§1217 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

Summary

The Special Counsel must give Congress information and the Special Counsel’s views about the Office when any congressional committee or subcommittee asks. The information can be sent in a report, in testimony, or another way. The same information must be sent at the same time to the President and to any other relevant executive branch agency. If a complaint the Special Counsel handled is settled by an agreement between an agency and a person, the Special Counsel must send a report to Congress and to every congressional committee that oversees that agency. The report must name the agency, give the job title and work location (without revealing the filer’s identity) of the person who made the complaint, give the job title and work location of any person accused of a prohibited personnel practice (as defined in section 2302(a)(1)), describe the allegation, and say whether the agency agreed to seek any disciplinary action.

Title 5, §1217

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(a)The Special Counsel or any employee of the Special Counsel designated by the Special Counsel, shall transmit to the Congress on the request of any committee or subcommittee thereof, by report, testimony, or otherwise, information and the Special Counsel’s views on functions, responsibilities, or other matters relating to the Office. Such information shall be transmitted concurrently to the President and any other appropriate agency in the executive branch.

(b)(1)If an allegation submitted to the Special Counsel is resolved by an agreement between an agency and an individual, the Special Counsel shall submit to Congress and each congressional committee with jurisdiction over the agency a report regarding the agreement.

(2)Any report required under paragraph (1) shall identify, with respect to an agreement described in that paragraph—

(A)the agency that entered into the agreement;

(B)the position and employment location of the employee who submitted the allegation that formed the basis of the agreement, provided the information is not so specific as to be reasonably likely to identify the employee;

(C)the position and employment location of any employee alleged by an employee described in subparagraph (B) to have committed a prohibited personnel practice, as defined in section 2302(a)(1);

(D)a description of the allegation described in subparagraph (B); and

(E)whether the agency that entered into the agreement has agreed to pursue any disciplinary action as a result of the allegation described in subparagraph (B).

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2017—Pub. L. 115–91 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

§1217 Transmittal of Information to Congress

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Title 5, §1217

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