H.R. 3244 — what changed

changed “7107. “1403. 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—

changed “(A) make the proposed change, addition, or removal and the proposed final text, if applicable, of any such question publically publicly 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.

changed “(d) Availability of Results—The results of the agency surveys Survey incentives—In conjunction with each annual survey required under subsection (a) (a), the head of each agency shall be made available submit to the public and posted 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 website survey, including a description of the agency involved, unless type of each such incentive offered and the head quantity of each such agency determines that doing so would jeopardize or negatively impact national security.incentive provided to employees.

changed “(e) Agency defined—In this section, Availability of Results—The results of the term “agency” has agency surveys under subsection (a) shall be made available to the meaning given public and posted on the term Executive website of the agency in section 105.”involved, unless the head of such agency determines that doing so would jeopardize or negatively impact national security.

added “(f) Agency defined—In this section, the term “agency” has the meaning given the term Executive agency in section 105.”