 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (e) DUTIES OFTELEWORKMANAGINGOFFICER.— 1 |
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| 262 | 262 | | Section 6505(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-2 |
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| 263 | 263 | | ed— 3 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 4 |
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| 265 | 265 | | the end; 5 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-6 |
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| 267 | 267 | | graph (5); and 7 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (3) by inserting after paragraph (2)(C), as 8 |
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| 269 | 269 | | amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, the 9 |
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| 270 | 270 | | following: 10 |
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| 271 | 271 | | ‘‘(3) issue to employees of the applicable execu-11 |
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| 272 | 272 | | tive agency a biennial remote work and telework sur-12 |
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| 273 | 273 | | vey— 13 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ‘‘(A) which shall be designed to evaluate, 14 |
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| 275 | 275 | | at a minimum, the effectiveness of— 15 |
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| 276 | 276 | | ‘‘(i) performance management with 16 |
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| 277 | 277 | | respect to executive agency employees who 17 |
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| 278 | 278 | | participate in the telework program of the 18 |
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| 279 | 279 | | executive agency, as compared to the effec-19 |
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| 280 | 280 | | tiveness of performance management for 20 |
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| 281 | 281 | | other employees; 21 |
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| 282 | 282 | | ‘‘(ii) strategies for engaging with exec-22 |
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| 283 | 283 | | utive agency employees while those employ-23 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ees participate in the telework program of 24 |
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| 285 | 285 | | the executive agency; and 25 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ‘‘(iii) remote work and telework train-1 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ing for executive agency managers and em-2 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ployees; and 3 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘(B) the results of which the Telework 4 |
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| 293 | 293 | | Managing Officer shall submit to the leadership 5 |
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| 294 | 294 | | of the executive agency, including the Chief 6 |
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| 295 | 295 | | Human Capital Officer of the executive agency; 7 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘(4) maintain an executive agency remote work 8 |
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| 297 | 297 | | and telework web page that serves as an information 9 |
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| 298 | 298 | | portal for employees of the executive agency who are 10 |
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| 299 | 299 | | seeking information with respect to remote work and 11 |
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| 300 | 300 | | telework policies, contact information for remote 12 |
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| 301 | 301 | | work and telework coordinators, and remote work 13 |
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| 302 | 302 | | and telework training resources; and’’. 14 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (f) OPM R |
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| 304 | 304 | | EPORTS.—Section 6506(b)(2) of title 5, 15 |
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| 305 | 305 | | United States Code, is amended— 16 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (iii) 17 |
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| 307 | 307 | | and inserting the following: 18 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ‘‘(iii) the number and percent of eligi-19 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ble employees in the agency who are re-20 |
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| 310 | 310 | | motely working or teleworking— 21 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘(I) full-time, such that those 22 |
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| 312 | 312 | | employees are not required to report 23 |
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| 313 | 313 | | to the agency-designated worksites of 24 |
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| 317 | 317 | | those employees on a regular and re-1 |
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| 318 | 318 | | curring basis; 2 |
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| 319 | 319 | | ‘‘(II) 7 or more days per pay pe-3 |
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| 320 | 320 | | riod; 4 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ‘‘(III) 5 or 6 days per pay period; 5 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘(IV) 3 or 4 days per pay period; 6 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(V) 1 or 2 days per pay period; 7 |
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| 324 | 324 | | and 8 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ‘‘(VI) on a situational, episodic, 9 |
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| 326 | 326 | | or short-term basis;’’; and 10 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (2) in subparagraph (F)— 11 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (A) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘and cost 12 |
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| 329 | 329 | | savings’’ after ‘‘productivity’’; and 13 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (B) in clause (vi), by inserting ‘‘well-being 14 |
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| 331 | 331 | | and’’ after ‘‘employee’’. 15 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (g) R |
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| 333 | 333 | | EGULATIONS.— 16 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (1) I |
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| 335 | 335 | | N GENERAL.—Chapter 65 of title 5, United 17 |
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| 336 | 336 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 18 |
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| 337 | 337 | | following: 19 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ‘‘§ 6507. Regulations 20 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 340 | 340 | | NGENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 21 |
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| 341 | 341 | | Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to 22 |
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| 342 | 342 | | carry out this chapter. 23 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ‘‘(b) C |
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| 344 | 344 | | ONTENTS.—The regulations prescribed under 24 |
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| 345 | 345 | | subsection (a) shall include appropriate procedures for— 25 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ‘‘(1) establishing the process through which an 1 |
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| 350 | 350 | | executive agency shall evaluate a position for eligi-2 |
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| 351 | 351 | | bility and approval for telework (including remote 3 |
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| 352 | 352 | | work) under this chapter, which shall require an ex-4 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ecutive agency to— 5 |
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| 354 | 354 | | ‘‘(A) consider the duties of the position; 6 |
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| 355 | 355 | | ‘‘(B) establish a process through which the 7 |
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| 356 | 356 | | executive agency shall determine the agency- 8 |
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| 357 | 357 | | designated worksite and approved alternative 9 |
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| 358 | 358 | | worksite for the position; and 10 |
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| 359 | 359 | | ‘‘(C) consider the potential costs and sav-11 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ings associated with approving a position as eli-12 |
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| 361 | 361 | | gible for telework or remote work; 13 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ‘‘(2) processing a change in the eligibility for an 14 |
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| 363 | 363 | | employee working remotely from an approved alter-15 |
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| 364 | 364 | | native worksite within a radius of more than 75 16 |
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| 365 | 365 | | miles from the agency-designated worksite of the 17 |
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| 366 | 366 | | employee; 18 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘(3) establishing which officials within an exec-19 |
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| 368 | 368 | | utive agency may designate a position within the ex-20 |
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| 369 | 369 | | ecutive agency as eligible for remote work; 21 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ‘‘(4) if necessary, defining a limited geo-22 |
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| 371 | 371 | | graphical boundary within which the approved alter-23 |
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| 372 | 372 | | native worksite of an employee must be located, 24 |
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| 373 | 373 | | which shall be based on— 25 |
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| 377 | 377 | | ‘‘(A) the need of the executive agency, as 1 |
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| 378 | 378 | | determined by the head of the executive agency; 2 |
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| 379 | 379 | | or 3 |
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| 380 | 380 | | ‘‘(B) the requirements of the applicable po-4 |
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| 381 | 381 | | sition; 5 |
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| 382 | 382 | | ‘‘(5) for an employee working remotely, proc-6 |
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| 383 | 383 | | essing and approving a change of the approved alter-7 |
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| 384 | 384 | | native worksite of the employee when the employee 8 |
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| 385 | 385 | | requests such a change; and 9 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ‘‘(6) for an employee working remotely, the 10 |
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| 387 | 387 | | ability of whom to continue working remotely is not 11 |
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| 388 | 388 | | offered by the applicable executive agency after the 12 |
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| 389 | 389 | | expiration of a written agreement entered into under 13 |
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| 390 | 390 | | section 6502(b)(2) for a reason that does not include 14 |
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| 391 | 391 | | the conduct or performance of the employee, enter-15 |
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| 392 | 392 | | ing into a written remote work transition agreement, 16 |
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| 393 | 393 | | which shall— 17 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ‘‘(A) be for a period of not longer than 1 18 |
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| 395 | 395 | | year; 19 |
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| 396 | 396 | | ‘‘(B) provide the employee with the ability 20 |
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| 397 | 397 | | to participate in remote work during the period 21 |
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| 398 | 398 | | in which the transition agreement is in effect; 22 |
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| 399 | 399 | | and 23 |
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| 400 | 400 | | ‘‘(C) otherwise satisfy the requirements of 24 |
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| 401 | 401 | | section 6502(b)(2).’’. 25 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND -1 |
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| 406 | 406 | | MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 65 of title 2 |
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| 407 | 407 | | 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 3 |
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| 408 | 408 | | end the following: 4 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ‘‘6507. Regulations.’’. |
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| 410 | 410 | | (h) REPORTS.— 5 |
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| 411 | 411 | | (1) D |
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| 412 | 412 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 6 |
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| 413 | 413 | | terms ‘‘executive agency’’, ‘‘remote work’’, and 7 |
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| 414 | 414 | | ‘‘telework’’ have the meanings given those terms in 8 |
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| 415 | 415 | | section 6501 of title 5, United States Code, as 9 |
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| 416 | 416 | | amended by this section. 10 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (2) C |
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| 418 | 418 | | HIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICERS .—Not 11 |
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| 419 | 419 | | later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 12 |
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| 420 | 420 | | this Act, the Chief Human Capital Officer of each 13 |
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| 421 | 421 | | executive agency shall submit to the Director of the 14 |
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| 422 | 422 | | Office of Personnel Management and Congress a re-15 |
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| 423 | 423 | | port that contains— 16 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (A) an overview of a process to update cur-17 |
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| 425 | 425 | | rent (as of the date on which the report is sub-18 |
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| 426 | 426 | | mitted) telework and remote work eligibility re-19 |
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| 427 | 427 | | quirements of the executive agency; 20 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (B) recommendations regarding ways in 21 |
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| 429 | 429 | | which to update matters relating to telework 22 |
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| 430 | 430 | | and remote work practices, including practices 23 |
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| 431 | 431 | | relating to core business hours, flexible sched-24 |
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| 435 | 435 | | ules, performance management, and employee 1 |
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| 436 | 436 | | satisfaction; 2 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (C) recommended solutions to barriers that 3 |
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| 438 | 438 | | prevent the executive agency from delivering 4 |
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| 439 | 439 | | consistent and reliable data with respect to 5 |
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| 440 | 440 | | telework and remote work to the Office of Per-6 |
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| 441 | 441 | | sonnel Management; 7 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (D) metrics used by the executive agency 8 |
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| 443 | 443 | | to evaluate the performance of employees of the 9 |
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| 444 | 444 | | executive agency; and 10 |
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| 445 | 445 | | (E) methods used by the executive agency 11 |
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| 446 | 446 | | to track and evaluate the productivity of em-12 |
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| 447 | 447 | | ployees of the executive agency when those em-13 |
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| 448 | 448 | | ployees are teleworking. 14 |
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| 449 | 449 | | (3) E |
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| 450 | 450 | | XECUTIVE AGENCIES.—Not later than 1 15 |
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| 451 | 451 | | year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 16 |
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| 452 | 452 | | head of each executive agency, in coordination with 17 |
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| 453 | 453 | | the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 18 |
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| 454 | 454 | | the Chief Human Capital Officer of the executive 19 |
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| 455 | 455 | | agency, the Chief Financial Officer of the executive 20 |
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| 456 | 456 | | agency, the Chief Information Officer of the execu-21 |
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| 457 | 457 | | tive agency, the Director of the Office of Manage-22 |
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| 458 | 458 | | ment and Budget, and the Administrator of General 23 |
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| 459 | 459 | | Services, shall submit to the Committee on Home-24 |
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| 460 | 460 | | land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-25 |
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| 464 | 464 | | ate and the Committee on Oversight and Govern-1 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ment Reform of the House of Representatives a re-2 |
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| 466 | 466 | | port that identifies— 3 |
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| 467 | 467 | | (A) the potential value that would result 4 |
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| 468 | 468 | | from increasing remote work and other telework 5 |
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| 469 | 469 | | opportunities for employees of particular com-6 |
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| 470 | 470 | | ponents within the executive agency; 7 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (B) the potential disadvantages that would 8 |
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| 472 | 472 | | result from increasing remote work and other 9 |
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| 473 | 473 | | teleworking opportunities for employees of par-10 |
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| 474 | 474 | | ticular components within the executive agency, 11 |
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| 475 | 475 | | including the effects of remote work on— 12 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (i) newly appointed employees; 13 |
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| 477 | 477 | | (ii) collaboration between employees; 14 |
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| 478 | 478 | | (iii) the ability of managers to effec-15 |
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| 479 | 479 | | tively supervise other employees; and 16 |
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| 480 | 480 | | (iv) employee productivity; 17 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (C) which job classifications within the ex-18 |
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| 482 | 482 | | ecutive agency could benefit from being per-19 |
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| 483 | 483 | | formed exclusively through remote work; 20 |
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| 484 | 484 | | (D) which job classifications within the ex-21 |
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| 485 | 485 | | ecutive agency could suffer from being per-22 |
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| 486 | 486 | | formed primarily or exclusively through 23 |
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| 487 | 487 | | telework; 24 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (E) which job classifications within the ex-1 |
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| 492 | 492 | | ecutive agency could benefit from being per-2 |
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| 493 | 493 | | formed exclusively through in-person work; 3 |
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| 494 | 494 | | (F) actionable strategies for enhancing co-4 |
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| 495 | 495 | | ordination between the head of the executive 5 |
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| 496 | 496 | | agency and the Secretary of Defense to recruit 6 |
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| 497 | 497 | | the spouses of members of the Armed Forces 7 |
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| 498 | 498 | | for positions, the responsibilities of which are 8 |
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| 499 | 499 | | performed through remote work; 9 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (G) expected cost savings as a result of in-10 |
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| 501 | 501 | | creased remote work and telework by employees 11 |
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| 502 | 502 | | of the executive agency, taking into consider-12 |
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| 503 | 503 | | ation the fact that the executive agency may 13 |
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| 504 | 504 | | need to reinvest those future cost savings to 14 |
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| 505 | 505 | | meet increased demands with respect to tech-15 |
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| 506 | 506 | | nology; 16 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (H) expected cost increases as a result of 17 |
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| 508 | 508 | | increased remote work and telework by employ-18 |
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| 509 | 509 | | ees of the executive agency, taking into consid-19 |
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| 510 | 510 | | eration costs associated with changes in cyber-20 |
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| 511 | 511 | | security and information technology infrastruc-21 |
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| 512 | 512 | | ture and the extra equipment required for 22 |
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| 513 | 513 | | telework; 23 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (I) expected productivity outcomes from 24 |
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| 515 | 515 | | the increased use of remote work and telework; 25 |
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| 519 | 519 | | (J) cybersecurity and information tech-1 |
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| 520 | 520 | | nology infrastructure changes necessitated by 2 |
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| 521 | 521 | | the increased use of remote work and telework; 3 |
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| 522 | 522 | | and 4 |
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| 523 | 523 | | (K) barriers that prevent the executive 5 |
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| 524 | 524 | | agency from meeting in-person work targets, if 6 |
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| 525 | 525 | | applicable. 7 |
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| 526 | 526 | | (4) O |
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| 527 | 527 | | FFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET .— 8 |
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| 528 | 528 | | Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 9 |
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| 529 | 529 | | of this Act, and on the fifth day of each month 10 |
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| 530 | 530 | | thereafter for 60 months, the Director of the Office 11 |
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| 531 | 531 | | of Management and Budget, in consultation with the 12 |
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| 532 | 532 | | Administrator of General Services and the Director 13 |
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| 533 | 533 | | of the Office of Personnel Management, shall submit 14 |
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| 534 | 534 | | to Congress a report regarding, for the period cov-15 |
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| 535 | 535 | | ered by the report, in-person attendance by employ-16 |
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| 536 | 536 | | ees of executive agencies. 17 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (5) C |
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| 538 | 538 | | OMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 18 |
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| 539 | 539 | | STATES.— 19 |
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| 540 | 540 | | (A) S |
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| 541 | 541 | | TUDY.—The Comptroller General of 20 |
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| 542 | 542 | | the United States shall conduct a study com-21 |
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| 543 | 543 | | paring the processing times for constituent 22 |
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| 544 | 544 | | services provided by executive agencies, as of 23 |
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| 545 | 545 | | the date on which the study is completed, with 24 |
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| 546 | 546 | | those average processing times during 2019, 25 |
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| 550 | 550 | | which shall include a comparison of the number 1 |
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| 551 | 551 | | of constituents seeking services and the per-2 |
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| 552 | 552 | | sonnel available in each executive agency to 3 |
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| 553 | 553 | | service constituent requests. 4 |
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| 554 | 554 | | (B) R |
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| 555 | 555 | | EPORT.—Not later than 90 days 5 |
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| 556 | 556 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, the 6 |
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| 557 | 557 | | Comptroller General of the United States shall 7 |
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| 558 | 558 | | submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 8 |
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| 559 | 559 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 9 |
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| 560 | 560 | | Committee on Oversight and Government Re-10 |
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| 561 | 561 | | form of the House of Representatives a report 11 |
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| 562 | 562 | | containing the results of the study conducted 12 |
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| 563 | 563 | | under subparagraph (A). 13 |
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| 564 | 564 | | (i) A |
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| 565 | 565 | | MENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS.— 14 |
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| 566 | 566 | | (1) D |
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| 567 | 567 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 15 |
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| 568 | 568 | | terms ‘‘approved alternative worksite’’ and ‘‘working 16 |
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| 569 | 569 | | remotely’’ have the meanings given those terms in 17 |
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| 570 | 570 | | section 6501 of title 5, United States Code, as 18 |
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| 571 | 571 | | amended by this section. 19 |
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| 572 | 572 | | (2) R |
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| 573 | 573 | | EQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 year 20 |
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| 574 | 574 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 21 |
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| 575 | 575 | | of the Office of Personnel Management shall amend 22 |
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| 576 | 576 | | section 531.605 of title 5, Code of Federal Regula-23 |
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| 577 | 577 | | tions, or any successor regulation, to— 24 |
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| 580 | 580 | | •S 82 IS |
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| 581 | 581 | | (A) clarify that the official worksite of an 1 |
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| 582 | 582 | | employee working remotely is the regular work-2 |
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| 583 | 583 | | site established as an approved alternative 3 |
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| 584 | 584 | | worksite of the employee under the written 4 |
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| 585 | 585 | | agreement entered into by the employee under 5 |
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| 586 | 586 | | section 6502(b)(2) of title 5, United States 6 |
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| 587 | 587 | | Code, as amended by this section; and 7 |
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| 588 | 588 | | (B) distinguish between remotely working 8 |
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| 589 | 589 | | employees and employees whose work location 9 |
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| 590 | 590 | | varies on a recurring basis. 10 |
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| 591 | 591 | | SEC. 3. NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT TO REMOTE 11 |
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| 592 | 592 | | WORK POSITIONS. 12 |
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| 593 | 593 | | (a) D |
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| 594 | 594 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (1) D |
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| 596 | 596 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 14 |
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| 597 | 597 | | the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. 15 |
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| 598 | 598 | | (2) E |
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| 599 | 599 | | XECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 16 |
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| 600 | 600 | | agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 17 |
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| 601 | 601 | | 105 of title 5, United States Code. 18 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (3) L |
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| 603 | 603 | | AW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER .—The term 19 |
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| 604 | 604 | | ‘‘law enforcement officer’’— 20 |
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| 605 | 605 | | (A) has the meaning given the term in sec-21 |
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| 606 | 606 | | tion 8401 of title 5, United States Code; and 22 |
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| 607 | 607 | | (B) includes— 23 |
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| 608 | 608 | | (i) an employee (as defined in section 24 |
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| 609 | 609 | | 8401 of title 5, United States Code)— 25 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (I) the duties of the position of 1 |
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| 614 | 614 | | whom include the investigation or ap-2 |
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| 615 | 615 | | prehension of individuals suspected or 3 |
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| 616 | 616 | | convicted of offenses against the 4 |
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| 617 | 617 | | criminal laws of the United States; 5 |
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| 618 | 618 | | and 6 |
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| 619 | 619 | | (II) who is authorized to carry a 7 |
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| 620 | 620 | | firearm; 8 |
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| 621 | 621 | | (ii) an employee of the Department of 9 |
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| 622 | 622 | | Veterans Affairs who is a Department po-10 |
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| 623 | 623 | | lice officer under section 902 of title 38, 11 |
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| 624 | 624 | | United States Code; and 12 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (iii) an employee of U.S. Customs and 13 |
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| 626 | 626 | | Border Protection— 14 |
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| 627 | 627 | | (I) who is a seized property spe-15 |
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| 628 | 628 | | cialist in the GS–1801 job series; and 16 |
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| 629 | 629 | | (II) the duties of the position of 17 |
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| 630 | 630 | | whom include activities relating to the 18 |
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| 631 | 631 | | efficient and effective custody, man-19 |
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| 632 | 632 | | agement, and disposition of seized and 20 |
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| 633 | 633 | | forfeited property. 21 |
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| 634 | 634 | | (4) Q |
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| 635 | 635 | | UALIFIED COVERED VETERAN .—The term 22 |
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| 636 | 636 | | ‘‘qualified covered veteran’’ has the meaning given 23 |
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| 637 | 637 | | the term in section 4212(a)(3) of title 38, United 24 |
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| 638 | 638 | | States Code. 25 |
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| 642 | 642 | | (5) REMOTE WORK.—The term ‘‘remote work’’ 1 |
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| 643 | 643 | | has the meaning given the term in section 6501 of 2 |
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| 644 | 644 | | title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 3 |
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| 645 | 645 | | 2 of this Act. 4 |
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| 646 | 646 | | (6) R |
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| 647 | 647 | | EMOTE WORK POSITION .—The term ‘‘re-5 |
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| 648 | 648 | | mote work position’’ means a position determined by 6 |
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| 649 | 649 | | the head of an Executive agency to be eligible for re-7 |
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| 650 | 650 | | mote work under regulations prescribed by the Di-8 |
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| 651 | 651 | | rector under section 6507 of title 5, United States 9 |
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| 652 | 652 | | Code, as added by section 2 of this Act. 10 |
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| 653 | 653 | | (b) N |
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| 654 | 654 | | ONCOMPETITIVEAPPOINTMENT.—An Executive 11 |
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| 655 | 655 | | agency may noncompetitively appoint, for other than tem-12 |
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| 656 | 656 | | porary employment, to a remote work position an indi-13 |
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| 657 | 657 | | vidual who is a qualified covered veteran or who is married 14 |
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| 658 | 658 | | to a member of the Armed Forces, if the head of that 15 |
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| 659 | 659 | | Executive agency determines that the individual is quali-16 |
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| 660 | 660 | | fied for the position. 17 |
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| 661 | 661 | | (c) L |
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| 662 | 662 | | AWENFORCEMENTSPOUSEPILOTPROGRAM.— 18 |
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| 663 | 663 | | (1) I |
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| 664 | 664 | | N GENERAL.—During the period beginning 19 |
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| 665 | 665 | | on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 20 |
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| 666 | 666 | | the last day of the fiscal year in which the date that 21 |
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| 667 | 667 | | is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act 22 |
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| 668 | 668 | | falls, an Executive agency may noncompetitively ap-23 |
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| 669 | 669 | | point, for other than temporary employment, to a re-24 |
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| 670 | 670 | | mote work position an individual who is married to 25 |
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| 674 | 674 | | a law enforcement officer, if the head of that Execu-1 |
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| 675 | 675 | | tive agency determines that the individual is quali-2 |
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| 676 | 676 | | fied for the position. 3 |
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| 677 | 677 | | (2) R |
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| 678 | 678 | | EPORTS.—Not later than the last day of 4 |
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| 679 | 679 | | the fiscal year in which the date that is 4 years after 5 |
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| 680 | 680 | | the date of enactment of this Act falls, and annually 6 |
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| 681 | 681 | | thereafter until the authority to carry out the pilot 7 |
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| 682 | 682 | | program under paragraph (1) expires, the Director 8 |
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| 683 | 683 | | shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-9 |
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| 684 | 684 | | rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 10 |
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| 685 | 685 | | Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 11 |
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| 686 | 686 | | the House of Representatives a report that address-12 |
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| 687 | 687 | | es the results of that pilot program, which shall in-13 |
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| 688 | 688 | | clude— 14 |
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| 689 | 689 | | (A) the number, pay or grade level, loca-15 |
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| 690 | 690 | | tion, and longevity in Federal service of each 16 |
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| 691 | 691 | | individual appointed under that pilot program; 17 |
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| 692 | 692 | | and 18 |
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| 693 | 693 | | (B) any other information that the Direc-19 |
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| 694 | 694 | | tor determines relevant to consider the effec-20 |
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| 695 | 695 | | tiveness of that pilot program in recruiting and 21 |
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| 696 | 696 | | retaining law enforcement officers. 22 |
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| 699 | 699 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue 24 |
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