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119-s-354119th CongressWALLET

SHOW UP Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]

Introduced

Summary

Reinstating pre‑pandemic telework baselines is the bill's central goal. It would require agencies to restore telework levels and policies that existed on December 31, 2019 and bar any expansion until agencies submit studies, plans, and receive certification from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.

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  • Federal agencies would have 30 days to reinstate their 2019 telework policies and could not expand telework practices until Congress receives an agency plan and the Director issues a certification.
  • Federal employees could see remote work options rolled back to 2019 levels and face limits on broader telework unless their agency gains an approved, Director‑certified expansion plan.
  • Agency leaders must, within 180 days, deliver to Congress a study of COVID‑era telework impacts, a plan to expand telework beyond 2019 baselines, and a Director‑certified assessment that the plan improves mission performance, reduces property and locality pay costs, and secures networks and access to data.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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Limits telework for federal employees

If enacted, each federal agency would have to restore telework rules and levels from December 31, 2019. Agencies would have 30 days to finish that reinstatement. Within 180 days, agencies would have to send a study and any plan to expand telework. The OPM Director would have to certify a plan before any agency could expand telework. If you are a federal employee, this could change your work location, commute, or locality pay.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]

TN • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]

    ID • R

    Sponsored 2/3/2025

  • Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 2/3/2025

  • Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 2/3/2025

  • Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 2/3/2025

  • Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 2/3/2025

  • Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 2/3/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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