1.This Act may be cited as the
Honest Leadership and Accountability
in Contracting Act of 2007
.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elimination of Fraud and Abuse </header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD1E9FD337BAA44DEA1F4524FFA267BA0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition of war profiteering and
fraud</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA5017E69661D480800006F5DA9DDD800"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4B8F29868E38486D9EF466DF276F00EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2537536DC32049839337B4947F20E372" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID87DB64ACCFE94122952D486CCAB07474" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1039.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">War profiteering and fraud </header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB252E1ED1F9B42E99B4DFD6FAE3840A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF52EE04A4CA94539A7363157A42C85BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever, in any matter involving a contract
or the provision of goods or services, directly or indirectly, in connection
with a war or military action knowingly and willfully—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID049195E847CA461F915E32B67F61D871"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">executes or attempts to execute a scheme or
artifice to defraud the United States or the entity having jurisdiction over
the area in which such activities occur;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD9A4D1B4A9034C34BBC0C5E027FB734E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any
trick, scheme, or device a material fact;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC9CDBDDAE36B47BA826CD30067004907"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">makes any materially false, fictitious, or
fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any materially false
writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5088DFD4608B4992A0259385A2F7D1A4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">materially overvalues any good or service
with the specific intent to excessively profit from the war or military
action;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be fined under paragraph (2),
imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5EB10BEE3B1047F685E53F1E917EA800"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person convicted of an offense under
paragraph (1) may be fined the greater of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID21A5092A20A547D2BA4344AC28603178"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0200AA4CEC1E42489BCCACF63417FF60"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if such person derives profits or other
proceeds from the offense, not more than twice the gross profits or other
proceeds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD89AFA04B19445E5ACD24733006D6B43"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extraterritorial jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is extraterritorial Federal
jurisdiction over an offense under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID590F8DAF2EBD4195A418C3A9D6E28E08"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Venue</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A prosecution for an offense under this
section may be brought—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8B58BBE1F728437694F83E257465A5D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as authorized by chapter 211 of this
title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0671522D0FCA4736815B45031F3FE256"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any district where any act in
furtherance of the offense took place; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3398068E7CF8444FA824E72F71DC4374"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in any district where any party to the
contract or provider of goods or services is
located.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD89B5978157E4316B3D66B4E5E6F3200"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for chapter 47 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">1039. War profiteering and
fraud.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB1CD93C156874A2F8ED28DE0A449A06D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil forfeiture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 981(a)(1)(C) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>1039,</quote> after
<quote>1032,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7E41C63D7A564550B900DB36BC1DD72D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criminal forfeiture</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 982(a)(2)(B) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>or 1030</quote> and inserting
<quote>1030, or 1039</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD46EC18EEB25476B969365784892D320"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment under money laundering
offense</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1956(c)(7)(D)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting the following:
<quote>, section 1039 (relating to war profiteering and fraud)</quote> after
<quote>liquidating agent of financial institution),</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID84D58812077F49C3BEC7D360CCCA3B03" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Suspension and debarment of unethical
contractors</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA27ECEE9A60D4265BB35D232006634DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued pursuant to
section 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421)
shall be revised to provide that no prospective contractor shall be considered
to have a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics if it—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID87ADAEBC998B44349E4057844A3B3D25"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has exhibited a pattern of overcharging the
Government under Federal contracts; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0BAF2EF7E88947CD8FF3F57FD2C31987"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has exhibited a pattern of failing to
comply with the law, including tax, labor and employment, environmental,
antitrust, and consumer protection laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF3292E96559747A192E97C892ADF011E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The revised regulation
required by this section shall apply with respect to all contracts for which
solicitations are issued after the date that is 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7997D997C2534C248621950B7DB55A98" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure of audit reports</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E381EE2C9F84B3A89CD77940B01E675"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure of information to
Congress</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDff5906656b8b428cababdab5cd6e044a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each executive agency shall
maintain a list of audit reports issued by the agency during the current and
previous calendar years that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1acf585734ba40d98503abedec2e2bed"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe significant contractor costs that
have been identified as unjustified, unsupported, questioned, or unreasonable
under any contract, task or delivery order, or subcontract; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5a484f4aa05c4ddab02883cfa266b4c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify significant or substantial
deficiencies in any business system of any contractor under any contract, task
or delivery order, or subcontract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9218d01f898949e48c1716108911ff44"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission of individual
audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each
executive agency shall provide, within 14 days of a request in writing by the
chairman or ranking member of a committee of jurisdiction, a full and
unredacted copy of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A8F2D195F1E48699D49126B04D1F474"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current version of the list maintained
pursuant to paragraph (1); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5524108B44884CC592FC7FE7C7C19B0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any audit or other report identified on
such list.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55C618EC42E04F10909B6AFDDE45CF59"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Publication of information on Federal
contractor penalties and violations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF8DC0096E8F465B8EA26B91F88F6F7A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Procurement Data System shall be
modified to include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EC030D7FCE347B598F3BDBAE3A1444A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on instances in which any major
contractor has been fined, paid penalties or restitution, settled, plead guilty
to, or had judgments entered against it in connection with allegations of
improper conduct; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC3B58098A2C4BC58F799452297F1743"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on all sole source contract
awards in excess of $2,000,000 entered into by an executive agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27335E773F414E40BFBF3E3FFBB579CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Publicly available website</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information required by paragraph (1)
shall be made available through the publicly available website of the Federal
Procurement Data System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contract Matters </header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id475FE54C5EBE4BB3B990E99493F556F0" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competition in Contracting</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID215C1A09F6524FA8A6AB45F002F59DC7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on award of monopoly
contracts</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID835601D4E02647848F88C9A148516030"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civilian Agency Contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303H(d) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FPASA">Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949</act-name> (41 U.S.C. 253h(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC607B02D18DE4E66BCAD464FF0152614" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF9F1A1E50FF14E68A9606BB45A69004C" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7643C71AB22A43B3AD5AB2AC266B65FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No task or delivery order contract in an
amount estimated to exceed $100,000,000 (including all options) may be awarded
to a single contractor unless the head of the agency determines in writing
that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1B7168390E4F4207A86FA822833B9825" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">because of the size, scope, or method of
performance of the requirement, it would not be practical to award multiple
task or delivery order contracts;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC742944908A5419DB69D7A80C1AF8204" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the task orders expected under the contract
are so integrally related that only a single contractor can reasonably perform
the work; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD32C9B91FF8D427C9C6DB9AEB7412F51" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any other reason, it is necessary in
the public interest to award the contract to a single contractor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7594C0D7703D4A35A68E4EFC565BB4E8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of the agency shall notify
Congress within 30 days of any determination under subparagraph
(A)(iii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1731365750F94873AB04293113E777F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Defense Contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2304a(d) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78C1EA0E4DC149898A0A7FF586961D32" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDE3735736C4741D09315522B5B13244F" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDE9D331D1A19046B8ABF996DCBBC98733"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No task or delivery order contract in an
amount estimated to exceed $100,000,000 (including all options) may be awarded
to a single contractor unless the head of the agency determines in writing
that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID87B763E0BA3C4B0784B148EDC06FB8C9" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">because of the size, scope, or method of
performance of the requirement, it would not be practical to award multiple
task or delivery order contracts;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBB7AFCDBB16741E9886DD535B32916B1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the task orders expected under the contract
are so integrally related that only a single contractor can reasonably perform
the work; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9127FEB68DD945649F6DCEB48AC474F5" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any other reason, it is necessary in
the public interest to award the contract to a single contractor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id102DDD7F85734ED78822D8E53FDA5D8C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of the agency shall notify
Congress within 30 days of any determination under subparagraph
(A)(iii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBC3D07DF4E834E1ABA83B6E3ED815920" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competition in multiple award
contracts</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF2F9991414AD4CD9A38DE2EB6862D1E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations Required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be
revised to require competition in the purchase of goods and services by each
executive agency pursuant to multiple award contracts.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1DF0DC7177D4433FB3BA1D672FFB436B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content of Regulations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID6133FA6A2DE84946BC9CE9279CF2CE80"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations required by subsection (a)
shall provide, at a minimum, that each individual purchase of goods or services
in excess of $1,000,000 that is made under a multiple award contract shall be
made on a competitive basis unless a contracting officer of the executive
agency—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB9E494A9A1AA4EE3B4A143B2D09E553A" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waives the requirement on the basis of a
determination that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID721FF2D91ABB4433B68097B574CAE068"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one of the circumstances described in
paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 303J(b) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253j(b)) applies to such
individual purchase; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAE906F2CC85C4E7081598D6089962625"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a statute expressly authorizes or requires
that the purchase be made from a specified source; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5F086A791A354FE8A39E55A43948024F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">justifies the determination in
writing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID32B537B28781424CBCA2822229B43698" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, an
individual purchase of goods or services is made on a competitive basis only if
it is made pursuant to procedures that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID658A27CD118D4AD69D3D3501F6F4E30B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require fair notice of the intent to make
that purchase (including a description of the work to be performed and the
basis on which the selection will be made) to be provided to all contractors
offering such goods or services under the multiple award contract; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4ACBD67363EB4F95BE87F4BC27C2A784"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">afford all contractors responding to the
notice a fair opportunity to make an offer and have that offer fairly
considered by the official making the purchase.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFB3F6599CFAC4A76AB694B73AC9E6109" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (2), notice may
be provided to fewer than all contractors offering such goods or services under
a multiple award contract described in subsection (c)(2)(A) if notice is
provided to as many contractors as practicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID84FD4EBF8FE74C578E796FE9F34AFADD" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
purchase may not be made pursuant to a notice that is provided to fewer than
all contractors under paragraph (3) unless—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7CAABFA4A4BF46C9B85FE239F809AB20"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offers were received from at least three
qualified contractors; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27F05114E7D542289F2CD239DFB3497C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a
contracting officer of the executive agency determines in writing that no
additional qualified contractors were able to be identified despite reasonable
efforts to do so.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC75C782E2B664BBCA76807B22EBD9E29"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID657213B8099D4489BE225347C0001E41"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>individual purchase</term>
means a task order, delivery order, or other purchase.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2108FBD1A1B442DDB0369CF999C4FA1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>multiple award
contract</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE413DE81DB8D4121A8C3A92006BEBCCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a contract that is entered into by the
Administrator of General Services under the multiple award schedule program
referred to in section 309(b)(3) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 259(b)(3));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7EF1D7F9E750436C860DECDBF11ABB4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a multiple award task order contract that
is entered into under the authority of sections 2304a through 2304d of title
10, United States Code, or sections 303H through 303K of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253h through 253k);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID507C7F390F834C04B7F931EAA4D2C301"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other indefinite delivery, indefinite
quantity contract that is entered into by the head of an executive agency with
two or more sources pursuant to the same solicitation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE1E5FEEB1A7C4205B43030941DCC8BB9"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The revisions to the Federal Acquisition
Regulation pursuant to subsection (a) shall take effect not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to all individual
purchases of goods or services that are made under multiple award contracts on
or after the effective date, without regard to whether the multiple award
contracts were entered into before, on, or after such effective date.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID13A09A1C3B5F4C8A9F853423ABA5CEBD"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming Amendments to Defense Contract
Provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 803 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 10
U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID644A4CBF967941F681C26318D66C7598"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goods covered</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD16E705DF78247CC9038BE080E857085"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The section heading is amended by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">goods
or</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">services</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID43F8456CAF0E4B68AC53B12EA0DA8133" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) is amended by inserting
<quote>goods and</quote> before <quote>services</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09878F91593948D3B2E7B70886E84BAB" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following provisions are amended by
inserting <quote>goods or</quote> before <quote>services</quote> each place it
appears:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID836116C63C1F4B41BB45CA6D06811683"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection
(b).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID939A9ED3C89F4405806496934F75E51D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (d).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDB87BFF38F5D4908AF9DA52B9BD7BDF1" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AE4032254CB45F8A1701D87662D49EB" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD49AE664813A4C39B0A48180BD7E356F"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability to Goods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall revise the regulations
promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) to cover purchases of goods by the
Department of Defense pursuant to multiple award contracts. The revised
regulations shall take effect in final form not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this subsection and shall apply to all individual
purchases of goods that are made under multiple award contracts on or after the
effective date, without regard to whether the multiple award contracts were
entered into before, on, or after such effective
date.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4CA3C61AB3447CDAF9806E2DE58B0C0"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protest Rights for Certain Awards</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61DB530B14EE46D2B7EC634C1E02A16F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civilian agency contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303J(d) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253j(d)) is amended by inserting
<quote>with a value of less than $500,000</quote> after <quote>task or delivery
order</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8779773054904505BCC65FA716335574"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Defense contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2304c(d) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting <quote>with a value of less than $500,000</quote>
after <quote>task or delivery order</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id23CF547AC8F0430B9E1140B1DEC319E9" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contract Personnel Matters</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID72F355CA73274B7DBE3C7E97B78807DA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contractor conflicts of interest</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB28A8BF0C9AC43BA933948221FA09EE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on Contracts Relating to
Inherently Governmental Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of an agency may not enter into a
contract for the performance of any inherently governmental function.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID312A56ABB4554CE0AB94E633BEA9034D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on Contracts for Contract
Oversight</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3212A9E0A9484889A093129DB94C91CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of an agency may not enter into a
contract for the performance of acquisition functions closely associated with
inherently governmental functions with any entity unless the head of the agency
determines in writing that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A3E150D19D64C9FAD8F901C3FC254FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">neither that entity nor any related entity
will be responsible for performing any of the work under a contract which the
entity will help plan, evaluate, select a source, manage or oversee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17AFA8D7C739455A9DF4F4C20F03BE64"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency has taken appropriate steps to
prevent or mitigate any organizational conflict of interest that may arise
because the entity—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6F364F86B0114426A6CC5E364CCF2B9C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a separate ongoing business
relationship, such as a joint venture or contract, with any of the contractors
to be overseen;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6AE7B542F1DF4A5DBFFEDE4075B15160"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be placed in a position to affect the
value or performance of work it or any related entity is doing under any other
Government contract;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5B38FD9B9B0E46F9ABD4946D2B1F6B66"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a reverse role with the contractor to
be overseen under one or more separate Government contracts; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB1AE447AC8FF487996F706BCBF704D15"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has some other relationship with the
contractor to be overseen that could reasonably appear to bias the contractor’s
judgment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3148CD8776874988B2D5EEBCAEDF96DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Related entity defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>related
entity</term>, with respect to a contractor, means any subsidiary, parent,
affiliate, joint venture, or other entity related to the contractor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3A859E793A04E568268EC2CACA5160B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47480B8D61D94C7A81CD3C38C15813AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>inherently governmental
functions</term> has the meaning given to such term in part 7.5 of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3097EE1019BF497F92C576B0A0B1076B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>functions closely associated
with governmental functions</term> means the functions described in section
7.503(d) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF35B783C0464CEC850E930800E93FCB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>organizational conflict of
interest</term> has the meaning given such term in part 9.5 of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9B8AC481E41E495CA72A84E9FB713D10"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective Date and
Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply
to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6C27FAECA67B4EA58353179B2BCFA36A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracts entered into on or after such
date;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35001391C6CB4C9F9C4202E701B46011"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any task or delivery order issued on or
after such date under a contract entered into before, on, or after such date;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID28F01E978A8140F3B7B9CA63C841F802"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any decision on or after such date to
exercise an option or otherwise extend a contract for the performance of a
function relating to contract oversight regardless of whether such contract was
entered into before, on, or after such date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD4A41BA9ED5428EA2C9AD2EFAD5457C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elimination of revolving door between
Federal personnel and contractors</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id354E74BB2AFB4A759E4EF0DC2654F1E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elimination of loopholes allowing former
federal officials To accept compensation from contractors or related
entities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22622C6270984668A64998B9996D4D04"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of section
27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC07B3722441D4580BC45C7DD11620DD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or consultant</quote>
and inserting <quote>consultant, lawyer, or lobbyist</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E68C14297B7462599D518832CB60445"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>one year</quote> and
inserting <quote>two years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D384E6C8CC84D2EB8D8EEE3AC121117"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking
<quote>personally made for the Federal agency—</quote> and inserting
<quote>participated personally and substantially in—</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1829010AB7041A2BE1B0A92F427A72D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of such subsection is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id363238494A7941E5BCA2434C15A46015" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8B49F145EE94E21BA4C3C91A6233131" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1), the term
<term>contractor</term> includes any division, affiliate, subsidiary, parent,
joint venture, or other related entity of a
contractor.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ED26C7C867447BFA11A53F60C3BD59D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on award of government
contracts to former employers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA229D143F07467D839303E7D273089C" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC81D100CF65244E7AD5756B3A00075F3"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on involvement by certain
former contractor employees in procurements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A former employee of a contractor who
becomes an employee of the Federal Government shall not be personally and
substantially involved with any Federal agency procurement involving the
employee's former employer, including any division, affiliate, subsidiary,
parent, joint venture, or other related entity of the former employer, for a
period of two years beginning on the date on which the employee leaves the
employment of the contractor unless the designated agency ethics officer for
the agency determines in writing that the government's interest in the former
employee's participation in a particular procurement outweighs any appearance
of
impropriety.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1C215B89EA74F138733E25B4C316F0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement for federal procurement
officers To disclose job offers made to relatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c)(1) of such section is
amended by inserting after <quote>that official</quote> the following: <quote>,
or for a relative of that official (as defined in section 3110 of title 5,
United States Code),</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92F3F3D2AD8844D299D39F5B7F17405E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional criminal penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of such
section is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4018BBFF6A8C4127BEA0F1F627C1CF38" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29419901CAF84245B9560DB1D8D86B47"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criminal penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever engages in conduct constituting a
violation of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90C536C87C5E4FE1A344E53666D6998C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsection (a) or (b) for the purpose of
either—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1607E578B1C34BD5A09A68B8647E3B0C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exchanging the information covered by such
subsection for anything of value, or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60C348D138AB4CF1BE5779C720CABED4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtaining or giving anyone a competitive
advantage in the award of a Federal agency procurement contract; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F6D736846E64EF5BDBA3A9FD28B53BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsection (c) or (d);</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be imprisoned for not more than
5 years, fined as provided under title 18, Untied States Code, or
both.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C6A11F24E374135B09215CF989C8A16"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EBF0D0614B84BF4BC3D039CD9407EE0" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE66F7952A230477BA98DD3566E24B19E"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Government
Ethics, in consultation with the Administrator, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDB565D711FE465290BFFBF2C6DA3CED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promulgate regulations to carry out and
ensure the enforcement of this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id937A3AD56894432A920974AE52452DB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitor and investigate individual and
agency compliance with this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other Personnel Matters</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1908569C811426F0099EDB7B22D514F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum requirements for political
appointees holding public contracting and safety positions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB353EA78A4AF4A5D9E28918435A96722"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A position specified in subsection (b) may
not be held by any political appointee who does not meet the requirements of
subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78624C515A344C48A8E008F4E19798F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specified positions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A position specified in this subsection is
any position as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC05723D7083A4D118C0D995C600C5AEA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public contracting position.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB110CDC6A9304805BCB15F880FBEFEA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public safety position.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61B6C4EF5F6A4E4AAAB3D32B373079E7"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minimum requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual shall not, with respect to
any position, be considered to meet the requirements of this subsection unless
such individual—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96188038802E42D0AB4F25867EA3CE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has academic, management, and leadership
credentials in one or more areas relevant to such position;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73CA059B4EBF44E195A233B179A48E59"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a superior record of achievement in one
or more areas relevant to such position;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H405E2C41CC0546DEA3482CECEB03D500"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has training and expertise in one or more
areas relevant to such position; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF18E2D16ED4E4A84B24CE045FAF9CB19"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not, within the 2-year period ending on
the date of such individual’s nomination for or appointment to such position,
been a lobbyist for any entity or other client that is subject to the authority
of the agency within which, if appointed, such individual would serve.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H421B80B211044F50A42CE68518C4C81E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Political appointee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>political appointee</term> means any individual who—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB463E3652724551B9B29593854DA7BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is employed in a position listed in
sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the
Executive Schedule);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACADBCB44D4848F4A6106B17F76881B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a limited term appointee, limited
emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC543300F737A40D7908BD950DD00D3B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is employed in the executive branch of the
Government in a position which has been excepted from the competitive service
by reason of its policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating
character.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1007F834042141FBB9339B7557E5FDC5"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public contracting position</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>public contracting position</term> means the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC73A2607968B407CABBCEC6851BA4516"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator for Federal Procurement
Policy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66A31163A808415799CDDF921331C755"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the General Services
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9574542050B4A7C8973D8DFB78182EC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Acquisition Officer of any
executive agency, as appointed or designated pursuant to section 16 of the
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id208EE08F7E6A466C943DF8B14636202D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF09CE5DE0C4E4048B8CD4400B135C05E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any position (not otherwise identified
under any of the preceding provisions of this subsection) a primary function of
which involves government procurement and procurement policy, as identified by
the head of each employing agency in consultation with the Office of Personnel
Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF75DA51A4144E7CBBE2144CB653D66"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public safety position</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>public safety position</term> means the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBBB9088E921429F009B6DE56E004754"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary for Emergency
Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A383107E33E4CB6AE00F8B7A435E6F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0671CE6B29924F7BB91E128FB70037E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each regional director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC8E8E0A66BB47D89CCAFA5D8E39CAA4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Recovery Division Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0060C72DD6F04D6AAF15C64D1D4D9772"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary for Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0452E9C4636F4F6DB352905010C0857F"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary for Public Health
Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21844A9CB3BD41A590CC87A36E7061CC"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste
and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DD582B1FB724226BAE6C14B99D45106"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any position (not otherwise identified
under any of the preceding provisions of this subsection) a primary function of
which involves responding to a direct threat to life or property or a hazard to
health, as identified by the head of each employing agency in consultation with
the Office of Personnel Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3393CF47CA944CA4BACCDB9BC59B237D"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Publication of positions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall maintain on
such agency’s public website a current list of all public contracting positions
and public safety positions within such agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H546DD588D50A46B196964CF74945E740"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination with other
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements
set forth in subsection (c) shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any
requirements that might otherwise apply with respect to any particular
position.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40CE2166B33F4E058400003803EA34D9"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4AA65B539D34551886B00303095FF49"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>agency</term> means an
Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of title 5, United States
Code).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D92EFE1E6634FD48628FD789C5FF24"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>limited term
appointee</term>, <term>limited emergency appointee</term>, and <term>noncareer
appointee</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 3132 of title 5,
United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FBDFA4264BA45CB9C4F4DB7DF329260"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Senior Executive
Service</term> has the meaning given such term by section 2101a of title 5,
United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B78D83EBE8A4B8EAD274D18522591D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>competitive service</term>
has the meaning given such term by section 2102 of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23C7D05D0AB04D838D89B1D0053066E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>lobbyist</term> and
<term>client</term> have the respective meanings given them by section 3 of the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A1AF920B7204E0790778D438391DFB9"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(a) of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(a)) is amended by striking
<quote>non-career employee as</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30A7A2856D3B4BAB843642EB9B2646F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protection of certain disclosures of
information by Federal employees</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID160DCED2C53D4104B24FEE4785CE53AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of disclosures
covered</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2302(b)(8) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2C9E6916245C401DB825F383F1B0729F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCF769C4F654C442ABBD0A89C46A3E38A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>which the employee or
applicant reasonably believes evidences</quote> and inserting <quote>, without
restriction to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure made to
any person by an employee or applicant, including a disclosure made in the
ordinary course of an employee’s duties, that the employee or applicant
reasonably believes is evidence of</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4D1D72DFB875416CB666463CDD77B892"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>a
violation</quote> and inserting <quote>any violation</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC82E396C0F3B44E4BB9BB0E1B820504E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6930ACAB1F39407283F84519A3A0D447"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>which the employee or
applicant reasonably believes evidences</quote> and inserting <quote>, without
restriction to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure made to
any person by an employee or applicant, including a disclosure made in the
ordinary course of an employee’s duties, of information that the employee or
applicant reasonably believes is evidence of</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77DE718481B54A349518F6F564FF7662"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>a
violation</quote> and inserting <quote>any violation (other than a violation of
this section)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID26C691F105674EC2ADF5A6EFF1AD7449"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE297940BD6214006B33BEDD930C14B95" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4D942288EC884E869519BE2BDBD209EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any disclosure that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD600D08C8FEC4D57B213DE3BB3CA9B04"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made by an employee or applicant of
information required by law or Executive order to be kept secret in the
interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs that the
employee or applicant reasonably believes is direct and specific evidence
of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78EC0749037547C89A884CF4206346BC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any violation of any law, rule, or
regulation;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5401CE080C1048B29C5E358545DAE4EC"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gross mismanagement, a gross waste of
funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
health or safety; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE7F04B29235349FB98954397AF13782A"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a false statement to Congress on an issue
of material fact; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFD2718F8F13C48B18BCDF31BA3DA75ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is made to—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB52A425506E245EEA23545A252013D00"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a member of a committee of Congress;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0D08E82895B3444E8E3CB4B98A0F5C2D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other Member of Congress; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6D3C492329244526B7406F29C225A7DE"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an employee of Congress who has the
appropriate security clearance and is authorized to receive information of the
type
disclosed.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78634B768461497BB05D91C41FA66B63"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered disclosures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2302(a)(2) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3CF7B5CB45554A0195C5C695003509B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID015659F3B9554F0C8DBC1FF94A44CCA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCFC005F824944F5E816FE93E3562BC7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6AAA4BC702614213893E9416275B6A9F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80FD2D351DC440BCA7B44B06D1000969" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>disclosure</quote> means a formal or
informal communication or transmission, but does not include a communication
concerning policy decisions that lawfully exercise discretionary authority
unless the employee providing the disclosure reasonably believes that the
disclosure evidences—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E9F8053393E4CCDAD8F29524461B731"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any violation of any law, rule, or
regulation; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB924938EF6C4C8EBE777201413B4746"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gross mismanagement, a gross waste of
funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
health or
safety.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID89F74ABB89F14E8F9EFC6AF8D6C77B5F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rebuttable presumption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2302(b) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by amending the matter following paragraph (12) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78D4399DEA1D48B5B82E2C297A314FF5" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text commented="no" quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">This subsection shall not be construed
to authorize the withholding of information from Congress or the taking of any
personnel action against an employee who discloses information to Congress. For
purposes of paragraph (8), any presumption relating to the performance of a
duty by an employee who has authority to take, direct others to take,
recommend, or approve any personnel action may be rebutted by substantial
evidence. For purposes of paragraph (8), a determination as to whether an
employee or applicant reasonably believes that they have disclosed information
that evidences any violation of law, rule, regulation, gross mismanagement, a
gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific
danger to public health or safety shall be made by determining whether a
disinterested observer with knowledge of the essential facts known to and
readily ascertainable by the employee would reasonably conclude that the
actions of the Government evidence such violations, mismanagement, waste,
abuse, or
danger.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1096859583AF4806862560581BB907B0"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nondisclosure policies, forms, and
agreements; security clearances; and retaliatory investigations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD1CF37F52A0D4D2B9DDA809B68347BF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2302(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5470A93124EC4C9BACBF47FBC5CBC77F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (x), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDA460A0DA6784535A86B75A690888344"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clause (xi) as clause
(xiv) and inserting after clause (x) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE9D1C24465C141E8AC622DDF1A2032A9" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2EBE0F9C61A4D64B0FE7D1997464733"><enum>(xi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the implementation or enforcement of any
nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBD14D006311460CB4D6DC053D2449E7"><enum>(xii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a suspension, revocation, or other
determination relating to a security clearance or any other access
determination by a covered agency;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD8B6D6B6DC2648D6AB307F7AC6D25D45"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an investigation, other than any
ministerial or nondiscretionary fact finding activities necessary for the
agency to perform its mission, of an employee or applicant for employment
because of any activity protected under this section;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB0A0CB04384C48AA8FC2D041E46306BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibited personnel practice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2302(b) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5EE0CFDC9FBE4ED79179118AE8EB7FC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID589B94C28A2B40BC8B36917E42CFFB7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking the period
and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4C84A661F16D456AB74E37954F677901"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (12) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65C609D4C99440A991DB5C4679A4E617" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID73BA17C828904560ABCA9ACC8479AD1B"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implement or enforce any nondisclosure
policy, form, or agreement, if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain
the following statement: <quote>These provisions are consistent with and do not
supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights,
or liabilities created by Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211 (governing
disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10 (governing disclosure to
Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) (governing disclosures
of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse, or public health or safety threats); the
Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/421">50 U.S.C. 421</external-xref> et seq.) (governing
disclosures that could expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes
which protect against disclosures that could compromise national security,
including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18 and section 4(b) of
the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/783(b)">50 U.S.C. 783(b)</external-xref>). The
definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities
created by such Executive order and such statutory provisions are incorporated
into this agreement and are controlling</quote>; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB7000BB4F67F4745881D1E1AC94C7D80"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct, or cause to be conducted, an
investigation, other than any ministerial or nondiscretionary fact finding
activities necessary for the agency to perform its mission, of an employee or
applicant for employment because of any activity protected under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BF419665BE446C9BB8E916CE46FF110"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Board and court review of actions relating
to security clearances</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5C0A83F97EF447B5ACE86B185B5BA0C8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 7702 the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9E680C34CFD342719ACD6CAD56DE1112" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BDCD005916F4E519925EC32BCFAB1B7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7702a.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions relating to security
clearances</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27DBBFB37B684EF891A891F8D4597E0E"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any appeal relating to the suspension,
revocation, or other determination relating to a security clearance or access
determination, the Merit Systems Protection Board or any reviewing
court—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5B248B9D70B04F2C9CC1D27071275DA8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall determine whether paragraph (8) or
(9) of section 2302(b) was violated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65C3F822D9A846909AA771FAA6963AFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not order the President or the designee
of the President to restore a security clearance or otherwise reverse a
determination of clearance status or reverse an access determination;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB14463CDB5B248C5B7676ECF2C90185B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to paragraph (2), may issue
declaratory relief and any other appropriate relief.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1311D2A0AC314EFE99D53D5277A7C5B3"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID2734B5AC18D14A13A20401D14475C486"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, in any final judgment, the Board or
court declares that any suspension, revocation, or other determination with
regards to a security clearance or access determination was made in violation
of paragraph (8) or (9) of section 2302(b), the affected agency shall conduct a
review of that suspension, revocation, access determination, or other
determination, giving great weight to the Board or court judgment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3A660AAD6545415C9E5D2E4122355FD4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after any Board or
court judgment declaring that a security clearance suspension, revocation,
access determination, or other determination was made in violation of paragraph
(8) or (9) of section 2302(b), the affected agency shall issue an unclassified
report to the congressional committees of jurisdiction (with a classified annex
if necessary), detailing the circumstances of the agency’s security clearance
suspension, revocation, other determination, or access determination. A report
under this paragraph shall include any proposed agency action with regards to
the security clearance or access determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID859852BCBB344757AD811726BB544322"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An allegation that a security clearance or
access determination was revoked or suspended in retaliation for a protected
disclosure shall receive expedited review by the Office of Special Counsel, the
Merit Systems Protection Board, and any reviewing court.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID851E96537411470D99C61D8DFF0F58A5"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, corrective
action may not be ordered if the agency demonstrates by a preponderance of the
evidence that it would have taken the same personnel action in the absence of
such
disclosure.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDE544DBD7FFF42BE92D5C8C7B60DBBA8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
sections for chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 7702 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3BA0C9420A3A4027A6537F0A0714692E" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">7702a. Actions relating to
security
clearances.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC2D9AE61B4084B588D8AD8B647E05128"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion of agencies by the
President</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
2302(a)(2)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking clause
(ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID738698044F6643499D423EE108CDA086" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6C0C0DEC014B41A8939C4FE01BBF8DEF" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDD0821C5F6C8E4D96B0AD898F8796EDF8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence
Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency, and the National Security Agency; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID80126B5683F84F0EB2FFCE28FA7B3CFE" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as determined by the President, any
executive agency or unit thereof the principal function of which is the conduct
of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities, if the determination
(as that determination relates to a personnel action) is made before that
personnel action;
or</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2D49EDAB05674380A4BCCC60F9E304D0"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Attorney fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1204(m)(1) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>agency involved</quote> and
inserting <quote>agency where the prevailing party is employed or has applied
for employment</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5916B6ABCDD940CE9EF33A0E9AD7E1BB"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disciplinary action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1215(a)(3) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9124B6598CF14AAEA2FC9EC8846742E4" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID653D89B890B54CCF817EB6725D44CCBB"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDA8DDF72E5B914617B8A2A4AAF5C55FD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A final order of the Board may
impose—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC60FBB3EC8104992B0E4E61AEE862D2A" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disciplinary action consisting of removal,
reduction in grade, debarment from Federal employment for a period not to
exceed 5 years, suspension, or reprimand;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB71DF4DEE03447E1BE8D5B955B02B8AC" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of a civil penalty not to
exceed $1,000; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18F013E103254DB9BE538E3369076A4A" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any combination of disciplinary actions
described under clause (i) and an assessment described under clause
(ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8D24FDF97FF04BB395DB5AB7C7F07FE6" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
any case in which the Board finds that an employee has committed a prohibited
personnel practice under paragraph (8) or (9) of section 2302(b), the Board
shall impose disciplinary action if the Board finds that the activity protected
under paragraph (8) or (9) of section 2302(b) was a significant motivating
factor, even if other factors also motivated the decision, for the employee’s
decision to take, fail to take, or threaten to take or fail to take a personnel
action, unless that employee demonstrates, by preponderance of evidence, that
the employee would have taken, failed to take, or threatened to take or fail to
take the same personnel action, in the absence of such protected
activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4FCD80949E094A2DA47E51967053793C"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Counsel amicus curiae
appearance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1212 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC604A1E6570041A98420F6F4481DE888" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFD9D0EFFC5ED40079BEDF9DC974D4753"><enum>(h)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID0E1888545FE14EE8B8C1B48BC088A420"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Special Counsel is authorized to appear
as amicus curiae in any action brought in a court of the United States related
to any civil action brought in connection with section 2302(b) (8) or (9), or
subchapter III of chapter 73, or as otherwise authorized by law. In any such
action, the Special Counsel is authorized to present the views of the Special
Counsel with respect to compliance with section 2302(b) (8) or (9) or
subchapter III of chapter 77 and the impact court decisions would have on the
enforcement of such provisions of law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID44BF6DFFF0EC470F840B8DAA1AF48C73" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
court of the United States shall grant the application of the Special Counsel
to appear in any such action for the purposes described in subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE100D176917944009C25357675D82E28"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BE16E1291DA45B28FF828C349206A75"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7703(b)(1) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5E7C83E122674FC4A3EDD2711BFCEFE7" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5CC895FC2D2F44CBAE1F7EBEA245F9B3"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID3C45EA7BB6CE4FE4B4853B3BFDEABE0A"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID18A15B096DA845DABA6DBD243EE6EC00"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B) and
paragraph (2), a petition to review a final order or final decision of the
Board shall be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any petition for review
must be filed within 60 days after the date the petitioner received notice of
the final order or decision of the Board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30AA1882F169484B94944772117D035D" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the 5-year period beginning on the
effective date of this subsection, a petition to review a final order or final
decision of the Board in a case alleging a violation of paragraph (8) or (9) of
section 2302(b) shall be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit or any court of appeals of competent jurisdiction as provided
under subsection
(b)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5654BF259FAF44BAA69E268A46118950"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review obtained by office of personnel
management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7703(d) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9D4C310609A047B08C1BF384C9834479" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDA64EB8A01B54DF88FF43CED07E80FEF"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDC2CB6D6ABD0648C08E4492059A00C179"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided under paragraph (2),
this paragraph shall apply to any review obtained by the Director of the Office
of Personnel Management. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may
obtain review of any final order or decision of the Board by filing, within 60
days after the date the Director received notice of the final order or decision
of the Board, a petition for judicial review in the United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit if the Director determines, in his discretion,
that the Board erred in interpreting a civil service law, rule, or regulation
affecting personnel management and that the Board’s decision will have a
substantial impact on a civil service law, rule, regulation, or policy
directive. If the Director did not intervene in a matter before the Board, the
Director may not petition for review of a Board decision under this section
unless the Director first petitions the Board for a reconsideration of its
decision, and such petition is denied. In addition to the named respondent, the
Board and all other parties to the proceedings before the Board shall have the
right to appear in the proceeding before the Court of Appeals. The granting of
the petition for judicial review shall be at the discretion of the Court of
Appeals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB215CDE38CE54F779EE08DDE26A8A4F0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the 5-year period beginning on the
effective date of this subsection, this paragraph shall apply to any review
relating to paragraph (8) or (9) of section 2302(b) obtained by the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management. The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management may obtain review of any final order or decision of the Board by
filing, within 60 days after the date the Director received notice of the final
order or decision of the Board, a petition for judicial review in the United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or any court of appeals of
competent jurisdiction as provided under subsection (b)(2) if the Director
determines, in his discretion, that the Board erred in interpreting paragraph
(8) or (9) of section 2302(b). If the Director did not intervene in a matter
before the Board, the Director may not petition for review of a Board decision
under this section unless the Director first petitions the Board for a
reconsideration of its decision, and such petition is denied. In addition to
the named respondent, the Board and all other parties to the proceedings before
the Board shall have the right to appear in the proceeding before the court of
appeals. The granting of the petition for judicial review shall be at the
discretion of the Court of
Appeals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC156DAB0E43F48CFA5620210852E9DBA"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nondisclosure policies, forms, and
agreements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7085601E87DD4B5D8A6B1BCBCE6A9085"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID37A2599535F54EE6902244BE45EBEB51"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each agreement in Standard Forms 312 and
4414 of the Government and any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement
of the Government shall contain the following statement: <quote>These
restrictions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or
otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by
Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code
(governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, United States
Code (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the military); section
2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures of illegality,
waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intelligence
Identities Protection Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/421">50 U.S.C. 421</external-xref> et
seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confidential Government agents);
and the statutes which protect against disclosure that may compromise the
national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18,
United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/783(b)">50 U.S.C.
783(b)</external-xref>). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights,
sanctions, and liabilities created by such Executive order and such statutory
provisions are incorporated into this agreement and are
controlling.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF64ED6D437914689BB44E976B43BD02B"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforceability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any nondisclosure policy, form, or
agreement described under subparagraph (A) that does not contain the statement
required under subparagraph (A) may not be implemented or enforced to the
extent such policy, form, or agreement is inconsistent with that
statement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0278C3CCE9D8446AB68AE4EE6DA34AE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Persons other than government
employees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), a nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement that is to be
executed by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or
intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or officer of the United
States Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular
activity for which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall,
at a minimum, require that the person will not disclose any classified
information received in the course of such activity unless specifically
authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms
shall also make it clear that such forms do not bar disclosures to Congress or
to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department of Justice
that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCCDCC77C08F64722BE975FBEDB190383"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of whistleblower rights for
critical infrastructure information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(c) of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 133(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
<quote>For purposes of this section a permissible use of independently obtained
information includes the disclosure of such information under section
2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID59E5B899DC3D4E388306C67B8991F30A"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advising employees of rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2302(c) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, including how to make a lawful
disclosure of information that is specifically required by law or Executive
order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of
foreign affairs to the Special Counsel, the Inspector General of an agency,
Congress, or other agency employee designated to receive such
disclosures</quote> after <quote>chapter 12 of this title</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3E981BD03E514CA290EED688FD3E40D4"><enum>(m)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope of due process</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1D278B3A26944260A6F55A3D9A5C65D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special counsel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1214(b)(4)(B)(ii) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, after a finding that a
protected disclosure was a contributing factor,</quote> after <quote>ordered
if</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4E16E9EBA3CA4163BDCE6E8314CD6816"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individual action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1221(e)(2) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, after a finding that a protected
disclosure was a contributing factor,</quote> after <quote>ordered
if</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID72C876DAA97A4C1E8FB8DA3F7F12F0AE"><enum>(n)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section and the
amendment made by this section shall take effect 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section>