US Congress House Bill 1364 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-10 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Official Time Reform Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the granting of official time to an employee who would otherwise be in a duty status for purposes of engaging in any political activity, including lobbying activity. Official time is time off from assigned duties granted to a federal employee for purposes of representing a union or its bargaining unit employees. Under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System: (1) an employee may not be allowed retirement credit for any day of service spent principally on official time that is in excess of 365 days in the aggregate, (2) an employee is deemed to have spent a day principally on official time if it is at least 80% of the time such employee would otherwise be in a duty status, and (3) any such service spent principally on official time for which an employee is not allowed credit shall be treated as credible service for purposes of calculating the employee's average pay.

Official Time Reform Act of 2017

Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]

Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-10	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
2017-03-10	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-03-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2017-03-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1364/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1364/BILLS-115hr1364ih.pdf