Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 1.djvu/592

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116 STAT. 566 PUBLIC LAW 107-174—MAY 15, 2002 Public Law 107-174 107th Congress May 15, 2002 [H.R. 169] Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002. 5 USC 2301 note. An Act To require that Federal agencies be accountable for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws; to require that each Federal agency post quarterly on its public Web site, certain statistical data relating to Federal sector equal employment opportunity complaints filed with such agency; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This Act may be cited as the "Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. —The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 101. Findings. Sec. 102. Sense of Congress. Sec. 103. Definitions. Sec. 104. Effective date. TITLE II—FEDERAL EMPLOYEE DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION Sec. 201. Reimbursement requirement. Sec. 202. Notification requirement. Sec. 203. Reporting requirement. Sec. 204. Rules and guidelines. Sec. 205. Clarification of remedies. Sec. 206. Studies by General Accounting Ofltice on exhaustion of remedies and certain Department of Justice costs. TITLE III—EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMPLAINT DATA DISCLOSURE Sec. 301. Data to be posted by employing Federal agencies. Sec. 302. Data to be posted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Sec. 303. Rules. TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC.lOl. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) Federal agencies cannot be run effectively if those agencies practice or tolerate discrimination; (2) Congress has heard testimony from individuals, including representatives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Federation of Government Employees, that point to chronic problems of discrimination and retaliation against Federal employees;