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S. 3553

U.S. SenateIn Senate Committee

Summary

S. 3553, the Where’s WALDO Act, was introduced in the Senate on Dec 17, 2025 by Sen. Joni Ernst (R). It was referred to Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, and last saw action on Dec 17, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


Record

Text

S. 3553 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

sb3553/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S3553 IS: Where’s the Workforce At Listed by Duties and Office
U.S. Senate
2025-12-17
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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.
II 119th CONGRESS
1st Session S. 3553 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 17, 2025 Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL
To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a searchable, publicly available website that contains information regarding the Federal civilian workforce, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Where’s the Workforce At Listed by Duties and Office or the Where’s WALDO Act .
2.
OPM responsibilities
(a)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Civil service
The term civil service has the meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code.
(2)
Contract employee
The term contract employee means—
(A)
an employee of a contractor; or
(B)
in the case of a contractor who is an individual who directly enters into a contract with the Federal Government, that individual.
(3)
Contractor
The term contractor has the meaning given the term in section 7101 of title 41, United States Code.
(4)
Director
The term Director means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
(b)
Website
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish, and thereafter the Director shall maintain, a searchable, publicly available website that contains information regarding each individual occupying a position in the civil service, which shall include, with respect to each such individual—
(1)
the title of the position occupied by the individual;
(2)
a description of the duties of the position occupied by the individual;
(3)
the employing agency of the individual;
(4)
the primary duty station of the individual;
(5)
the annual rate of basic pay of the individual, including, with respect to a year, any bonus or supplemental wages paid to the individual; and
(6)
the date on which the individual was appointed to the position occupied by the individual.
(c)
Annual report
(1)
In general
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director shall make publicly available a report that details, for the year covered by the report—
(A)
the total number of contract employees that worked, on a part-time or full-time basis, under applicable contracts with the Federal Government; and
(B)
the total cost incurred by the Federal Government with respect to the work described in subparagraph (A).
(2)
Breakdown of data
The data contained in each report made available under paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated by agency.

Tracker

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

  1. Introduced2025-12-17
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a searchable, publicly available website that contains information regarding the Federal civilian workforce, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Joni Ernst (R) sponsors S. 3553 alone.

Committees

S. 3553 went before 1 committee: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Referred To · Dec 17, 2025 · 444 Bills

Actions

S. 3553 has taken 2 actions since Dec 17, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 17, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Dec 17, 2025
Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 3553 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 3553 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • Where’s WALDO Act — Display Title
  • Where’s WALDO Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Where’s the Workforce At Listed by Duties and Office — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a searchable, publicly available website that contains information regarding the Federal civilian workforce, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 9 registered lobbyists who named S. 3553 in 3 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 UNIONDistrict of Columbia13

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION13

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

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 UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3553 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 3553’s is Government Operations and Politics.

s3553/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

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com