,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ieic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #af1      
#bjbd,mr4 ,sessions introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,accountability  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
annual surveys of ,federal employee     
managers1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,manager ,attitudes and ,notions    
,according to ,government ,employee     
,responses ,act or the ,,manager ,act4  
#b4 ,federal employee manager surveys   
7a7 ,in general ,section #aabh of the   
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjjd 7,public ,law   
#ajh-acf2 #e ,u4,s4,c4 #gaja note7 is   
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
subsections 7b71 7c71 and 7d7 as        
subsections 7c71 7d71 and 7e71          
respectively2  7#b7 by inserting after  
subsection 7a7 the following3  7b7      
,managers  7#a7 ,in general ,each agency
 shall conduct an annual survey of its  

managers that shall1 in addition to the 
topics covered by the survey under      
subsection 7a71 include the following   
questions3 7,a7 ,i have confidence my   
agency leadership will support me if ,i 
try to discipline an employee4  7,b7 ,i 
have confidence in the current system to
 discipline employees4  7,c7 ,i feel    
supported as a manager4  7,d7 ,i have   
adequate training regarding how to      
discipline employees4  7,e7 ,i have     
adequate time to observe new employees  
and attempt to correct deficiencies     
before their probationary period        
expires4  7,f7 ,i have opted not to     
attempt to discipline an employee over  
the past year because ,i have no        
confidence in the system4  7,g7 ,my     
input is sought regarding labor         
negotiations that will impact my work   
unit4  7,h7 ,i would recommend that a   
colleague in my agency become a manager 
if given the option to do so4  7,i7 ,the
 inability to discipline poor performers
 or otherwise bad employees hurts the   

morale of my work unit4  7,j7 ,good     
employees in my work unit have left     
because of the inability to discipline  
problematic employees4  7#b7 ,response  
options ,each survey under paragraph    
7#a7 shall include an option to provide 
narrative responses to each question    
required under such paragraph1 in       
addition to any other quantitative or   
qualitative response options4  2  7#c7  
in subsections 7c7 and 7d71 as          
redesignated by paragraph 7#a7 of this  
subsection1 by striking subsection 7a7  
each place it appears and inserting     
subsection 7a7 or 7b72 and  7#d7 by     
amending subsection 7e71 as so          
redesignated1 to read as follows3  7e7  
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term agency means an ,executive agency 
7as that term is defined in section #aje
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code72   
and  7#b7 the term ,federal manager     
means a ,federal employee who-- 7,a7 has
 obtained the grade of ,,gs-#ac of the  
,general ,schedule or higher2 and  7,b7 

is a supervisor or management official  
7as those terms are defined in section  
#gajc of such title #e74  4  7b7        
,requirement ,to update surveys ,not    
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the ,office 
of ,personnel ,management shall update  
the regulations required under          
subsection 7c7 of such section #aabh1 as
 so redesignated1 in order to implement 
the amendments made by this ,act4