# 117-hr-7201: Earn Your Keep Act

117-hr-7201, Earn Your Keep Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1] (R-AL); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7201
- Congress: 117
- Title: Earn Your Keep Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2022-03-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Earn Your Keep Act This bill requires each executive agency to reinstate the telework policies that were in effect on December 31, 2019. Employees who do not comply with the reinstated policies must be removed from the civil service, and their positions must be eliminated. The Government Accountability Office must report on the locality pay and geographic location of employees who were teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7201 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7201)

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- [117-hr-3537: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3537)
- [117-hr-5142: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5142)
- [117-hr-1057: Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1057)
- [117-hjres-102: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hjres-102)
- [117-hres-1423: Expressing support for October 2, 2022, through October 8, 2022, as "National S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-1423)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7201 (as of 2025-11-18).