(a) In general

Subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3330f the following:

3330g. Requirement to provide official personnel record files to employees and former employees

(a) Current employees

Not later than seven days after the date an employee of an agency requests a copy of the employee’s official personnel record file, the head of such agency shall provide to such employee, in electronic and physical form, a copy of such file.

(b) Former employees

(1) In general

With respect to any employee separating from an agency on or after the date of the enactment of this section, not later than seven days after the date of such separation, the head of such agency shall provide to such employee, in electronic and physical form, a copy of the employee’s official personnel record file.

(2) Previously separated employees

With respect to any individual who separated from an agency before the date of the enactment of this section, not later than 21 days after the date such an individual requests a copy of the employee’s official personnel record file from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Director shall provide, in electronic and physical form, a copy of such file to the individual.

(c) Agency defined

In this section, the term agency has the meaning given that term in section 551.

(b) Clerical amendment

The table of sections for such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3330f the following: