To require Executive agencies to submit reports to Congress and to the Office of Personnel Management regarding employees who are furloughed during any period during which there is a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires executive agencies to report furlough and payroll figures after a shutdown, requires congressional committees to publish those reports, and requires OPM to publish a consolidated report.
Who Benefits and How
Congress, workers, and the public could get a clearer cross-agency record of how many employees were furloughed and how much payroll was affected by a lapse in appropriations.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Executive agencies, congressional committees, and OPM would need to compile, publish, and consolidate shutdown workforce reports on a fixed timeline.
Key Provisions
- Defines covered employees, covered periods, and appropriate congressional committees for the reporting regime.
- Requires each executive agency to submit a detailed shutdown furlough report within 30 days after a lapse ends.
- Requires congressional committees to publish received reports and OPM to publish a consolidated government-wide report.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires executive agencies to report furlough and payroll figures after a shutdown, requires congressional committees to publish those reports, and requires OPM to publish a consolidated report.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Labor
Primary Purpose
Requires executive agencies to report furlough and payroll figures after a shutdown, requires congressional committees to publish those reports, and requires OPM to publish a consolidated report.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Congress, workers, and the public seeking clearer shutdown transparency across executive agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Executive agencies, congressional committees, and OPM officials required to compile and publish the reports
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Executive agency and Office of Personnel Management officials required to compile, submit, and publish shutdown workforce reports
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Office of Personnel Management
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