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December 17, 2007, 12:00 am ET - Amendment SA 3801 proposed by Senator Mikulski for Senator Coburn.
December 17, 2007, 12:00 am ET - Amendment SA 3801 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Full Text of this Amendment
SA 3801. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 274, to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
After subsection (n), insert the following:
(o) Reporting Requirements.--
(1) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.--
(A) IN GENERAL.--Not later than 40 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives on the implementation of this Act.
(B) CONTENTS.--The report under this paragraph shall include--
(i) an analysis of any changes in the number of cases filed with the United States Merit Systems Protection Board alleging violations of section 2302(b)(8) or (9) of title 5, United States Code, since the effective date of the Act;
(ii) the outcome of the cases described under clause (i), including whether or not the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, or any other court determined the allegations to be frivolous or malicious; and
(iii) any other matter as determined by the Government Accountability Office.
(2) MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD.--
(A) IN GENERAL.--Each report submitted annually by the Merit Systems Protection Board under section 1116 of title 31, United States Code, shall, with respect to the period covered by such report, include as an addendum the following:
(i) Information relating to the outcome of cases decided during the applicable year of the report in which violations of section 2302(b)(8) or (9) of title 5, United States Code, were alleged.
(ii) The number of such cases filed in the regional and field offices, the number of petitions for review filed in such cases, and the outcomes of such cases.
(B) FIRST REPORT.--The first report described under subparagraph (A) submitted after the date of enactment of this Act shall include an addendum required under that subparagraph that covers the period beginning on January 1, 2008 through the end of the fiscal year 2008.
(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Nov 16, 2007.)
table; as follows:
After subsection (n), insert the following:
(o) Reporting Requirements.--
(1) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.--
(A) IN GENERAL.--Not later than 40 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives on the implementation of this Act.
(B) CONTENTS.--The report under this paragraph shall include--
(i) an analysis of any changes in the number of cases filed with the United States Merit Systems Protection Board alleging violations of section 2302(b)(8) or (9) of title 5, United States Code, since the effective date of the Act;
(ii) the outcome of the cases described under clause (i), including whether or not the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, or any other court determined the allegations to be frivolous or malicious; and
(iii) any other matter as determined by the Government Accountability Office.
(2) MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD.--
(A) IN GENERAL.--Each report submitted annually by the Merit Systems Protection Board under section 1116 of title 31, United States Code, shall, with respect to the period covered by such report, include as an addendum the following:
(i) Information relating to the outcome of cases decided during the applicable year of the report in which violations of section 2302(b)(8) or (9) of title 5, United States Code, were alleged.
(ii) The number of such cases filed in the regional and field offices, the number of petitions for review filed in such cases, and the outcomes of such cases.
(B) FIRST REPORT.--The first report described under subparagraph (A) submitted after the date of enactment of this Act shall include an addendum required under that subparagraph that covers the period beginning on January 1, 2008 through the end of the fiscal year 2008.
(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Nov 16, 2007.)
