# 119-s-21: REMOTE Act

119-s-21, REMOTE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-21
- Congress: 119
- Title: REMOTE Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Requires federal agencies to track and publish telework computer-usage data to compare remote and on-site employee activity.** The REMOTE Act would set rules for what login and network information agencies must collect and how managers must document telework revocations. - Teleworking and headquarters-based contract employees would have average daily logins, average daily connection time, and network traffic recorded. Agencies must start on-site collection within 180 days and remote-employee collection within 1 year and may keep the data for at least 3 years. - Managers who revoke an individual’s telework rights would have to provide the human capital office and the employee a written record. That record must list the employee’s details, the telework days in the prior six work periods, a short narrative of the reason, and any prior discipline. - Chief Human Capital Officers must annually report to the Chief Human Capital Officers Council on telework management, any adverse performance effects, and discipline trends. Agencies must publish deidentified comparisons of telework login rates in budget justification materials.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Written notice when telework revoked: benefit, low. This bill would require each agency CHCO to set a policy within 60 days so managers who revoke an individual employee's telework must give written information to the employee and the human capital office. The note would list the employee's name, title, office, years of service, official worksite, a…
- New telework monitoring and reporting: cost, low. This bill would require executive departments to record and report telework use. Within 180 days, departments would start recording telework logins and network traffic and require PIV or CAC logins for employees who use a department headquarters. Within 1 year, departments would begin retaining dat…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-21 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/21)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4952)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-21 (as of 2026-04-21).