S.Amdt. 2319

SA 2319. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

(a) In General.--Section 7131 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e)(1)(A) 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.
``(B) Not later than December 31 of each calendar year,
each agency (as defined by section 7103(a)(3)) shall furnish
to the Office of Personnel Management the information which
such Office requires, with respect to such agency, for
purposes of the report which is next due under subparagraph
(A).
``(2) Each report by the Office of Personnel Management
under this subsection shall include, with respect to the
fiscal year described in paragraph (1)(A), at least the
following information:
``(A) The total amount of official time granted to
employees.
``(B) The average amount of official time expended per
bargaining unit employee.
``(C) The specific types of activities or purposes for
which official time was granted, and the impact which the
granting of such official time for such activities or
purposes had on agency operations.
``(D) The total number of employees to whom official time
was granted, and, of that total, the number who were not
engaged in any activities or purposes except activities or
purposes involving the use of official time.
``(E) The total amount of compensation (including fringe
benefits) afforded to employees in connection with activities
or purposes for which they were granted official time.
``(F) The total amount of official time spent by employees
representing Federal employees who are not union members in
matters authorized by this chapter.
``(G) A description of any room or space designated at the
agency (or its subcomponent) where official time activities
will be conducted, including the square footage of any such
room or space.
``(3) All information included in a report by the Office of
Personnel Management under this subsection with respect to a
fiscal year--
``(A) shall be shown both agency-by-agency and for all
agencies; and
``(B) shall be accompanied by the corresponding information
(submitted by the Office in its report under this subsection)
for the fiscal year before the fiscal year to which such
report pertains, 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 required to be
submitted by the Office of Personnel Management to each House
of Congress by a date which occurs at least 6 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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