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This bill amends the Hatch Act enforcement procedures to increase transparency and accountability in how the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) handles political activity violations. The bill introduces new definitions for "career employees" and "noncareer employees" and requires the OSC to submit detailed reports to Congress every 180 days about complaints received and referred for disciplinary action. These reports must include specifics about the complaints, the names and positions of employees involved, and distinguish between career and noncareer employees. Additionally, the bill mandates an annual report to congressional committees detailing covered allegations against noncareer employees, including the number of allegations received, investigations conducted, and confidential information about uninvestigated or unprocessed allegations. The bill also requires the OSC to publish demographic statistics about Hatch Act enforcement on its website for at least 10 fiscal years, including anonymized data about race, sex, ethnicity, national origin, and disability status for both career and noncareer employees who are subjects of political activity complaints. The goal is to ensure consistent, unbiased enforcement of political activity restrictions across different types of federal employees and increase public transparency in the process.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/806/all-info