Summary

Requires federal executive agencies to roll back telework policies, practices, and participation to the levels in place on December 31, 2019, within 30 days of enactment and forbids expanding telework beyond those pre‑pandemic levels until agencies submit an OPM‑certified study and telework expansion plan. Agencies must submit a study, a proposed expansion plan, and an OPM Director certification within six months that the plan will improve mission performance, reduce real property and misplaced locality pay costs, increase appropriate national dispersal of staff, and provide secure tools and capacity without substantially increasing overall agency costs.

• Agencies must restore telework policies and participation to December 31, 2019 levels within 30 days of enactment.
• No agency may expand telework beyond pre‑pandemic levels until OPM certifies a submitted plan and study.
• Agencies must submit a study, a telework expansion plan, and obtain OPM certification within six months.
• OPM certification requires showing net benefits to mission performance, reduced real property and locality pay costs, increased appropriate dispersal, and adequate secure IT without substantially raising overall costs.
• The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is excluded from the agency coverage.
• The law mandates analysis of impacts such as customer service, underused property, locality pay misclassification, IT capacity, and workforce dispersal.
• Agencies cannot implement expansion plans without OPM approval but may revise and resubmit plans if not certified.
• No new appropriation or funding authority is specified for studies, IT improvements, or other implementation costs.