IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1557 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 22, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-
discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to strengthen 
Federal antidiscrimination laws enforced by the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission and expand ac-
countability within the Federal government, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employee 
Antidiscrimination Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
Section 102 of the Notification and Federal Em-
ployee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 
U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) accountability in the enforcement of Fed-
eral employee rights is furthered when Federal agen-
cies take appropriate disciplinary action against 
Federal employees who have been found to have 
committed discriminatory or retaliatory acts;’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘nor is accountability’’ and 
inserting ‘‘but accountability is not’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘for what by law the 
agency is responsible’’ after ‘‘under this Act’’. 
SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF VIOLATION. 
Section 202 of the Notification and Federal Em-
ployee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 
U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF FINAL AGENCY ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) Not later than 30 days after a Federal 
agency takes final action or the Equal Employment 
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Opportunity Commission issues an appellate decision 
involving a finding of discrimination or retaliation 
prohibited by a provision of law covered by para-
graphs (1) or (2) of section 201(a), as applicable, 
the head of the agency subject to the finding shall 
provide notice for at least 1 year on the agency’s 
Internet Web site in a clear and prominent location 
linked directly from the agency’s Internet home page 
stating that a finding of discrimination or retaliation 
has been made. 
‘‘(2) The notification shall identify the date the 
finding was made, the date or dates on which the 
discriminatory or retaliatory act or acts occurred, 
and the law or laws violated by the discriminatory 
or retaliatory act or acts. The notification shall also 
advise Federal employees of the rights and protec-
tions available under the respective provisions of law 
covered by paragraphs (1) or (2) of section 201(a).’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ELECTRONIC FORMAT REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(a) of the Notifi-
cation and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 2301 note) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘(in an electronic format pre-
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