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Calendar No. 574 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3650 

[Report No. 117–218] 

To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish 

and maintain a public directory of the individuals occupying Government 

policy and supporting positions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2022 

Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. MERKLEY, and Ms. DUCKWORTH) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

DECEMBER 5, 2022 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish and maintain a public directory of 

the individuals occupying Government policy and supporting positions, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Periodically Listing 

3 Updates to Management Act of 2022’’ or the ‘‘PLUM Act 

4 of 2022’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC WEBSITE ON GOVERN6 MENT POLICY AND SUPPORTING POSITIONS. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 33 

9 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘§ 3330f. Government policy and supporting position 

12 data 

13 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) any Executive agency, the United 

16 States Postal Service, and the Postal Regu17 latory Commission; 

18 ‘‘(B) the Architect of the Capitol, the Gov19 ernment Accountability Office, the Government 

20 Publishing Office, and the Library of Congress; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(C) the Executive Office of the President 

23 and any component within that Office (includ24 ing any successor component), including— 

25 ‘‘(i) the Council of Economic Advi26 sors; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the Council on Environmental 

2 Quality; 

3 ‘‘(iii) the National Security Council; 

4 ‘‘(iv) the Office of the Vice President; 

5 ‘‘(v) the Office of Policy Development; 

6 ‘‘(vi) the Office of Administration; 

7 ‘‘(vii) the Office of Management and 

8 Budget; 

9 ‘‘(viii) the Office of the United States 

10 Trade Representative; 

11 ‘‘(ix) the Office of Science and Tech12 nology Policy; 

13 ‘‘(x) the Office of National Drug Con14 trol Policy; and 

15 ‘‘(xi) the White House Office, includ16 ing the White House Office of Presidential 

17 Personnel. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPOINTEE.—The term ‘appointee’— 

19 ‘‘(A) means an individual serving in a pol20 icy and supporting position; and 

21 ‘‘(B) includes an individual serving in such 

22 a position temporarily in an acting capacity in 

23 accordance with— 


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1 ‘‘(i) sections 3345 through 3349d 

2 (commonly referred to as the ‘Federal Va3 cancies Reform Act of 1998’); 

4 ‘‘(ii) any other statutory provision de5 scribed in section 3347(a)(1); or 

6 ‘‘(iii) a Presidential appointment de7 scribed in section 3347(a)(2). 

8 ‘‘(3) COVERED WEBSITE.—The term ‘covered 

9 website’ means the website established and main10 tained by the Director under subsection (b). 

11 ‘‘(4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

12 the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. 

13 ‘‘(5) POLICY AND SUPPORTING POSITION.—The 

14 term ‘policy and supporting position’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) a position that requires appointment 

16 by the President, by and with the advice and 

17 consent of the Senate; 

18 ‘‘(B) a position that requires or permits 

19 appointment by the President or Vice Presi20 dent, without the advice and consent of the 

21 Senate; 

22 ‘‘(C) a position occupied by a limited term 

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1 ice, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and 

2 (7), respectively, of section 3132(a); 

3 ‘‘(D) a position of a confidential or policy4 determining character under schedule C of sub5 part C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal 

6 Regulations, or any successor regulation; 

7 ‘‘(E) a position in the Senior Foreign Serv8 ice; 

9 ‘‘(F) any career position at an agency that, 

10 but for this section and section 2(b)(3) of the 

11 PLUM Act of 2022, would be included in the 

12 publication entitled ‘United States Government 

13 Policy and Supporting Positions’, commonly re14 ferred to as the ‘Plum Book’; and 

15 ‘‘(G) any other position classified at or 

16 above level GS–14 of the General Schedule (or 

17 equivalent) that is excepted from the competi18 tive service by law because of the confidential or 

19 policy-determining nature of the position duties. 

20 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF WEBSITE.—Not later than 

21 1 year after the date of enactment of the PLUM Act of 

22 2022, the Director shall establish, and thereafter the Di23 rector shall maintain, a public website containing the fol24 lowing information for the President in office on the date 

25 of establishment and for each subsequent President: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Each policy and supporting position in the 

2 Federal Government, including any such position 

3 that is vacant. 

4 ‘‘(2) The name of each individual who— 

5 ‘‘(A) is serving in a position described in 

6 paragraph (1); or 

7 ‘‘(B) previously served in a position de8 scribed in such paragraph under the applicable 

9 President. 

10 ‘‘(3) Information on— 

11 ‘‘(A) any Government-wide or agency-wide 

12 limitation on the total number of positions in 

13 the Senior Executive Service under section 

14 3133 or 3132 or the total number of positions 

15 under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of 

16 title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the total number of individuals occu18 pying such positions. 

19 ‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—With respect to any policy and 

20 supporting position listed on the covered website, the Di21 rector shall include— 

22 ‘‘(1) the agency, and agency component, (in23 cluding the agency and bureau code used by the Of24 fice of Management and Budget) in which the posi25 tion is located; 


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1 ‘‘(2) the name of the position; 

2 ‘‘(3) the name of the individual occupying the 

3 position (if any); 

4 ‘‘(4) the geographic location of the position, in5 cluding the city, State or province, and country; 

6 ‘‘(5) the pay system under which the position is 

7 paid; 

8 ‘‘(6) the level, grade, or rate of pay; 

9 ‘‘(7) the term or duration of the appointment 

10 (if any); 

11 ‘‘(8) the expiration date, in the case of a time12 limited appointment; 

13 ‘‘(9) a unique identifier for each appointee to 

14 enable tracking the appointee across positions; 

15 ‘‘(10) whether the position is vacant; and 

16 ‘‘(11) for any position that is vacant— 

17 ‘‘(A) for a position for which appointment 

18 is required to be made by the President by and 

19 with the advice and consent of the Senate, the 

20 name of the acting official; and 

21 ‘‘(B) for other positions, the name of the 

22 official performing the duties of the vacant po23 sition. 


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1 ‘‘(d) CURRENT DATA.—For each agency, the Direc2 tor shall indicate in the information on the covered website 

3 the date that the agency last updated the data. 

4 ‘‘(e) FORMAT.—The Director shall make the data on 

5 the covered website available to the public at no cost over 

6 the internet in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, and 

7 machine-readable format so that the data qualifies as an 

8 open Government data asset, as defined in section 3502 

9 of title 44. 

10 ‘‘(f) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.— 

11 ‘‘(1) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—Each agency 

12 shall provide to the Director any information that 

13 the Director determines necessary to establish and 

14 maintain the covered website, including the informa15 tion uploaded under paragraph (4). 

16 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCIES.—Not 

17 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 

18 PLUM Act of 2022, the Director shall issue instruc19 tions to agencies with specific requirements for the 

20 provision or uploading of information required under 

21 paragraph (1), including— 

22 ‘‘(A) specific data standards that an agen23 cy shall follow to ensure that the information is 

24 complete, accurate, and reliable; 

25 ‘‘(B) data quality assurance methods; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) the timeframe during which an agen2 cy shall provide or upload the information, in3 cluding the timeframe described under para4 graph (4). 

5 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Director 

6 shall identify on the covered website any agency that 

7 has failed to provide— 

8 ‘‘(A) the information required by the Di9 rector; 

10 ‘‘(B) complete, accurate, and reliable infor11 mation; or 

12 ‘‘(C) the information during the timeframe 

13 specified by the Director. 

14 ‘‘(4) MONTHLY UPDATES.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 

16 days after the date on which the covered 

17 website is established, and not less than once 

18 during each 30-day period thereafter, the head 

19 of each agency shall upload to the covered 

20 website updated information (if any) on— 

21 ‘‘(i) the policy and supporting posi22 tions in the agency; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the appointees occupying such 

24 positions in the agency; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the former appointees who 

2 served in such positions in the agency 

3 under the President then in office. 

4 ‘‘(B) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—In5 formation provided under subparagraph (A) 

6 shall supplement, not supplant, previously pro7 vided information under that subparagraph. 

8 ‘‘(5) OPM HELP DESK.—The Director shall es9 tablish a central help desk, to be operated by not 

10 more than 1 full-time employee, to assist any agency 

11 with implementing this section. 

12 ‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—The Director may des13 ignate 1 or more agencies to participate in the devel14 opment, establishment, operation, and support of the 

15 covered website. With respect to any such designa16 tion, the Director may specify the scope of the re17 sponsibilities of the agency so designated. 

18 ‘‘(7) DATA STANDARDS AND TIMING.—The Di19 rector shall make available on the covered website 

20 information regarding data collection standards, 

21 quality assurance methods, and time frames for re22 porting data to the Director. 

23 ‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—The Director may pre24 scribe regulations necessary for the administration 

25 of this section. 


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1 ‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITY OF AGENCIES.— 

2 ‘‘(1) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Each agen3 cy shall comply with the instructions and guidance 

4 issued by the Director to carry out this section, and, 

5 upon request of the Director, shall provide appro6 priate assistance to the Director to ensure the suc7 cessful operation of the covered website in the man8 ner and within the timeframe specified by the Direc9 tor under subsection (f)(2). 

10 ‘‘(2) ENSURING COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, 

11 AND RELIABILITY.—With respect to any submission 

12 of information described in paragraph (1), the head 

13 of an agency shall include— 

14 ‘‘(A) an explanation of how the agency en15 sured the information is complete, accurate, 

16 and reliable; and 

17 ‘‘(B) a certification that the information is 

18 complete, accurate, and reliable. 

19 ‘‘(h) INFORMATION VERIFICATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) SEMIANNUAL CONFIRMATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently 

22 than semiannually, the Director, in coordination 

23 with the White House Office of Presidential 

24 Personnel, shall confirm that the information 


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1 on the covered website is complete, accurate, re2 liable, and up-to-date. 

3 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.—On the date on 

4 which the Director makes a confirmation under 

5 subparagraph (A), the Director shall publish on 

6 the covered website a certification that the con7 firmation has been made. 

8 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.—In carrying 

9 out paragraph (1), the Director may— 

10 ‘‘(A) request additional information from 

11 an agency; and 

12 ‘‘(B) use any additional information pro13 vided to the Director or the White House Office 

14 of Presidential Personnel for the purposes of 

15 verification. 

16 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Director shall es17 tablish a process under which members of the public 

18 may provide feedback regarding the accuracy of the 

19 information on the covered website. 

20 ‘‘(i) DATA ARCHIVING.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 

22 after a transitional inauguration day (as defined in 

23 section 3349a), the Director, in consultation with 

24 the Archivist of the United States, shall archive the 


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1 data that was compiled on the covered website for 

2 the preceding presidential administration. 

3 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Director 

4 shall make the data described in paragraph (1) pub5 licly available over the internet— 

6 ‘‘(A) on, or through a link on, the covered 

7 website; 

8 ‘‘(B) at no cost; and 

9 ‘‘(C) in a searchable, sortable, 

10 downloadable, and machine-readable format. 

11 ‘‘(j) REPORTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

13 the covered website is established, and every year 

14 thereafter, the Director, in coordination with the 

15 White House Office of Presidential Personnel, shall 

16 publish a report on the covered website that— 

17 ‘‘(A) contains summary-level information 

18 on the demographics of each appointee; and 

19 ‘‘(B) provide the information in a struc20 tured data format that— 

21 ‘‘(i) is searchable, sortable, and 

22 downloadable; 

23 ‘‘(ii) makes use of common identifiers 

24 wherever possible; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) contains current and historical 

2 data regarding the information. 

3 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report published 

5 under paragraph (1) shall— 

6 ‘‘(i) include self-identified data with 

7 respect to each type of appointee on race, 

8 ethnicity, Tribal affiliation, gender, dis9 ability, sexual orientation, veteran status, 

10 and whether the appointee is over the age 

11 of 40; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) allow for users of the covered 

13 website to view the type of appointee by 

14 agency or component, along with the data 

15 described in clause (i), alone and in com16 bination, to the greatest level detail pos17 sible without allowing the identification of 

18 individual appointees. 

19 ‘‘(B) OPTION TO NOT SPECIFY.—When 

20 each category of data described in subpara21 graph (A)(i) is collected, each appointee shall be 

22 allowed an option to not specify with respect to 

23 any such category. 

24 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall 

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1 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

2 and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 

3 the House of Representatives regarding reports 

4 published under this subsection and the infor5 mation in the reports to determine whether the 

6 intent of this section is being fulfilled and if ad7 ditional information or other changes are need8 ed for the reports. 

9 ‘‘(3) EXCLUSION OF CAREER POSITIONS.—For 

10 purposes of applying the term ‘appointee’ in this 

11 subsection, that term does not include any individual 

12 appointed to a position described in subsection 

13 (a)(5)(F).’’. 

14 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec15 tions for subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, 

16 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

17 end the following: 

‘‘3330f. Government policy and supporting position data.’’. 

18 (b) OTHER MATTERS.— 

19 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

20 terms ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘covered website’’, ‘‘Director’’, and 

21 ‘‘policy and supporting position’’ have the meanings 

22 given those terms in section 3330f of title 5, United 

23 States Code, as added by subsection (a). 

24 (2) GAO REVIEW AND REPORT.—Not later than 

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1 lishes the covered website, the Comptroller General 

2 of the United States shall conduct a review of, and 

3 issue a briefing or report on, the implementation of 

4 this Act and the amendments made by this Act, 

5 which shall include— 

6 (A) the quality of data required to be col7 lected and whether the data is complete, accu8 rate, timely, and reliable; 

9 (B) any challenges experienced by agencies 

10 in implementing this Act and the amendments 

11 made by this Act; and 

12 (C) any suggestions or modifications to en13 hance compliance with this Act and the amend14 ments made by this Act, including best prac15 tices for agencies to follow. 

16 (3) SUNSET OF PLUM BOOK.—Beginning on 

17 January 1, 2024— 

18 (A) the covered website shall serve as the 

19 public directory for policy and supporting posi20 tions in the Government; and 

21 (B) the publication entitled ‘‘United States 

22 Government Policy and Supporting Positions’’, 

23 commonly referred to as the ‘‘Plum Book’’, 

24 shall no longer be issued or published. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—No additional amounts 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this Act or the amendments made by this Act. 

4 (B) OTHER FUNDING.—The Director shall 

5 carry out this Act and the amendments made 

6 by this Act using amounts otherwise available 

7 to the Director. 

8 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Periodically Listing Up10 dates to Management Act of 2022’’ or the ‘‘PLUM Act of 

11 2022’’. 

12 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC WEBSITE ON GOVERN13 MENT POLICY AND SUPPORTING POSITIONS. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 33 of 

16 title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

17 the end the following: 

18 ‘‘§ 3330f. Government policy and supporting position 

19 data 

20 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) any Executive agency, the United 

23 States Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory 

24 Commission; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the Architect of the Capitol, the Gov2 ernment Accountability Office, the Government 

3 Publishing Office, and the Library of Congress; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(C) the Executive Office of the President 

6 and any component within that Office (includ7 ing any successor component), including— 

8 ‘‘(i) the Council of Economic Advisers; 

9 ‘‘(ii) the Council on Environmental 

10 Quality; 

11 ‘‘(iii) the National Security Council; 

12 ‘‘(iv) the Office of the Vice President; 

13 ‘‘(v) the Office of Policy Development; 

14 ‘‘(vi) the Office of Administration; 

15 ‘‘(vii) the Office of Management and 

16 Budget; 

17 ‘‘(viii) the Office of the United States 

18 Trade Representative; 

19 ‘‘(ix) the Office of Science and Tech20 nology Policy; 

21 ‘‘(x) the Office of National Drug Con22 trol Policy; and 

23 ‘‘(xi) the White House Office, including 

24 the White House Office of Presidential Per25 sonnel. 


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1 ‘‘(2) APPOINTEE.—The term ‘appointee’— 

2 ‘‘(A) means an individual serving in a pol3 icy and supporting position; and 

4 ‘‘(B) includes an individual serving in such 

5 a position temporarily in an acting capacity in 

6 accordance with— 

7 ‘‘(i) sections 3345 through 3349d (com8 monly known as the ‘Federal Vacancies Re9 form Act of 1998’); 

10 ‘‘(ii) any other statutory provision de11 scribed in section 3347(a)(1); or 

12 ‘‘(iii) a Presidential appointment de13 scribed in section 3347(a)(2). 

14 ‘‘(3) COVERED WEBSITE.—The term ‘covered 

15 website’ means the website established and main16 tained by the Director under subsection (b). 

17 ‘‘(4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the 

18 Director of the Office of Personnel Management. 

19 ‘‘(5) POLICY AND SUPPORTING POSITION.—The 

20 term ‘policy and supporting position’— 

21 ‘‘(A) means any position at an agency, as 

22 determined by the Director, that, but for this sec23 tion and section 2(b)(3) of the PLUM Act of 

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1 porting Positions’ (commonly referred to as the 

2 ‘Plum Book’); and 

3 ‘‘(B) may include— 

4 ‘‘(i) a position on any level of the Ex5 ecutive Schedule under subchapter II of 

6 chapter 53, or another position with an 

7 equivalent rate of pay; 

8 ‘‘(ii) a general position (as defined in 

9 section 3132(a)(9)) in the Senior Executive 

10 service; 

11 ‘‘(iii) a position in the Senior Foreign 

12 Service; 

13 ‘‘(iv) a position of a confidential or 

14 policy-determining character under schedule 

15 C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code 

16 of Federal Regulations, or any successor 

17 regulation; and 

18 ‘‘(v) any other position classified at or 

19 above level GS–14 of the General Schedule 

20 (or equivalent) that is excepted from the 

21 competitive service by law because of the 

22 confidential or policy-determining nature of 

23 the position duties. 

24 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF WEBSITE.—Not later than 1 

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1 the Director shall establish, and thereafter the Director shall 

2 maintain, a public website containing the following infor3 mation for the President in office on the date of establish4 ment and for each subsequent President: 

5 ‘‘(1) Each policy and supporting position in the 

6 Federal Government, including any such position 

7 that is vacant. 

8 ‘‘(2) The name of each individual who— 

9 ‘‘(A) is serving in a position described in 

10 paragraph (1); or 

11 ‘‘(B) previously served in a position de12 scribed in such paragraph under the applicable 

13 President. 

14 ‘‘(3) Information on— 

15 ‘‘(A) any Government-wide or agency-wide 

16 limitation on the total number of positions in 

17 the Senior Executive Service under section 3133 

18 or 3134 or the total number of positions under 

19 schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, 

20 Code of Federal Regulations; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the total number of individuals occu22 pying such positions. 

23 ‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—With respect to any policy and sup24 porting position listed on the covered website, the Director 

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1 ‘‘(1) the agency, and agency component, (includ2 ing the agency and bureau code used by the Office of 

3 Management and Budget) in which the position is lo4 cated; 

5 ‘‘(2) the name of the position; 

6 ‘‘(3) the name of the individual occupying the 

7 position (if any); 

8 ‘‘(4) the geographic location of the position, in9 cluding the city, State or province, and country; 

10 ‘‘(5) the pay system under which the position is 

11 paid; 

12 ‘‘(6) the level, grade, or rate of pay; 

13 ‘‘(7) the term or duration of the appointment (if 

14 any); 

15 ‘‘(8) the expiration date, in the case of a time16 limited appointment; 

17 ‘‘(9) a unique identifier for each appointee; 

18 ‘‘(10) whether the position is vacant; and 

19 ‘‘(11) for any position that is vacant— 

20 ‘‘(A) for a position for which appointment 

21 is required to be made by the President, by and 

22 with the advice and consent of the Senate, the 

23 name of the acting official; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) for other positions, the name of the of2 ficial performing the duties of the vacant posi3 tion. 

4 ‘‘(d) CURRENT DATA.—For each agency, the Director 

5 shall indicate in the information on the covered website the 

6 date that the agency last updated the data. 

7 ‘‘(e) FORMAT.—The Director shall make the data on 

8 the covered website available to the public at no cost over 

9 the internet in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, and 

10 machine-readable format so that the data qualifies as an 

11 open Government data asset, as defined in section 3502 of 

12 title 44. 

13 ‘‘(f) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.— 

14 ‘‘(1) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—Each agency 

15 shall provide to the Director any information that the 

16 Director determines necessary to establish and main17 tain the covered website, including the information 

18 uploaded under paragraph (4). 

19 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCIES.—Not later 

20 than 1 year after the date of enactment of the PLUM 

21 Act of 2022, the Director shall issue instructions to 

22 agencies with specific requirements for the provision 

23 or uploading of information required under para24 graph (1), including— 


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1 ‘‘(A) specific data standards that an agency 

2 shall follow to ensure that the information is 

3 complete, accurate, and reliable; 

4 ‘‘(B) data quality assurance methods; and 

5 ‘‘(C) the timeframe during which an agency 

6 shall provide or upload the information, includ7 ing the timeframe described under paragraph 

8 (4). 

9 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Director 

10 shall identify on the covered website any agency that 

11 has failed to provide— 

12 ‘‘(A) the information required by the Direc13 tor; 

14 ‘‘(B) complete, accurate, and reliable infor15 mation; or 

16 ‘‘(C) the information during the timeframe 

17 specified by the Director. 

18 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL UPDATES.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

20 after the date on which the covered website is es21 tablished, and not less than once during each 

22 year thereafter, the head of each agency shall 

23 upload to the covered website updated informa24 tion (if any) on— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the policy and supporting posi2 tions in the agency; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the appointees occupying such po4 sitions in the agency; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) the former appointees who served 

6 in such positions in the agency under the 

7 President then in office. 

8 ‘‘(B) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Infor9 mation provided under subparagraph (A) shall 

10 supplement, not supplant, previously provided 

11 information under that subparagraph. 

12 ‘‘(5) OPM HELP DESK.—The Director shall es13 tablish a central help desk, to be operated by not more 

14 than 1 full-time employee, to assist any agency with 

15 implementing this section. 

16 ‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—The Director may des17 ignate 1 or more agencies to participate in the devel18 opment, establishment, operation, and support of the 

19 covered website. With respect to any such designation, 

20 the Director may specify the scope of the responsibil21 ities of the agency so designated. 

22 ‘‘(7) DATA STANDARDS AND TIMING.—The Direc23 tor shall make available on the covered website infor24 mation regarding data collection standards, quality 


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1 assurance methods, and time frames for reporting 

2 data to the Director. 

3 ‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—The Director may pre4 scribe regulations necessary for the administration of 

5 this section. 

6 ‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITY OF AGENCIES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Each agency 

8 shall comply with the instructions and guidance 

9 issued by the Director to carry out this section, and, 

10 upon request of the Director, shall provide appro11 priate assistance to the Director to ensure the success12 ful operation of the covered website in the manner 

13 and within the timeframe specified by the Director 

14 under subsection (f)(2). 

15 ‘‘(2) ENSURING COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, AND

16 RELIABILITY.—With respect to any submission of in17 formation described in paragraph (1), the head of an 

18 agency shall include— 

19 ‘‘(A) an explanation of how the agency en20 sured the information is complete, accurate, and 

21 reliable; and 

22 ‘‘(B) a certification that the information is 

23 complete, accurate, and reliable. 

24 ‘‘(h) INFORMATION VERIFICATION.— 

25 ‘‘(1) CONFIRMATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On the date that is 90 

2 days after the date on which the covered website 

3 is established, the Director, in coordination with 

4 the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, 

5 shall confirm that the information on the covered 

6 website is complete, accurate, reliable, and up-to7 date. 

8 ‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.—On the date on 

9 which the Director makes a confirmation under 

10 subparagraph (A), the Director shall publish on 

11 the covered website a certification that the con12 firmation has been made. 

13 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.—In carrying out 

14 paragraph (1), the Director may— 

15 ‘‘(A) request additional information from 

16 an agency; and 

17 ‘‘(B) use any additional information pro18 vided to the Director or the White House Office 

19 of Presidential Personnel for the purposes of 

20 verification. 

21 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Director shall es22 tablish a process under which members of the public 

23 may provide feedback regarding the accuracy of the 

24 information on the covered website. 

25 ‘‘(i) DATA ARCHIVING.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

2 a transitional inauguration day (as defined in sec3 tion 3349a), the Director, in consultation with the 

4 Archivist of the United States, shall archive the data 

5 that was compiled on the covered website for the pre6 ceding presidential administration. 

7 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall 

8 make the data described in paragraph (1) publicly 

9 available over the internet— 

10 ‘‘(A) on, or through a link on, the covered 

11 website; 

12 ‘‘(B) at no cost; and 

13 ‘‘(C) in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, 

14 and machine-readable format.’’. 

15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec16 tions for subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United 

17 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

‘‘3330f. Government policy and supporting position data.’’. 

19 (b) OTHER MATTERS.— 

20 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 

21 ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘covered website’’, ‘‘Director’’, and ‘‘policy 

22 and supporting position’’ have the meanings given 

23 those terms in section 3330f of title 5, United States 

24 Code, as added by subsection (a). 


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1 (2) GAO REVIEW AND REPORT.—Not later than 

2 1 year after the date on which the Director establishes 

3 the covered website, the Comptroller General of the 

4 United States shall conduct a review of, and issue a 

5 briefing or report on, the implementation of this Act 

6 and the amendments made by this Act, which shall 

7 include— 

8 (A) the quality of data required to be col9 lected and whether the data is complete, accu10 rate, timely, and reliable; 

11 (B) any challenges experienced by agencies 

12 in implementing this Act and the amendments 

13 made by this Act; and 

14 (C) any suggestions or modifications to en15 hance compliance with this Act and the amend16 ments made by this Act, including best practices 

17 for agencies to follow. 

18 (3) SUNSET OF PLUM BOOK.—Beginning on 

19 January 1, 2026— 

20 (A) the covered website shall serve as the 

21 public directory for policy and supporting posi22 tions in the Government; and 

23 (B) the publication entitled ‘‘United States 

24 Government Policy and Supporting Positions’’, 


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1 commonly referred to as the ‘‘Plum Book’’, shall 

2 no longer be issued or published. 

3 (4) FUNDING.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—No additional amounts 

5 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

6 this Act or the amendments made by this Act. 

7 (B) OTHER FUNDING.—The Director shall 

8 carry out this Act and the amendments made by 

9 this Act using amounts otherwise available to the 

10 Director. 


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Calendar No. 574 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3650 

[Report No. 117–218] 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Office of Personnel 

other purposes. ment policy and supporting positions, and for directory of the individuals occupying GovernManagement to establish and maintain a public 

DECEMBER 5, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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