; and (B) the procedure for consideration of the alleged violation shall not include any further investigation of the claim by the General Counsel as provided in section 403 or any subsequent formal hearing as provided in section 405. (3) Period for filing civil action The period described in this paragraph with respect to a claim is the period that begins on the date on which the covered employee files the claim under section 402 and ends 90 days after the date the report described in section 403(c)(1) is transmitted to the covered employee. (c) Special rule for Architect of the Capitol and Capitol Police In the case of an employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol or of the Capitol Police, the Office, after receiving a claim filed under section 402, may recommend that the employee use, for a specific period of time, the grievance procedures of the Architect of the Capitol or the Capitol Police for resolution of the employee’s grievance. (d) Election of remedies for Library of Congress (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Direct Act The term direct Act means an Act (other than this Act), or provision of the Revised Statutes, that is specified in section 201, 202, or 203. (B) Direct provision The term direct provision means a provision (including a definitional provision) of a direct Act that applies the rights or protections of a direct Act (including rights and protections relating to nonretaliation or noncoercion) to a Library claimant. (C) Library claimant The term Library claimant means, with respect to a direct provision, an employee of the Library of Congress who is covered by that direct provision. (2) Election after proceedings initially brought under this Act A Library claimant who initially files a claim for an alleged violation as provided in section 402 may, instead of proceeding with the claim in accordance with section 405 or filing a civil action in accordance with section 408, during the period described in subsection (b)(3) but before the Office commences a hearing under section