,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dddj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjbe,ms4 
,brownley 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,landsman1 
,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,elfreth1 ,mrs4      
,cherfilus-,mc,cormick1 ,ms4 ,williams  
of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,ms4 ,simon1 
,ms4 ,budzinski1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mrs4   
,sykes1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,mr4    
,thanedar1 and ,mrs4 ,mc,iver7          
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 agencies to   
provide official personnel record files 
to ,federal employees and former        
,federal employees1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,protecting ,federal
 ,employee ,rights to ,personnel ,files 
,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,requirement to     
provide official personnel record files 
to employees and former employees  7a7  
,in general ,subchapter ,i of chapter   

#cc of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 
is amended by inserting after section   
#cccj;f the following3  #cccj;g4        
,requirement to provide official        
personnel record files to employees and 
former employees  7a7 ,current employees
 ,not later than seven days after the   
date an employee of an agency requests a
 copy of the employee's official        
personnel record file1 the head of such 
agency shall provide to such employee1  
in electronic and physical form1 a copy 
of such file4  7b7 ,former employees    
7#a7 ,in general ,with respect to any   
employee separating from an agency on or
 after the date of the enactment of this
 section1 not later than seven days     
after the date of such separation1 the  
head of such agency shall provide to    
such employee1 in electronic and        
physical form1 a copy of the employee's 
official personnel record file4  7#b7   
,previously separated employees ,with   
respect to any individual who separated 
from an agency before the date of the   

enactment of this section1 not later    
than #ba days after the date such an    
individual requests a copy of the       
employee's official personnel record    
file from the ,director of the ,office  
of ,personnel ,management1 the ,director
 shall provide1 in electronic and       
physical form1 a copy of such file to   
the individual4  7c7 ,agency defined ,in
 this section1 the term agency has the  
meaning given that term in section #eea4
  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table 
of sections for such subchapter is      
amended by inserting after the item     
relating to section #cccj;f the         
following3  #cccj;g4 ,requirement to    
provide official personnel record files 
to employees and former employees4  4