Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EMPLOYEE SURVEYS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 14 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 1403. Employee surveys 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each agency shall conduct an an-
nual survey of its employees (including survey questions 
unique to the agency and questions prescribed under sub-
section (b)) to assess— 
‘‘(1) leadership and management practices that 
contribute to agency performance; and 
‘‘(2) employee satisfaction with— 
‘‘(A) leadership policies and practices; 
‘‘(B) work environment; 
‘‘(C) rewards and recognition for profes-
sional accomplishment and personal contribu-
tions to achieving organizational mission; 
‘‘(D) opportunity for professional develop-
ment and growth; and 
‘‘(E) opportunity to contribute to achieving 
organizational mission. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS; NOTICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management shall issue regulations pre-
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scribing survey questions that should appear on all 
agency surveys under subsection (a) in order to allow 
a comparison across agencies. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE OF CHANGE TO REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may not issue a 
regulation under this section until the date that 
is 60 days after the date on which the Director 
submits such regulation to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate unless the Director submitted such regula-
tion to those committees not later than the day 
after the date on which the notice of proposed 
rulemaking is published in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (A) 
shall apply with respect to any regulation pro-
mulgated on or after the date of enactment of 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE
OF
CHANGE
TO
SURVEY
QUES-
TIONS.—Not later than 60 days before finalizing any 
change, addition, or removal to any survey question 
in the annual employee survey administered by the 
Office pursuant to this section, the Director shall— 
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‘‘(A) make the proposed change, addition, or 
removal and the proposed final text, if applica-
ble, of any such question publicly available on 
the agency’s website; and 
‘‘(B) provide to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate— 
‘‘(i) the proposed change, addition, or 
removal and the proposed final text, if ap-
plicable, of any such question; 
‘‘(ii) a justification for the proposed 
change, addition, or removal; and 
‘‘(iii) an analysis of whether the 
change, addition, or removal will affect the 
ability to compare results from surveys 
taken after the change, addition, or removal 
is implemented with results from surveys 
taken before the change, addition, or re-
moval is implemented. 
‘‘(c) OCCUPATIONAL DATA.—To the extent practicable, 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, 
in publishing agency survey data collected under subsection 
(a), include responses to such surveys by occupation. In car-
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rying out this subsection the Director shall ensure the con-
fidentiality of any agency survey respondent. 
‘‘(d) SURVEY INCENTIVES.—In conjunction with each 
annual survey required under subsection (a), the head of 
each agency shall submit to the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management information on any monetary, in- 
kind, leave-related, or other incentive offered to employees 
in exchange for participation in the survey, including a 
description of the type of each such incentive offered and 
the quantity of each such incentive provided to employees. 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF RESULTS.—The results of the 
agency surveys under subsection (a) shall be made available 
to the public and posted on the website of the agency in-
volved, unless the head of such agency determines that doing 
so would jeopardize or negatively impact national security. 
‘‘(f) AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘agency’ has the meaning given the term Executive agency 
in section 105.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) The requirements of section 1403 of title 5, 
United States Code (as added by this Act) shall apply 
with respect to any annual survey initiated on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) Any annual survey authorized by, and meet-
ing the requirements of, section 1128 of the National 
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Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Pub-
lic Law 108–136; 5 U.S.C. 7101 note) that is in 
progress on the date of enactment of this Act (or, if 
no such survey is in progress, was most recently com-
pleted prior to the date of enactment of this Act) shall 
be considered to be a survey authorized by, and that 
meets the requirements of, section 1403(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, (as added by this Act) including 
for purposes of requiring the Office of Personnel Man-
agement to give notice of subsequent changes, addi-
tions, or removals of survey questions under section 
1403(b)(3) of such title. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 1128 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 
Law 108–136; 5 U.S.C. 7101 note), and the item re-
lating to such section in the table of sections, is re-
pealed. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
for chapter 14 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1402 the following new item: 
‘‘1403. Employee surveys.’’. 
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