,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjah,mr4
 ,sanford introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to require the           
disclosure1 public documentation1 and   
reporting of ,federal employee bonuses1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,federal ,employee ,bonus ,disclosure   
,act4  #b4 ,disclosure1 documentation1  
and reporting of performance awards  7a7
 ,in general ,subchapter ,i of chapter  
#de of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #deaj4 ,disclosure1         
documentation1 and reporting of         
performance awards  7a7  7#a7 ,not later
 than #cj days after the end of fiscal  
year #bjai and each fiscal year         
thereafter1 the head of each agency     
shall submit a report to the ,director  

of the ,office of ,personnel ,management
 describing each performance bonus      
awarded to an employee of the agency    
during the most recently ended fiscal   
year1 the name of the employee receiving
 the bonus1 and the amount of the bonus4
  7#b7 ,with respect to any performance 
bonus included in a report submitted    
under paragraph 7#a7 that was equal to  
or greater than #aj1jjj1 the agency head
 shall include in the report a detailed 
description of the reasons why the bonus
 was awarded and the metrics used to    
determine that such bonus was           
appropriate4  7b7 ,not later than       
,january #a of each fiscal year1 the    
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management shall--  7#a7 publish1 on   
the ,office's public ,internet website1 
a list containing the name of any       
employee receiving a performance bonus  
in the most recently ended fiscal year1 
the agency that awarded the bonus1 and  
the amount of the bonus2 and  7#b7      
submit a report to ,congress containing 

a list of each performance bonus awarded
 in the most recently ended fiscal year 
that was equal to or greater than       
#aj1jjj1 including the reasons why the  
bonus was awarded and the metrics used  
to determine that the bonus was         
appropriate1 as provided under          
subsection 7a77#b74  7c7 ,for purposes  
of this section-- 7#a7 the term agency  
has the meaning given such term in      
section #deja and includes--  7,a7 the  
,united ,states ,postal ,service and the
 ,postal ,regulatory ,commission2 and   
7,b7 notwithstanding the matter         
following subparagraph 7,g7 of such     
section1 the ,tennessee ,valley         
,authority and the ,central ,bank for   
,cooperatives2 and  7#b7 the term       
performance bonus includes any          
performance-based bonus1 including a    
bonus under this subchapter or section  
#echd4  4  7b7 ,application ,the        
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply to any performance bonus 7as that 
term is described in section #deaj of   

title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as     
added by such subsection7 made on or    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4  7c7 ,clerical amendment ,the     
table of sections for subchapter ,i of  
chapter #de of title #e1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by inserting after   
the item relating to section #deji the  
following3  #deaj4 ,disclosure1         
documentation1 and reporting of         
performance awards4  4