Sec. 1004. Disclosure of Hatch Act investigations for certain political employees
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Section 1216 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: With respect to any investigation of an allegation of prohibited activity under subsection (a)(1) against a political employee, not later than 14 days after the Special Counsel makes a final determination under such investigation with respect to whether a violation occurred, the Special Counsel shall— publish, on the Office of Special Counsel’s website, such determination and a report on that determination; and submit such report to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
In this subsection, the term political employee means any individual occupying any of the following positions in the executive branch of Government (including an individual carrying out the duties of a position described in paragraph
(1)in an acting capacity): Any position required to be filled by an appointment by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Any position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. Any position in or under the Executive Office of the President. Any position in or under the Office of the Vice President. Any position in the Senior Executive Service that is not a career appointee, a limited term appointee, or a limited emergency appointee (as those terms are defined in section 3132(a)). .