Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act
- Bill Number
- S. 3005
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-10-14: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Last Updated
- 2025-11-06T14:37:41Z
Official Summary
Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act
This bill requires federal agencies to submit reports to Congress and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regarding employees who were furloughed during a lapse in appropriations (i.e, government shutdown), the total number of employees, and the cost of salaries.
Specifically, each federal agency must submit a report to specified congressional committees and OPM within 30 days of the end of a lapse in appropriations. The report must include specified details regarding
- the total number of employees (including contract employees) employed by the agency before the lapse began,
- the total number of employees who were furloughed during the lapse,
- the total number of employees who were not furloughed during the lapse, and
- the total annual cost of the salaries for each group of employees.
The report must be submitted in an unclassified form, but it may include a classified annex. Each congressional committee that receives a report must publish the report on its website within 30 days.
OPM must consolidate all of the reports submitted with respect to a lapse in appropriations and publish the consolidated report on its website.
Sponsor
Cosponsors (1)
Recent Actions
- 2025-10-14: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2025-10-14: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act — issued 2025-10-14 — PDF (5 pages)