Sec. 1602. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— agency use of administrative leave, and leave that is referred to incorrectly as administrative leave in agency recording practices, has exceeded reasonable amounts— in contravention of— established precedent of the Comptroller General of the United States; and guidance provided by the Office of Personnel Management; and resulting in significant cost to the Federal Government; administrative leave should be used sparingly; prior to the use of paid leave to address personnel issues, an agency should consider other actions, including— temporary reassignment; transfer; and telework; an agency should prioritize and expeditiously conclude an investigation in which an employee is placed in administrative leave so that, not later than the conclusion of the leave period— the employee is returned to duty status; or an appropriate personnel action is taken with respect to the employee; data show that there are too many examples of employees placed in administrative leave for 6 months or longer, leaving the employees without any available recourse to— return to duty status; or challenge the decision of the agency; an agency should ensure accurate and consistent recording of the use of administrative leave so that administrative leave can be managed and overseen effectively; and other forms of excused absence authorized by law should be recorded separately from administrative leave, as defined by the amendments made by this subtitle.