Federal workers get the right to work from home.
H.R. 10713 — Federal Telework Protection Act · Filed by Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill lets federal employees ask to work from home. Their boss must decide based on the job and health needs. Workers can appeal if denied. If the agency does not decide in 90 days, the request is approved. The bill stops spending on forcing workers back to offices.
Who it affects
Federal employees can request telework with a formal appeal process. The bill protects workers who already work from home.
One thing to notice
If an agency does not decide within 90 days, the request is automatically approved. This may push agencies to decide faster.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 6 Democrats.
- Oct 1, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- telework — Working from home or another location instead of at an office.
- appeal — A formal request to review a decision and ask for a different outcome.
- federal employees — People who work for the U.S. government.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (7,268 characters) on Oct 7, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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