Ley sobre teletrabajo

 
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HR 1722 RFS
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1722
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 15, 2010
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

AN ACT
To require the head of each executive agency to establish and implement a policy under which employees shall be authorized totelework, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Telework Improvements Act of 2010'.
SEC. 2. TELEWORK.
(a) In General- Part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 63 the following:
`CHAPTER 65--TELEWORK`Sec.
`6501. Definitions.
`6502. Governmentwide telework requirement.
`6503. Implementation.
`6504. Telework Managing Officer.
`6505. Evaluating telework in agencies.
`Sec. 6501. Definitions
`For purposes of this chapter--
`(1) the term `agency' means an Executive agency (as defined by section 105), except as otherwise provided in this chapter;
`(2) the term `telework' or `teleworking'refers to a work flexibility arrangement under which an employee performs the duties and responsibilities of such employee's position, and other authorized activities, from an approved worksite other than the location from which the employee would otherwise work;
`(3) the term `continuity of operations', as used with respect to an agency, refers to measures designed to ensure that functions essentialto the mission of the agency can continue to be performed during a wide range of emergencies, including localized acts of nature, accidents, public health emergencies, and technological or attack-related emergencies; and
`(4) the term `Telework Managing Officer' means, with respect to an agency, the Telework Managing Officer of the agency designated under section 6504.
`Sec. 6502. Governmentwidetelework requirement
`(a) Telework Requirement-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this chapter, the head of each agency shall establish a policy under which employees shall be authorized to telework, subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (b).
`(2) AGENCY POLICIES- The head of each agency shall ensure--
`(A) that the telework policy established underthis section--
`(i) conforms to the regulations promulgated by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management under section 6503, and
`(ii) authorizes employees to telework to the maximum extent possible without diminishing agency operations and performance; and
`(B) that information on whether a position is eligible for telework is included in descriptions of available positions andrecruiting materials.
`(b) Limitations-
`(1) CERTAIN EMPLOYEES NOT AUTHORIZED TO TELEWORK- An employee may not telework under a policy established under this chapter if any of the following apply to the employee:
`(A) The employee has a seriously delinquent tax debt (as determined under paragraph (2)).
`(B) The employee has been officially disciplined for violations of subpart G of the Standards ofEthical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch for viewing, downloading, or exchanging pornography, including child pornography, on a Federal Government computer or while performing official Federal Government duties.
`(C) The employee received a payment under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.) but was ineligible to receive the payment under thecriteria described in section 2605(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)).
`(D) The employee has been officially disciplined for being absent without permission for more than 5 days in any calendar year.
`(2) DETERMINATION OF SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT-
`(A) IN GENERAL- For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), a `seriously delinquent tax debt' means an outstanding debt under the Internal Revenue...