SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE TRAINING FOR FEDERAL EMPLOY-
EES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Personnel 
Management shall develop and implement a training pro-
gram for covered Federal employees on the limitations 
with respect to opposing, obstructing, or impeding lawful 
directives from the President, Vice President, or any other 
political appointee, including Executive orders, National 
Security Presidential Memoranda, Presidential Decision 
Directives, Agency Directives. 
(b) TRAINING CONTENTS.—The training program re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) an explanation of the violations and pen-
alties associated with obstructing the exercise of the 
authority or the performance of the responsibilities 
of the President or a political appointee; and 
(2) instructions on— 
(A) identifying the activities described in 
paragraph (1) and subsection (a) which Federal 
employees are prohibited from engaging in; and 
(B) how to report Federal employees en-
gaging in such prohibited activities to appro-
priate political appointees in the Senior Execu-
tive Service. 
(c) TRAINING SCHEDULE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Federal 
agency shall require each covered Federal employee 
of such agency to— 
(A) complete the training program imple-
mented under subsection (a)— 
(i) not later than 30 days after the 
appointment of such covered Federal em-
ployee to a position in such agency; and 
(ii) not less than once every 12 
months; and 
(B) each time such covered Federal em-
ployee completes such training program, sign a 
written statement acknowledging that such cov-
ered Federal employee has received such train-
ing and that such covered Federal employee will 
act in accordance with such training. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall 
take effect on the date that is 30 days after the date 
on which the Office of Personnel Management imple-
ments the training program required under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 3. REPORTING. 
(a) REPORTING PROCESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 
each Federal agency shall established a process for covered 
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Federal employees to report Federal employees for engag-
ing in activities described in subsections (a) and (b)(1) 
which Federal employees are prohibited from engaging in 
to appropriate political appointees in the Senior Executive 
Service. 
(b) REPORT TO PRESIDENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 
six months thereafter, the head of each Federal agency 
shall submit to the Executive Office of the President a 
report containing— 
(1) the number of reports submitted during the 
period covered by the report with respect to Federal 
employees of such Federal agency engaging in activi-
ties described in subsections (a) and (b)(1) in viola-
tion of law, regulation, or policy; and 
(2) the number of investigations into such ac-
tivities that were initiated, ongoing, or completed 
during the period covered by the report. 
SEC. 4. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LAWFUL 
DIRECTIVES. 
In addition to any other penalties imposed by law, 
a covered employee who unlawfully opposes, obstructs, or 
impedes a lawful directive described in section 2(a) shall 
be subject to— 
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(1) disciplinary action up to and including re-
moval, reduction in grade, debarment from Federal 
employment for a period not to exceed 5 years, sus-
pension, or reprimand; 
(2) an assessment of a civil penalty not to ex-
ceed $1,000; or 
(3) any combination of the penalties described 
in paragraph (1) or (2). 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED FEDERAL EMPLOYEE.—The term 
‘‘covered Federal employee’’ means an individual 
holding a position in the civil service in the executive 
branch that is classified at or above GS–15 of the 
General Schedule (or equivalent) or in the Senior 
Executive Service (or equivalent) and either— 
(A) is in an element of the intelligence 
community (as such term is defined in section 
3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3003(4))); 
(B) is in the Department of Defense; 
(C) the duties of which are primarily— 
(i) performing law enforcement activi-
ties, including— 
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(I) the investigation, apprehen-
sion, or detention of individuals sus-
pected or convicted of offenses against 
the criminal laws of the United 
States; and 
(II) the enforcement of immigra-
tion laws (as such term is defined in 
section 101 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)); 
(ii) the prosecution of such individuals 
for such offenses; 
(iii) the protection of officials of the 
United States against threats to personal 
safety; 
(iv) performing diplomatic activities 
with foreign entities on behalf of the 
United States; or 
(v) the development, implementation, 
or enforcement of regulations issued by 
Federal agencies, other than regulations 
pertaining only to the Federal Govern-
ment; or 
(D) is a supervisor (at any level) of a posi-
tion in the executive branch the duties of which 
are described in subparagraph (B). 
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(2) POLITICAL
APPOINTEE
DEFINED.—The 
term ‘‘political appointee’’ means an individual hold-
ing— 
(A) a position which has been excepted 
from the competitive service by reason of its 
confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, 
or policy-advocating character; or 
(B) a position in the Senior Executive 
Service as a noncareer appointee (as such term 
is defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United 
States Code). 
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