APPEALS TO MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD RELATING TO FBI REPRISAL ALLEGATIONS; SALARY OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.

SEC. 5304. APPEALS TO MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD RELATING TO FBI REPRISAL ALLEGATIONS; SALARY OF SPECIAL COUNSEL. (a) Appeals to Mspb.—Section 2303 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(d)(1) An employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who makes an allegation of a reprisal under regulations promulgated under this section may appeal a final determination or corrective action order by the Bureau under those regulations to the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to section 1221. “(2) If no final determination or corrective action order has been made or issued for an allegation described in paragraph (1) before the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the allegation is received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the employee described in that paragraph may seek corrective action directly from the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to section 1221.” . (b) Special Counsel Salary.— (1) In general.—Subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in section 5314, by adding at the end the following new item: “Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel.”; and (B) in section 5315, by striking “Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board.”. (2) [5 U.S.C. 5314 note] Application.—The rate of pay applied under the amendments made by paragraph (1) shall begin to apply on the first day of the first pay period beginning after date of enactment of this Act.