; and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Confidential advisor (1) In general The Executive Director shall— (A) appoint, and fix the compensation of, and may remove, a Confidential Advisor; or (B) designate an employee of the Office to serve as a Confidential Advisor. (2) Duties (A) Voluntary services The Confidential Advisor shall offer to provide to covered employees described in paragraph (4) the services described in subparagraph (B), which a covered employee may accept or decline. (B) Services The services referred to in subparagraph (A) are— (i) informing, on a privileged and confidential basis, a covered employee who has experienced a practice that may be a violation of part A of title II about the employee's rights under this Act; (ii) consulting, on a privileged and confidential basis, with a covered employee who has experienced a practice that may be a violation of part A of title II regarding— (I) the roles, responsibilities, and authority of the Office; and (II) the relative merits of securing private counsel, designating a non-attorney representative, or proceeding without representation during proceedings before the Office; (iii) assisting, on a privileged and confidential basis, a covered employee who seeks consideration under title IV of an allegation of a violation of part A of title II in understanding the procedures, and the significance of the procedures, described in that title IV; and (iv) informing, on a privileged and confidential basis, a covered employee who has experienced a practice that may be a violation of part A of title II about the option of pursuing, in appropriate circumstances, a complaint with the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives or the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate. (3) Qualifications The Confidential Advisor shall be a lawyer who— (A) is admitted to practice before, and is in good standing with, the bar of a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States