Disclosure of Hatch Act investigations for certain political employees

Section 1216 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 2621 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) (1) With respect to any investigation of an allegation of prohibited activity under subsection (a)(1) against a political employee, not later than 14 days after the date on which the Special Counsel makes a final determination under that investigation with respect to whether a violation occurred, the Special Counsel shall— (A) publish, on the website of the Office of Special Counsel, that determination and a report on that determination; and (B) submit the report required under subparagraph (A) to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives. (2) In this subsection, the term political employee means any individual occupying any of the following positions in the executive branch of Government (including an individual carrying out the duties of such a position in an acting capacity): (A) Any position required to be filled by an appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (B) Any position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations. (C) Any position in or under the Executive Office of the President. (D) Any position in or under the Office of the Vice President. (E) Any position in the Senior Executive Service that is not a career appointee, a limited term appointee, or a limited emergency appointee (as those terms are defined in section 3132(a))..