‘(e)(1) Not later than March 31 of each calendar year, the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, shall submit to each House of Congress a report on the operation of this section during the fiscal year last ending before the start of such calendar year.
‘(2) Each report under this subsection shall include, with respect to the fiscal year described in paragraph (1), at least the following information:
‘(A) The total amount of official time granted to employees.
‘(B) The average obtained by dividing--
‘(i) the number described in subparagraph (A), by
‘(ii) the total number of employees in an appropriate unit represented by an exclusive representative.
‘(C) The specific types of activities or purposes for which official time was granted.
‘(D) The total number of employees to whom official time was granted.
‘(E) The total dollar amount paid to employees, in the form of salaries or basic pay, while they were engaged in activities for which they were granted official time.
‘(F) The fair market value of any office space, furnishings, equipment, or supplies provided by the Government in connection with activities for which employees were granted official time.
‘(3) All information included in a report under this subsection--
‘(A) shall be shown both agency-by-agency and for all agencies; and
‘(B) shall be accompanied by the corresponding information for the fiscal year before the fiscal year described in paragraph (1), together with appropriate comparisons and analyses.
‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘official time’ means any period of time, regardless of agency nomenclature--
‘(A) which may be granted to an employee under this chapter (including a collective bargaining agreement entered into under this chapter) to perform representational or consultative functions; and
‘(B) during which the employee would otherwise be in a duty status.’.
(b) Applicability- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective beginning with the report which, under the provisions of such amendment, is first due at least 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.2066 as Introduced in House To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Managemen...
