S-22 and S-23 would require the headquarters of agencies not related to security to be relocated outside the national capital area. Image: George Burns/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffSeveral bills have been reintroduced in the Senate to restrict telework and require relocations of federal jobs, measures that made no progress in the prior Congress but which likely will be considered more seriously in the current Congress with that chamber under Republican control. They include:
* S-21, to require agencies to gather data on the productivity impacts of telework by monitoring employees’ computer use, require managers to regularly review it and compare their activity to that of employees working onsite, and require agencies to issue reports on any adverse impacts.
* S-22 and S-23, to require the headquarters of agencies not related to security to be relocated outside the national capital area, and to require a reduction of 30 percent in federal real estate in the area by relocating functions elsewhere.
* S-27, to require that any employee who teleworks one day a week or more receive the pay of the “rest of the U.S.” locality—the lowest rate—regardless of where the employee works. A counterpart, HR-236, was offered in the House
Also introduced was S-26, which would exclude locality pay from the calculation of a new FERS retiree’s annuity, and HR-200, to deny a 2026 federal pay raise and cap employment at current levels.
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