119th Congress Government Operations and Politics
H.R. 236: Federal Employee Return to Work Act
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Summary
This 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.
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The bill is effective on the first day of the fiscal year beginning after the bill's enactment.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Lauren Boebert R-COOriginal
- Earl Carter R-GAOriginal
- Mike Collins R-GAOriginal
- Jake Ellzey R-TXOriginal
- Charles Fleischmann R-TNOriginal
- Brad Finstad R-MNOriginal
- Ashley Hinson R-IAOriginal
- Nicole Malliotakis R-NYOriginal
- Daniel Meuser R-PAOriginal
- Zachary (Zach) Nunn R-IAOriginal
- William Timmons R-SCOriginal
- Randy Weber R-TXOriginal
- Juan Ciscomani R-AZ
- Patrick Fallon R-TX
- Doug LaMalfa R-CA
- Harold Rogers R-KY
- Tom Barrett R-MI
- Andy Harris R-MD
- Richard Hudson R-NC
- Mike Kelly R-PA
- Pat Harrigan R-NC
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History
- Introduced in the House by Dan Newhouse.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.