Federal Employee Return to Work Act

Summary

Federal Employee Return to Work Act 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. The bill is effective on the first day of the fiscal year beginning after the bill's enactment.   

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Timeline

1. 7 January 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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2. 7 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 7 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 7 January 2025

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  summary · EN · 7 January 2025

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Sponsors

• Dan Newhouse · R · Sponsor
• Zachary Nunn · R · Sponsor
• Daniel Meuser · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] · R · Sponsor
• William Timmons · R · Sponsor
• Jake Ellzey · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] · R · Sponsor
• Pat Fallon · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Doug LaMalfa · R · Cosponsor
• Harold Rogers · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Richard Hudson · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsgo00 · Standing

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