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IICalendar No. 629115th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 2196[Report No. 115–346]IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESOctober 16, 2017Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsOctober 11, 2018Reported by Mr. Johnson, without amendmentAN ACTTo amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.

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Recipients of whistleblower disclosures

Section 2302(b)(8)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking or to the Inspector and all that follows through 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.

October 11, 2018Reported without amendment