; and (B) promote the protection of whistleblowers. (2) The criteria required under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) principles for the protection of whistleblowers, such as the degree to which supervisory employees— (i) respond constructively when employees of the agency make disclosures described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 2302(b)(8); (ii) take responsible actions to resolve the disclosures described in clause (i); and (iii) foster an environment in which employees of the agency feel comfortable making disclosures described in subparagraph (A) to supervisory employees or other appropriate authorities; and (B) for each supervisory employee— (i) whether the agency entered into an agreement with an individual who alleged that the supervisory employee committed a prohibited personnel practice; and (ii) if the agency entered into an agreement described in clause (i), the number of instances in which the agency entered into such an agreement with respect to the supervisory employee. (3) In this subsection— (A) the term agency means any entity the employees of which are covered by paragraphs (8) and (9) of section 2302(b), without regard to whether any other provision of this section is applicable to the entity; (B) the term prohibited personnel practice has the meaning given the term in section 2302(a)(1); (C) the term supervisory employee means an employee who would be a supervisor, as defined in section 7103(a), if the agency employing the employee was an agency for purposes of chapter 71; and (D) the term whistleblower means an employee who makes a disclosure described in section 2302(b)(8). . (b) Criteria for performance appraisals Section 4313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and