# 119-s-27: Federal Employee Return to Work Act

119-s-27, Federal Employee Return to Work Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-27
- Congress: 119
- Title: Federal Employee Return to Work Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Limits annual and locality pay increases for federal teleworkers.** This bill would make most federal employees who telework at least one day per week, or 20% of their time under an alternative schedule, ineligible for statutory annual pay adjustments and locality pay increases. - Federal teleworking employees who meet the 1-day-or-20% test would stop receiving annual adjustments tied to private-sector labor costs and locality pay boosts. Their basic pay would be set to the "Rest of U.S." locality rate. - Workers with disabilities who telework with reasonable accommodations, Foreign Service members, federal law enforcement officers, active-duty service members, and employees whose official worksite falls outside the cited regulation are excluded and would keep eligibility. - Agencies would be required to apply the Rest of U.S. locality rate for covered employees and to stop applying the standard annual and locality pay adjustments to those employees.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pay freeze for federal teleworkers: cost, high. If enacted, this bill would freeze pay growth for many federal teleworkers. You would be a covered employee if you telework at least one day per week or at least 20% of scheduled time under an alternative schedule. Covered employees would be paid at the Rest of U.S. locality rate that exists when t…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-2121: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-5258: PREFERRED Screening Act
- 119-s-4302: Improving IRS Customer Service Act
- 119-s-1941: Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-27 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/27)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-2121: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2121)
- [119-s-5258: PREFERRED Screening Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5258)
- [119-s-4302: Improving IRS Customer Service Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4302)
- [119-s-1941: Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1941)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-27 (as of 2025-12-21).