S.Amdt. 1740

SA 1740. Mrs. McCASKILL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R.
1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military
activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 564, after line 25, add the following:
(d) Report.--
(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``covered
employee'' has the meaning given that term in section 1599e
of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a)(1).
(2) Contents.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report regarding covered employees hired into a
probationary status during the 10-year period ending on the
date of enactment of this Act, which shall include the number
of covered employees--
(A) hired during the period;
(B) whose appointment became final after the probationary
period;
(C) who were subject to disciplinary action or termination
during the 5-year period beginning on the date on which the
appointment of the covered employee became final;
(D) who were subject to disciplinary action during the
probationary period;
(E) who were terminated before the appointment of the
covered employee became final; and
(F) who, after being subject to disciplinary action or
terminated, raised a claim that the disciplinary action or
termination was taken because of a disclosure of information
by the covered employee that the covered employee reasonably
believed evidenced--
(i) any violation of any law, rule, or regulation; or
(ii) gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse
of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
health or safety.
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