Sec. 4. REPORTS ON POLITICAL APPOINTEES APPOINTED TO NONPOLITICAL PERMANENT POSITIONS
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## SEC. 4 REPORTS ON POLITICAL APPOINTEES APPOINTED TO NONPOLITICAL PERMANENT POSITIONS **[**[5 U.S.C. 3101 note](/us/usc/t5/s3101)**]** ###
(a)Definitions In this section— ####
(1)the term “agency” has the meaning given the term “Executive agency” in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; ####
(2)the term “covered civil service position” means a position in the civil service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) that is not— #####
(A)a temporary position; or #####
(B)a political position; ####
(3)the term “former political appointee” means an individual who— #####
(A)is not serving in an appointment to a political position; and #####
(B)served as a political appointee during the 5-year period ending on the date of the request for an appointment to a covered civil service position in any agency; ####
(4)the term “political appointee” means an individual serving in an appointment to a political position; and ####
(5)the term “political position” means— #####
(A)a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the Executive Schedule); #####
(B)a noncareer appointment in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraph
(7)of section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code; or #####
(C)a 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. ###
(b)Reporting on Current or Recent Political Appointees Appointed to Covered Civil Service Positions ####
(1)Annual report Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall submit 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 an annual report regarding requests by agencies to appoint political appointees or former political appointees to covered civil service positions. Each report shall cover one calendar year and shall— #####
(A)for each request by an agency that a political appointee be appointed to a covered civil service position during the period covered by the report, provide— ######
(i)the date on which the request was received by the Office of Personnel Management; ######
(ii)subject to subsection (c), the name of the individual and the political position held by the individual, including title, office, and agency; ######
(iii)the date on which the individual was first appointed to a political position in the agency in which the individual is serving as a political appointee; ######
(iv)the grade and rate of basic pay for the individual as a political appointee; ######
(v)the proposed covered civil service position, including title, office, and agency, and the proposed grade and rate of basic pay for the individual; ######
(vi)whether the Office of Personnel Management approved or denied the request; and ######
(vii)the date on which the individual was appointed to a covered civil service position, if applicable; and #####
(B)for each request by an agency that a former political appointee be appointed to a covered civil service position during the period covered by the report, provide— ######
(i)the date on which the request was received by the Office of Personnel Management; ######
(ii)subject to subsection (c), the name of the individual and the political position held by the individual, including title, office, and agency; ######
(iii)the date on which the individual was first appointed to any political position; ######
(iv)the grade and rate of basic pay for the individual as a political appointee; ######
(v)the date on which the individual ceased to serve in a political position; ######
(vi)the proposed covered civil service position, including title, office, and agency, and the proposed grade and rate of basic pay for the individual; ######
(vii)whether the Office of Personnel Management approved or denied the request; and ######
(viii)the date on which the individual was first appointed to a covered civil service position, if applicable. ####
(2)Quarterly report in certain years In the last year of the term of a President, or, if applicable, the last year of the second consecutive term of a President, the report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted quarterly and shall cover each quarter of the year, except that the last quarterly report shall also cover January 1 through 20 of the following year. ###
(c)Names and Titles of Certain Appointees If determined appropriate by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, a report submitted under subsection
(b)may exclude the name or title of a political appointee or former political appointee— ####
(1)who— #####
(A)was requested to be appointed to a covered civil service position; and #####
(B)was not appointed to a covered civil service position; or ####
(2)relating to whom a request to be appointed to a covered civil service position is pending at the end of the period covered by that report.
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REPORTS ON POLITICAL APPOINTEES APPOINTED TO NONPOLITICAL PERMANENT POSITIONS
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