118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1565SHOW UP Act of 2023

A bill to require Executive agencies to submit to Congress a study of the impacts of expanded telework and remote work by agency employees during the COVID-19 pandemic and a plan for the agency's future use of telework and remote work, and for other purposes.

Government operations and politics
Introduced May 11, 2023
Last action May 11, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 11, 2023
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Referred
May 11, 2023
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill reinstates the telework policies that were in place at all executive agencies on December 31, 2019, and requires each agency to submit a certified telework plan to Congress before such policies can be expanded. The bill requires each agency to conduct a study analyzing the impacts of telework policies implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the study must analyze any adverse impacts on the agency, real estate and locality costs, agency failures to provide adequate network and data access to employees, and any degree to which the expansion facilitated the dispersal of personnel around the United States. Each agency must submit a certified telework plan to Congress...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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May 11, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 11, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.