; and (ii) in the case of a covered allegation against a noncareer employee who is not serving in a position with respect to which appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is required (or against a former noncareer employee who was not serving in such a position, as of the date on which the actions that are the subject of the covered allegation occurred), a statement as to whether— (I) the Special Counsel, under section 1215(a), presented a complaint to the Merit Systems Protection Board against the noncareer employee (or former noncareer employee) concerning the actions that are the subject of the covered allegation; and (II) any civil penalty assessed by the Merit Systems Protection Board under section 7326 with respect to the covered allegation has been collected in full. . (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1218 and inserting the following: 1218. Annual reports. . 5. Public transparency in Hatch Act enforcement Section 1219 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (5) a detailed written explanation of the complete basis for each decision of the Special Counsel not to present, under section 1215(a), a complaint to the Merit Systems Protection Board against any noncareer employee determined by the Special Counsel to have violated subchapter III of chapter 73, except that this paragraph shall not apply with respect to a noncareer employee who is serving in a position for which nomination by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is required (unless such a noncareer employee is serving in a position in the Foreign Service). ; (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c)