Title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for annual surveys of Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This bill requires a federal agency to conduct an annual survey of its employees to assess leadership practices and employee satisfaction. Unless doing so would jeopardize national security, the results of the survey must be posted on the website of the agency.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3244 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3244

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for annual surveys of 
               Federal employees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2017

    Mr. Meadows (for himself, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, and Mr. 
  Connolly) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for annual surveys of 
               Federal employees, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EMPLOYEE SURVEYS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 71 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 7107. Employee surveys
    ``(a) In General.--Each agency shall conduct an annual survey of 
its employees (including survey questions unique to the agency and 
questions prescribed under subsection (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 professional 
                accomplishment and personal contributions to achieving 
                organizational mission;
                    ``(D) opportunity for professional development 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 prescribing 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 Office 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 Homeland 
                Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate unless 
                the Director submitted such regulation 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 promulgated on or after 
                the date of enactment of this paragraph.
            ``(3) Notice of change to survey questions.--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--
                    ``(A) make the proposed change, addition, or 
                removal and the proposed final text, if applicable, of 
                any such question publically available on the agency's 
                website; and
                    ``(B) provide to the Committee on Oversight and 
                Government Reform of the House of Representatives and 
                the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
                Affairs of the Senate--
                            ``(i) the proposed change, addition, or 
                        removal and the proposed final text, if 
                        applicable, 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 removal 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 carrying out this subsection the Director 
shall ensure the confidentiality of any agency survey respondent.
    ``(d) 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 involved, unless the head of such agency 
determines that doing so would jeopardize or negatively impact national 
security.
    ``(e) Agency Defined.--In this section, the term `agency' has the 
meaning given the term Executive agency in section 105.''.
    (b) Pending Surveys.--The requirements of section 7107 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. Any annual survey authorized by, and meeting the requirements of, 
section 1128 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (Public Law 108-136; 5 U.S.C. 7101 note) that is in progress on 
the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to be a survey 
authorized by, and that meets the requirements of, section 7107 of 
title 5, United States Code (as added by this Act).
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Repeal.--Section 1128 of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136; 5 
        U.S.C. 7101 note), and the item relating to such section in the 
        table of sections, is repealed.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections for chapter 
        71 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 7106 the following new item:

``7107. Employee surveys.''.
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