Bill · S. 354· Senate(119-S-354)
SHOW UP Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 2/3/2025
- Last activity
- 2/3/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sponsored by
- Marsha Blackburn
- Cosponsors
- - 6 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "SHOW UP Act of 2025," requires Executive agencies to return to their telework policies and levels that were in place on December 31, 2019. Agency heads must reinstate these pre-pandemic practices within 30 days of the Act's enactment. To expand telework beyond those 2019 levels, agencies must first submit a specific plan and receive certification from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. This plan must include a study on the impacts of expanded telework during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study must analyze mission performance, costs related to real property and locality pay, and issues with network security or equipment.
Yes
Does this reduce what the federal government spends?+5
The bill mandates the reduction of agency costs related to real property maintenance and locality pay discrepancies.
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?+3
The bill requires agencies to submit detailed studies on telework impacts to Congress.
The opposite
Would people in cities be better off under this?-3
The bill's emphasis on workforce dispersal and reducing locality pay costs may negatively impact urban-centric agency footprints.
Would middle-income households be better off under this?-2
The restriction on telework may reduce flexibility for federal employees and their families.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Agency Mission and Customer Service: The bill requires agency plans to have a substantial positive effect on the performance of the agency's mission and customer service (Section 4(a)(3)(A)).
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Cost Reductions: The Act aims to substantially lower agency costs regarding the ownership, leasing, or maintenance of real property (Section 4(a)(3)(B)).
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Locality Pay Savings: The bill seeks to substantially lower costs caused by paying locality pay to personnel working outside of their position's official worksite (Section 4(a)(3)(C)).
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Enhanced Employee Productivity Tools: The legislation requires that plans ensure employees are provided with secure network capacity, communication tools, and equipment sufficient to be fully productive (Section 4(a)(3)(D)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Workforce Dispersal Changes: The bill requires that any expansion of telework must increase the level of dispersal of agency personnel throughout the United States (Section 4(a)(3)(A)(ii)).
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Increased Restrictions on Remote Work: Agency heads are prohibited from expanding any telework policies or practices until a plan is submitted to Congress and a certification is received (Section 3(b)).
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Strict Requirements for Implementation: An agency cannot implement any expansion plan unless the Director issues a specific certification (Section 4(b)(1)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Urban Residents-3Good For Middle Class Households-2
- Economy And Finance
- Reduces Government Spending+5
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+3
- 2/3/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 6 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
Mike CrapoRepublican · Idaho
Bill CassidyRepublican · Louisiana
Joni ErnstRepublican · Iowa
Chuck GrassleyRepublican · Iowa
Pete RickettsRepublican · Nebraska
Thomas TillisRepublican · North Carolina