House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Dennis Ross R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Committee actionMar 8, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 24, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 5, 2017 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1293.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1293, a bill 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” on March 17, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 8, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 17, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52509
- CBO publication date
- March 17, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1293, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
446ee8305337b4b18cfc2e33a5d8455c8f6893af24a26b34b00feba61a541095
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1293, an act 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” on August 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 26, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52999
- CBO publication date
- August 7, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1293, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
446ee8305337b4b18cfc2e33a5d8455c8f6893af24a26b34b00feba61a541095
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 115-167 ↗; H. Rept. 115-118 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/167
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/118 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1293, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
446ee8305337b4b18cfc2e33a5d8455c8f6893af24a26b34b00feba61a541095
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- 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 (Vol. 163, No. 36, March 1, 2017, Page H1464):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2017 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1293, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
446ee8305337b4b18cfc2e33a5d8455c8f6893af24a26b34b00feba61a541095
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.