3.0.0 2715 2023-01-11T13:31:43Z 2023-01-11T13:31:43Z Senate S 2016-03-17 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-03-17T17:35:12Z 2016-03-17 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO N Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Department of Justice Employment discrimination and employee rights Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Government Operations and Politics 00 2016-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-11T19:20:29Z National Security Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016

This bill extends personnel protections to whistleblowers by classifying the suspension or revocation of access to classified information as a personnel action. This classification also applies to employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall report to Congress on allegations of retaliation against whistleblowers whose access to classified information was suspended or revoked.

]]> National Security Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016 Display Title National Security Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 2302 of title 5, United States Code, to include the suspension or revocation of access to classified information as a personnel action, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Security Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2715is/xml/BILLS-114s2715is.xml 2016-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.