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H.R. 107

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 107, the Return to Work Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Andy Biggs (R). It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Jan 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 107 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

hb107/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 107 IH: Return to Work Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-03
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 107  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 3, 2025   Mr. Biggs of Arizona  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To require Executive agencies to reinstate telework policies that were in place on December 31, 2019, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Return to Work Act  .
2.
Reinstate prior remote work policies
(a)
In general
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each Executive agency shall reinstate the telework policies in use by such Executive agency on December 31, 2019.
(b)
Rule of construction
Beginning on the date on which the head of an Executive agency reinstates the telework policies in use by such Executive agency on December 31, 2019, the reinstated telework policy of such Executive agency shall apply in place of any telework provision of a teleworking, collective bargaining, or other employment agreement of such Executive agency to the extent that such telework provision conflicts with, or applies a different telework policy than, the reinstated telework policy of such Executive agency.
(c)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Executive agency
The term  Executive agency  has the meaning given such term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.
(2)
Reinstated telework policy
The term  reinstated telework policy  means the telework policies in use by an Executive agency on December 31, 2019.
(3)
Telework
The term  telework  has the meaning given such term in section 6501 of title 5, United States Code.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-03
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 3, 2025

hb107/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (01/03/2025)

Sponsors

Rep. Andy Biggs (R) sponsors H.R. 107 alone.

Andy Biggs

Rep. · R–AZ-5 · Sponsor

Committees

H.R. 107 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform
Oversight and Government Reform
Referred To · Jan 3, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 107 has taken 2 actions since Jan 3, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 3, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Votes

H.R. 107 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 107 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Return to Work Act — Display Title
  • Return to Work Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To require Executive agencies to reinstate telework policies that were in place on December 31, 2019, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 9 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 107 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia16—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION16—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JENNIFER TYREE116
KATHERINE SYBENGA116
MARAM ABDELHAMID116
MATTHEW SOCKNAT116
MATTHEW SOWARDS116
KURT VORNDRAN115
REGINA HUTTER115
COLLEEN COSTELLO111
JOSH NASSAR111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 second_quarter$350K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 first_quarter$300K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 107 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 107’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr107/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 107 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Commuting to Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management.

hr107/subjects.txt
CommutingComputers and information technologyGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com