Reporting to Congress

(a) In general Section 1218 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking report and inserting reports; (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking The Special and inserting the following: (a) In general The Special; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (b) Report regarding allegations against noncareer employees In addition to each report required under subsection (a), the Special Counsel shall submit to the Chair and Ranking Member of each committee of jurisdiction in Congress, on an annual basis, a report regarding the activities of the Special Counsel with respect to covered allegations against noncareer employees and former noncareer employees, which shall include— (1) for the year preceding the submission of the report, the number of such covered allegations received by the Special Counsel; (2) the number of such covered allegations that have resulted in an investigation conducted by the Special Counsel, whether the investigation was initiated during the year covered by the report or thereafter; and (3) in a confidential addendum submitted to the Chair and Ranking Member of each of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives— (A) with respect to each such covered allegation not investigated, the name and position of the noncareer employee (or former noncareer employee) who was the subject of the covered allegation; and (B) a description of each such covered allegation for which processing of the covered allegation ceased during the year covered by the report, without regard to whether the covered allegation was received during the year covered by the report or earlier, which shall include— (i) a description of the outcome of the covered allegation; and (ii) in the case of a covered allegation against a noncareer employee who is not serving in a position with respect to which appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is required (or against a former noncareer employee who was not serving in such a position, as of the date on which the actions that are the subject of the covered allegation occurred), a statement as to whether— (I) the Special Counsel, under section 1215(a), presented a complaint to the Merit Systems Protection Board against the noncareer employee (or former noncareer employee) concerning the actions that are the subject of the covered allegation; and (II) any civil penalty assessed by the Merit Systems Protection Board under section 7326 with respect to the covered allegation has been collected in full.. (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1218 and inserting the following: 1218. Annual reports..