Sec. 7. Reporting requirements

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Section 1218 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: The Special Counsel shall submit to Congress, on an annual basis, a report on the activities of the Special Counsel, which shall include, for the year preceding the submission of the report— the number, types, and disposition of allegations of prohibited personnel practices filed with the Special Counsel and the costs of resolving such allegations; the number of investigations conducted by the Special Counsel; the number of stays or disciplinary actions negotiated with agencies by the Special Counsel; the number of subpoenas issued by the Special Counsel; the number of instances in which the Special Counsel reopened an investigation after the Special Counsel had made an initial determination with respect to the investigation; the actions that resulted from reopening investigations as described in paragraph (5); the number of instances in which the Special Counsel did not make a determination before the end of the 240-day period described in section 1214(b)(2)(A)(i) regarding whether there were reasonable grounds to believe that a prohibited personnel practice had occurred, existed, or was to be taken; a description of the recommendations and reports made by the Special Counsel to other agencies under this subchapter and the actions taken by the agencies as a result of the recommendations or reports; the number of— actions initiated before the Merit Systems Protection Board, including the number of corrective action petitions and disciplinary action complaints initiated; and stays and extensions of stays obtained from the Merit Systems Protection Board; and requests for enforcement of subpoenas or requests for enforcement by the Merit Systems Protection Board described in section 1212(b)(6); the number of prohibited personnel practice complaints that resulted in— a favorable action for the complainant, organized by actions in— complaints dealing with reprisals against whistleblowers; and all other complaints; and a favorable outcome for the complainant, organized by outcomes in— complaints dealing with reprisals against whistleblowers; and all other complaints; the number of corrective actions that the Special Counsel required an agency to take after a finding by the Special Counsel of a prohibited personnel practice, as defined in section 2302(b); and the results for the Office of Special Counsel of any employee viewpoint survey conducted by the Office of Personnel Management or any other agency. .

Section 1219(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: a list of any noncriminal matters referred to the head of an agency under section 1213(c), together with— a copy of the information transmitted to the head of the agency under section 1213(c)(1); any report from the agency under section 1213(c)(1)(B) relating to the matter; if appropriate, not otherwise prohibited by law, and consented to by the complainant, any comments from the complainant under section 1213(e)(1) relating to the matter; and the comments or recommendations of the Special Counsel under paragraph

(3)or

(4)of section 1213(e); .