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‘‘(B) previously served in a position described in such 
paragraph under the applicable President. 
‘‘(3) Information on— 
‘‘(A) any Government-wide or agency-wide limitation 
on the total number of positions in the Senior Executive 
Service under section 3133 or 3134 or the total number 
of positions under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 
of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
‘‘(B) the total number of individuals occupying such 
positions. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—With respect to any policy and supporting 
position listed on the covered website, the Director shall include— 
‘‘(1) the agency, and agency component, (including the 
agency and bureau code used by the Office of Management 
and Budget) in which the position is located; 
‘‘(2) the name of the position; 
‘‘(3) the name of the individual occupying the position (if 
any); 
‘‘(4) the geographic location of the position, including the 
city, State or province, and country; 
‘‘(5) the pay system under which the position is paid; 
‘‘(6) the level, grade, or rate of pay; 
‘‘(7) the term or duration of the appointment (if any); 
‘‘(8) the expiration date, in the case of a time-limited 
appointment; 
‘‘(9) a unique identifier for each appointee; 
‘‘(10) whether the position is vacant; and 
‘‘(11) for any position that is vacant— 
‘‘(A) for a position for which appointment is required 
to be made by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, the name of the acting official; 
and 
‘‘(B) for other positions, the name of the official per-
forming the duties of the vacant position. 
‘‘(d) CURRENT DATA.—For each agency, the Director shall 
indicate in the information on the covered website the date that 
the agency last updated the data. 
‘‘(e) FORMAT.—The Director shall make the data on the covered 
website available to the public at no cost over the internet in 
a searchable, sortable, downloadable, and machine-readable format 
so that the data qualifies as an open Government data asset, 
as defined in section 3502 of title 44. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—Each agency shall provide 
to the Director any information that the Director determines 
necessary to establish and maintain the covered website, 
including the information uploaded under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCIES.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of the PLUM Act of 2022, the 
Director shall issue instructions to agencies with specific 
requirements for the provision or uploading of information 
required under paragraph (1), including— 
‘‘(A) specific data standards that an agency shall follow 
to ensure that the information is complete, accurate, and 
reliable; 
‘‘(B) data quality assurance methods; and
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‘‘(C) the timeframe during which an agency shall pro-
vide or upload the information, including the timeframe 
described under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Director shall identify 
on the covered website any agency that has failed to provide— 
‘‘(A) the information required by the Director; 
‘‘(B) complete, accurate, and reliable information; or 
‘‘(C) the information during the timeframe specified 
by the Director. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL UPDATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date on which the covered website is established, and not 
less than once during each year thereafter, the head of 
each agency shall upload to the covered website updated 
information (if any) on— 
‘‘(i) the policy and supporting positions in the 
agency; 
‘‘(ii) the appointees occupying such positions in 
the agency; and 
‘‘(iii) the former appointees who served in such 
positions in the agency under the President then in 
office. 
‘‘(B) SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Information pro-
vided under subparagraph (A) shall supplement, not sup-
plant, previously provided information under that subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(5) OPM HELP DESK.—The Director shall establish a central 
help desk, to be operated by not more than 1 full-time employee, 
to assist any agency with implementing this section. 
‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—The Director may designate 1 or more 
agencies to participate in the development, establishment, oper-
ation, and support of the covered website. With respect to 
any such designation, the Director may specify the scope of 
the responsibilities of the agency so designated. 
‘‘(7) DATA
STANDARDS
AND
TIMING.—The Director shall 
make available on the covered website information regarding 
data collection standards, quality assurance methods, and time 
frames for reporting data to the Director. 
‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—The Director may prescribe regulations 
necessary for the administration of this section. 
‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITY OF AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—Each agency shall comply 
with the instructions and guidance issued by the Director to 
carry out this section, and, upon request of the Director, shall 
provide appropriate assistance to the Director to ensure the 
successful operation of the covered website in the manner and 
within the timeframe specified by the Director under subsection 
(f)(2). 
‘‘(2) ENSURING
COMPLETENESS, 
ACCURACY, 
AND
RELI-
ABILITY.—With respect to any submission of information 
described in paragraph (1), the head of an agency shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) an explanation of how the agency ensured the 
information is complete, accurate, and reliable; and 
‘‘(B) a certification that the information is complete, 
accurate, and reliable. 
‘‘(h) INFORMATION VERIFICATION.—
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‘‘(1) CONFIRMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On the date that is 90 days after 
the date on which the covered website is established, the 
Director, in coordination with the White House Office of 
Presidential Personnel, shall confirm that the information 
on the covered website is complete, accurate, reliable, and 
up-to-date. 
‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.—On the date on which the 
Director makes a confirmation under subparagraph (A), 
the Director shall publish on the covered website a certifi-
cation that the confirmation has been made. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Director may— 
‘‘(A) request additional information from an agency; 
and 
‘‘(B) use any additional information provided to the 
Director or the White House Office of Presidential Per-
sonnel for the purposes of verification. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC
COMMENT.—The Director shall establish a 
process under which members of the public may provide feed-
back regarding the accuracy of the information on the covered 
website. 
‘‘(i) DATA ARCHIVING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after a transi-
tional inauguration day (as defined in section 3349a), the 
Director, in consultation with the Archivist of the United States, 
shall archive the data that was compiled on the covered website 
for the preceding presidential administration. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall make the 
data described in paragraph (1) publicly available over the 
internet— 
‘‘(A) on, or through a link on, the covered website; 
‘‘(B) at no cost; and 
‘‘(C) in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, and 
machine-readable format.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for sub-
chapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘3330f. Government policy and supporting position data.’’. 
(b) OTHER MATTERS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms ‘‘agency’’, 
‘‘covered website’’, ‘‘Director’’, and ‘‘policy and supporting posi-
tion’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 3330f 
of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 
(2) GAO REVIEW AND REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the Director establishes the covered website, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct 
a review of, and issue a briefing or report on, the implementa-
tion of this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle, 
which shall include— 
(A) the quality of data required to be collected and 
whether the data is complete, accurate, timely, and reliable; 
(B) any challenges experienced by agencies in imple-
menting this subtitle and the amendments made by this 
subtitle; and
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(C) any suggestions or modifications to enhance compli-
ance with this subtitle and the amendments made by this 
subtitle, including best practices for agencies to follow. 
(3) SUNSET
OF
PLUM
BOOK.—Beginning on January 1, 
2026— 
(A) the covered website shall serve as the public direc-
tory for policy and supporting positions in the Government; 
and 
(B) the publication entitled ‘‘United States Government 
Policy and Supporting Positions’’, commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘Plum Book’’, shall no longer be issued or published. 
(4) FUNDING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—No additional amounts are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle or the 
amendments made by this subtitle. 
(B) OTHER FUNDING.—The Director shall carry out this 
subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle using 
amounts otherwise available to the Director. 
TITLE LIV—21ST CENTURY ASSISTIVE 
TECHNOLOGY ACT 
Sec. 5401. Short title. 
Sec. 5402. Reauthorization. 
Sec. 5403. Effective date. 
SECTION 5401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Assistive Tech-
nology Act’’. 
SEC. 5402. REAUTHORIZATION. 
The Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘Assistive 
Technology Act of 1998’. 
‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
is as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
‘‘Sec. 2. Purposes. 
‘‘Sec. 3. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 4. Grants for State assistive technology programs. 
‘‘Sec. 5. Grants for protection and advocacy services related to assistive technology. 
‘‘Sec. 6. Technical assistance and data collection support. 
‘‘Sec. 7. Projects of national significance. 
‘‘Sec. 8. Administrative provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 9. Authorization of appropriations; reservations and distribution of funds. 
‘‘SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of this Act are to— 
‘‘(1) to support State efforts to improve the provision of 
assistive technology to individuals with disabilities of all ages, 
including underrepresented populations, through comprehen-
sive statewide programs of technology-related assistance that 
are designed to— 
‘‘(A) increase the availability of, funding for, access 
to, provision of, and education about assistive technology 
devices and assistive technology services;