Sec. 6. 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 an annual report to Congress on the activities of the Special Counsel. Any such report shall include— the number, types, and disposition of allegations of prohibited personnel practices filed with the Special Counsel, and the cost of allegations so disposed of; the number of investigations conducted by the Special Counsel; the number of stays or disciplinary actions negotiated by the Special Counsel with agencies; the number of cases in which the Special Counsel did not make a determination whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that a prohibited personnel practice has occurred, exists, or is to be taken within the 240-day period specified in section 1214(b)(2)(A)(i); a description of the recommendations and reports made by the Special Counsel to other agencies pursuant to this subchapter, and the actions taken by the agencies as a result of the reports or recommendations; the number of— actions initiated before the Merit Systems Protection Board, including the number of corrective action petitions and disciplinary action complaints so initiated; and stays and stay extensions obtained from the Board; and the number of prohibited personnel practice complaints that result in— a favorable action for the complainant, categorized by actions with respect to whistleblower reprisal cases and all other cases; and a favorable outcome for the complainant, categorized by outcomes with respect to whistleblower reprisal cases and all other cases.
The report required by subsection
(a)shall include whatever recommendations for legislation or other action by Congress the Special Counsel may consider appropriate. . Section 1219(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: a list of any noncriminal matter referred to an agency head under section 1213(c), together with— the applicable transmittal of the matter to the agency head under section 1213(c)(1); any report from agency head under section 1213(c)(1)(B) relating to such matter; if appropriate, not otherwise prohibited by law, and with the consent of the complainant, any comments from the complainant under section 1213(e)(1) relating to the matter; and the Special Counsel’s comments or recommendations under section 1213(e)(3) or
(4)relating to the matter; .