Optional Electronic Pay Stubs for Federal Employees
OPTIONAL ELECTRONIC PAY STUBS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES -- (House of Representatives - July 29, 2008)
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Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I also want to thank Chairman Waxman, Ranking Member Davis, and Mr. Davis from Illinois for their assistance in bringing this bill out of committee and to the floor. I think it is our responsibility as Members of Congress to seek every way possible to save money for the taxpayers of this country, and I appreciate the fact that we're moving this bill along because it is an excellent way for us to save the taxpayers of this country some money.
There are currently 2.7 million Federal employees. Many of these 2.7 million Federal employees have the option of accessing their leave and earnings statement, pay stubs electronically rather than the paper version which we receive in our mailboxes. But there are still executive branch agencies that do not offer this option to their employees. H.R. 6073 would direct the Office of Personnel Management to take such measures as they see appropriate to ensure that all executive agency employees have the option of receiving their pay stub electronically.
The reason that H.R. 6073 affects only the executive branch agencies and not the legislative branch or the judicial branch is because each branch of the Federal Government has different rules and means of payment regulations. Currently, there are 17 executive branch agencies that do not offer their employees the option of receiving their pay stubs electronically. H.R. 6073 would give these employees the option of having access to their pay stubs electronically. This is not a mandate.
Finally, this sensible legislation will save millions of taxpayer dollars and immeasurable amounts of paper.
With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, again I want to thank the folks who have helped bring this bill to the floor.
I am pleased, again, that we have the potential for saving taxpayers much money, but I hope that by the end of this week we're also going to vote on legislation that would bring down gas prices and save much, much more money on behalf of the American people. I think that we need to do that as responsible Members of this Congress.
With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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