; and (II) the recommendation of the Special Counsel regarding the specific disciplinary action that should be taken against the covered individual; and (ii) the Special Counsel shall present to the President and make publicly available; and (B) not later than 30 days after the date on which the President receives the complaint submitted under subparagraph (A), the President shall— (i) submit to the Special Counsel a written response that contains— (I) an explanation of whether the President is taking the disciplinary action against the covered individual recommended by the Special Counsel under subparagraph (A)(i)(II); and (II) if the President is not taking the action described in subclause (I), the reason that the President is not taking that action; and (ii) make the response required under clause (i) publicly available. (3) With respect to a covered individual who is an employee in a confidential, policy-making, policy-determining, or policy-advocating position appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate (other than an individual in the Foreign Service of the United States or an employee serving in a position at level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312), the action required under this subsection with respect to the individual shall be in addition to any action required under subsection (a) with respect to the individual. .