; and (ii) may award any relief which the court considers appropriate, including any relief described in subsection (g). . (c) Recipients of whistleblower disclosures Section 2302(b)(8)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking or to the Inspector General of an agency or another employee designated by the head of the agency to receive such disclosures and inserting the Inspector General of an agency, a supervisor in the employee’s direct chain of command up to and including the head of the employing agency, or to an employee designated by any of the aforementioned individuals for the purpose of receiving such disclosures . (d) Attorney fees Section 7703(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) If an employee, former employee, or applicant for employment is the prevailing party under an appeal under this section, the employee, former employee, or applicant for employment shall be entitled to attorney fees for all representation carried out pursuant to this section. In such an action for attorney fees, the agency responsible for taking the personnel action shall be the respondent and shall be responsible for paying the fees. . (e) Extending Whistleblower Protection Act to certain employees Section 2302(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the matter following clause (xiii)— (1) by inserting subsection (b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), (D), or (E), subsection (b)(13), or subsection (g), after subsection (b)(8),