; and (bb) by striking subclause (II) and inserting the following: (II) if the Director recommends a specific disciplinary action under subclause (I) and the head of the agency (not including the President) has not taken appropriate disciplinary action within 90 days after the Director recommends such action, may, after notifying the President and Congress in writing, order appropriate disciplinary action with respect to the officer or employee, in accordance with subparagraph (B), including reprimand, suspension, demotion, or dismissal of the officer or employee. ; (ii) in subparagraph (B)— (I) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following: (iii) Subject to clause (iv) of this subparagraph, before the Director orders any action under subparagraph (A)(iii) or orders any disciplinary action under subparagraph (A)(iv), the Director shall afford the officer or employee involved an opportunity for a hearing, if requested by such officer or employee, which shall be conducted on the record. ; (II) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (vi); (III) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: (iv) The Director shall make publicly available any recommendation of a specific disciplinary action made by the Director under subparagraph (A)(iv)(I). (v) The authority of the Director under subparagraph (A)(iv)(II) to order disciplinary action may not be delegated. ; and (IV) in clause (vi), as so redesignated— (aa) by striking title 2 and inserting title I ; and (bb) by striking section 206 and inserting section 104 ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (C) (i) (I) A political appointee (as defined in section 714(h) of title 38, United States Code) with respect to whom the Director orders a disciplinary action under subparagraph (A)(iv) may appeal the order to the President. (II) A determination by the President in an appeal under subclause (I) shall be— (aa) made in writing; (bb) submitted to Congress