To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 568.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-154 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 16, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/154

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 568, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/568

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97cb558bf27e04ac7cd1990e2eff49794e8cebf18c15b40163ffa9e167e7e99b

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H415):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 568, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/568

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  97cb558bf27e04ac7cd1990e2eff49794e8cebf18c15b40163ffa9e167e7e99b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 568, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.