text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Workplace Integrity Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS RELATING TO THE USE OF OFFICIAL TIME BY FEDERAL 
                EMPLOYEES.
  
      Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as 
  follows:
  ``Sec. 7131. Official time
      ``(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an employee may 
  not be granted official time in connection with any matter covered by 
  this chapter.
      ``(b)(1) Subject to subsection (c), official time may be granted--
              ``(A) to an employee representing an exclusive 
          representative, but only for a purpose allowable under 
          paragraph (2); or
              ``(B) to an employee in a unit represented by an exclusive 
          representative (in a circumstance not covered by subparagraph 
          (A)), but only for a purpose allowable under paragraph (3).
      ``(2) Official time may not be granted under paragraph (1)(A) to 
  any employee, except--
              ``(A) to allow such employee--
                      ``(i) to present or process a grievance on behalf 
                  of an employee in a unit represented by the exclusive 
                  representative; or
                      ``(ii) to be present during a grievance proceeding 
                  involving an employee in a unit represented by the 
                  exclusive representative; or
              ``(B) in connection with any consultation or meeting with 
          management officials officially requested or approved by the 
          agency.
      ``(3) Official time may not be granted under paragraph (1)(B) to 
  any employee, except--
              ``(A) to allow such employee to present a grievance on the 
          employee's own behalf under a negotiated grievance procedure; 
          or
              ``(B) in connection with any consultation or meeting with 
          management officials officially requested or approved by the 
          agency.
      ``(c)(1) Official time under subsection (b) may be granted in any 
  amount that the agency and the exclusive representative involved agree 
  to be reasonable, necessary, and in the public interest, but only to 
  the extent that, with respect to any employee, it would not cause the 
  ratio of--
              ``(A) the total amount of official time granted to such 
          employee under subsection (b) for use during any period 
          (specified under paragraph (2)), over
              ``(B) the total amount of time such employee would 
          otherwise normally be in duty status during that same period 
          (determined as if no official time had been granted for use 
          during such period),
  to exceed 50 percent.
      ``(2) In order to carry out this subsection, the Authority shall by 
  regulation specify an appropriate period of time, which--
              ``(A) shall not exceed 12 months in duration; and
              ``(B) shall be uniformly applied by all agencies.
      ``(d) The Authority shall determine whether any employee 
  participating for, or on behalf of, a labor organization in any phase 
  of proceedings before the Authority shall be authorized official time 
  for such purpose during the time the employee otherwise would be in a 
  duty status.
      ``(e) Nothing in this section shall be considered to constitute 
  authority for any official time to be granted to an employee for 
  purposes of allowing such employee--
              ``(1) to represent an exclusive representative in the 
          negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement under this 
          chapter, including to attend an impasse proceeding; or
              ``(2) to engage in any activity relating to the internal 
          business of a labor organization, including the solicitation of 
          membership, elections of labor organization officials, and 
          collection of dues.
  Any activities described in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be performed 
  during the time the employee is in a non-duty status.
      ``(f)(1) The Office of Personnel Management shall submit to the 
  President and each House of the Congress, before March 1st of each 
  calendar year, a report on the use of official time under this section. 
  Each such report shall include, in the aggregate and by agency, with 
  respect to the fiscal year last ending before the start of such 
  calendar year--
              ``(A) the total number of employees to whom official time 
          was granted under this section;
              ``(B) the total number of employee-hours of official time 
          granted under this section; and
              ``(C) the total costs attributable to official time granted 
          under this section.
      ``(2) Agencies shall submit to the Office such data as the Office 
  may by regulation require in connection with any report under this 
  subsection.''.
  
  SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
  
      This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect as of 
  the first day of the first fiscal year beginning at least 6 months 
  after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that, whether or 
  not this Act is enacted earlier than 6 months before the first day of a 
  fiscal year--
              (1) reports shall be required, in accordance with the 
          provisions of section 7131(f) of title 5, United States Code 
          (as set forth in section 2), beginning with the report next due 
          under such provisions before the March 1st next occurring at 
          least 5 months after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
              (2) for purposes of any report under paragraph (1) covering 
          a fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year covered by 
          subsections (a) through (e) of section 7131 of such title 5 (as 
          amended by this Act)--
                      (A) section 7131(f) of such title (as set forth in 
                  section 2) shall be treated as if in effect as of the 
                  date of the enactment of this Act; and
                      (B) any reference in such section 7131(f) to ``this 
                  section'' shall be treated as a reference to section 
                  7131 of such title, as in effect before the effective 
                  date of this Act.
target: Workplace Integrity Act - Amends Federal law to:  (1) limit the amount of official time which may be used by Federal employees in connection with a grievance procedure; and (2) prohibit the use of official time by Federal employees in connection with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement. 
  Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to submit to the President and each House of the Congress, before March 1 of each calendar year, a specified report on the use of official time under this Act.  Requires that agencies shall submit to OPM such data as OPM may by regulation require in connection with any such report.
feat_title: Workplace Integrity Act