119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 13, 2025
Back to Work Act
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Latest action (Jan 13, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 13, 2025)
Back to Work Act
This bill limits federal agency employees' telework to up to 40% of the work days in any pay period and eliminates certain pay increases for teleworking employees.
Under current law, executive agencies must maintain policies detailing how their employees may work remotely and enter into telework agreements with participating employees. The bill requires telework agreements to cap employees' telework at 40% of the work days in a pay period, specify that the agency will monitor employees' telework via remote technical methods, and make telework subject to annual review by the agency. The bill also eliminates locality-based and automatic annual pay adjustments for employees with telework agreements.
The bill authorizes agencies to further restrict the amount of telework permitted based on an employee's specific role or other circumstances (e.g., working with classified information). Agencies may also waive the limitation for inclement weather or exigent circumstances or for an employee who (1) is married to a member of the Armed Forces or federal law enforcement officer; (2) holds a position requiring highly specialized experience or frequent travel; or (3) holds a position that is difficult to fill.
Additionally, the bill requires annual agency reports to Congress describing the effectiveness of agency telework policies. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the accuracy and thoroughness of each report in an accompanying report to Congress.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$310,000
Spent on own lobbying
…mmission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act H.R. 236, Federal Employee Return to Work Act S. 27, Federal Employee Return to Work Act H.R. 242, MANAGER Act H.R. 357, Back to Work Act H.R. 371, No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act H.R. 435, Direct Hire To Fight Fires H.R. 473, SHOW UP Act of 2025 S. 354, SHOW UP Act of 2025…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$340,000
Spent on own lobbying
…mmission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act H.R. 236, Federal Employee Return to Work Act S. 27, Federal Employee Return to Work Act H.R. 242, MANAGER Act H.R. 357, Back to Work Act H.R. 371, No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act H.R. 435, Direct Hire To Fight Fires H.R. 473, SHOW UP Act of 2025 S. 354, SHOW UP Act of 2025…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 13, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$310,000
Spent on own lobbying
…mmission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act H.R. 236, Federal Employee Return to Work Act S. 27, Federal Employee Return to Work Act H.R. 242, MANAGER Act H.R. 357, Back to Work Act H.R. 371, No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act H.R. 435, Direct Hire To Fight Fires H.R. 473, SHOW UP Act of 2025 S. 354, SHOW UP Act of 2025…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$350,000
Spent on own lobbying
…mmission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act H.R. 236, Federal Employee Return to Work Act S. 27, Federal Employee Return to Work Act H.R. 242, MANAGER Act H.R. 357, Back to Work Act H.R. 371, No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act H.R. 435, Direct Hire To Fight Fires H.R. 489, Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2025 H.R…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…mmission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act H.R. 236, Federal Employee Return to Work Act S. 27, Federal Employee Return to Work Act H.R. 242, MANAGER Act H.R. 357, Back to Work Act H.R. 371, No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act H.R. 435, Direct Hire To Fight Fires H.R. 489, Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2025 H.R…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$350,000
Spent on own lobbying
…mmission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act H.R. 236, Federal Employee Return to Work Act S. 27, Federal Employee Return to Work Act H.R. 242, MANAGER Act H.R. 357, Back to Work Act H.R. 371, No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act H.R. 435, Direct Hire To Fight Fires H.R. 489, Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2025 H.R…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…mmission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act H.R. 236, Federal Employee Return to Work Act S. 27, Federal Employee Return to Work Act H.R. 242, MANAGER Act H.R. 357, Back to Work Act H.R. 371, No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act H.R. 435, Direct Hire To Fight Fires H.R. 489, Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2025 H.R…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PUBLIC CITIZEN · lobbying firm or registrant: PUBLIC CITIZEN
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 9, 2025 · issue area: Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
$76,570
Spent on own lobbying
…rtificial intelligence safeguards, Regulatory reform, Product Safety , Midnight Rules Relief Act (H.R. 115), regulatory reform, REINS Act (H.R. 277), H.R. 277, H.R. 357, H.R. H.R. 288, H.R. 890, H.R. 7528, H.R. 7533, H.R. 788, H.R. 3446, H.R. 115, H.R. 358, H.R. 7198, H.R. 7867, H.R. 8033, H.R. 9030, H.R. 9031, H.R. 9032, H.R.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing