Online portal for confidential complaints

(a) Establishment Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall establish and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Agriculture an online portal, through which individuals may submit confidential complaints regarding alleged or potential violations by a covered entity of— (1) this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, including— (A) section 10409B of the Animal Health Protection Act (as inserted by section 101); (B) section 13A of the Animal Welfare Act (as inserted by section 102); (C) section 7 of Public Law 85–765 (commonly known as the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958) (as added by section 103(a)); and (D) section 6(c) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (as added by section 103(b)); (2) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.); or (3) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). (b) Public notice Upon the establishment of the online portal described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue a public notice informing individuals of— (1) their right to use such portal; and (2) the confidentiality protections provided by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Justice to individuals who submit complaints through such portal, which shall include— (A) keeping confidential any personally identifiable information of an individual contained in such a complaint, unless— (i) such individual provides to the Secretary advance written permission to release such information; or (ii) (I) the release of such information is otherwise required by law; and (II) the Secretary provides to such individual advance warning, as soon as feasible, that the release of such information is legally required; and (B) a requirement that if work on the case is transferred to a nongovernmental entity, that entity will be bound by the original confidentiality provisions. (c) Annual reports on aggregate data Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall make publicly available a report describing the aggregate data collected from the online portal described in subsection (a).