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[D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2004-12-07 False 2004-10-06T04:00:00Z H.R. 3281, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/16079 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 29, 2004</p> 2004-10-06T04:00:00Z H.R. 3281, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16079 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 29, 2004 Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Appellate courts Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Classified defense information Congress Congressional investigations Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Congressional witnesses Congressional-executive relations Counterintelligence Damages Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Dismissal of employees Economics and Public Finance Employee rights Evidence (Law) Executive orders Federal employees Fines (Penalties) Government attorneys Government paperwork Governmental investigations Information leaking Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Injunctions Judicial review Jurisdiction Labor and Employment Labor contracts Law Legal fees Merit Systems Protection Board Office of Personnel Management Office of Special Counsel Official secrets Parties to actions Personnel management Presidential powers Promotions Security clearances Waste in government spending Whistle blowing Government Operations and Politics 00 2003-10-08 Introduced in House 2004-04-09T21:14:14Z Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act - Amends Federal law to protect specified disclosures by Federal employees or applicants without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure.

Creates a rebuttable presumption regarding the performance of duty by employees with authority.

Prohibits implementation or enforcement of nondisclosure documents absent a statement that the restrictions imposed are consistent with and do not supersede specified laws.

Authorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board or any reviewing court to determine whether there was a violation of prohibited personnel practices in actions relating to security clearances and to provide specified relief.

Authorizes the President to exclude agencies with certain intelligence functions from coverage under the whistleblower statute only if the exclusion decision, as it relates to a personnel action, is made before that personnel action.

Includes compensatory damages in the list of authorized corrective actions the Board may impose. Authorizes the Board to impose a combination of discliplinary action and civil penalties.

Permits representation by attorneys for the Office of the Special Counsel in specified civil actions.

Authorizes the Office of Special Counsel to obtain judicial review of Board decisions.

Allows petitions for review to be filed in any court of appeals of competent jurisdiction during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act (restricted to the Federal Circuit thereafter). Lengthens the appeal period.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that the disclosure of independently obtained critical infrastructure information is a protected disclosure.]]>

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act Display Title Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections; to provide certain authority to the Special Counsel; and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act Introduced in House 2003-10-08T04:00:00Z 2004-09-29 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.