S. 3672: RETURN Act of 2022
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S. 3672: RETURN Act of 2022
117th Congress · introduced 2022-02-16 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2022-02-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
RETURN Act of 2022
Plain summary
Return Employees to Understaffed Work Sites to Reopen Now Act of 2022 or the RETURN Act of 2022 This bill requires each federal agency to submit to Congress and publish on the agency's website a plan for the agency to resume in-person operations. The plan shall, among other things, include the agency's policy with respect to permitting permanent remote work for employees who can successfully achieve their duties away from their official work sites, metrics to measure the productivity of employees performing remote work to identify employees that fail to fulfill their duties, a plan to provide essential government services in person for individuals in the United States, and measures to prepare for future public health emergencies that can be quickly implemented if remote work becomes necessary. Each agency must submit a report to the General Services Administration recommending termination of the agency's leases of physical work spaces that are underused.
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Official text
RETURN Act of 2022
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · 3 cosponsors
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Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] reported raising $306,823 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s3672.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s3672 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117