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The bill increases public and managerial transparency into official time and union dues—improving oversight—while imposing reporting costs, administrative burdens, privacy risks, and potential political exposure for federal employees and unions.
Taxpayers and the public will receive annual, agency-disaggregated publications of official time, dues withheld, and related costs, increasing transparency and enabling public oversight.
Agency leaders will obtain standardized, comparable data on official time use across agencies and years, helping them monitor resource allocation and improve workforce oversight.
Unions and employees will have clearer, public reporting of total dues withheld and counts of employees who paid dues via payroll, increasing accountability in union financial reporting.
Federal employees and exclusive representatives will face increased administrative burdens and potential privacy concerns due to detailed disaggregation of official time use and locations.
Agencies (and thus taxpayers) will incur costs and staff time to collect, validate, and submit the detailed data and to implement OPM guidance within the required timeframe.
Public disclosure of granular official time and dues data could be used politically to single out, criticize, or pressure specific agencies or bargaining units.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires annual agency reporting and an OPM public report with specified data on federal use of official time, including costs, counts, activities, and agency-level comparisons.
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.
Introduced October 14, 2025 by Virginia Ann Foxx · Last progress October 14, 2025
Requires federal agencies to report annually to OPM on their use of "official time" (paid time for union or bargaining-related activities) and directs OPM to publish a public, aggregated report each year with agency-level detail, explanations for year-to-year increases, and specified data elements. The bill sets deadlines for agency submission and OPM publication, defines required data fields and terms, and directs OPM to issue guidance within 180 days; the reporting regime takes effect on the first April 1 at least six months after enactment.