3.0.0 2798 2022-11-01T05:02:36Z 2022-11-01T05:02:36Z Senate S 2019-11-06 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-06T20:50:51Z 2019-11-06 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-11-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N Government Operations and Politics Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Due process and equal protection Employment discrimination and employee rights Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government studies and investigations Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-11-06 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-04T14:12:38Z Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019

This bill retroactively prohibits a federal contractor from taking certain personnel actions with respect to specified employees.

Specifically, the bill prohibits a federal contractor from taking a personnel action against an employee who has lawfully disclosed information the employee reasonably believes shows (1) a violation of any law, rule, or regulation; or (2) gross mismanagement, waste of funds, abuse of authority, or substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.

Further, a federal contractor may not take a personnel action against an employee because of the employee's (1) lawful exercise of an appeal, complaint, or grievance right, or testifying or assisting in the exercise of such right; (2) cooperation with or disclosure of information to the agency's inspector general or special counsel; or (3) refusal to obey an order that would require the individual to violate a law, rule, or regulation.

A federal agency is prohibited from pressuring a federal contractor from taking any personnel action against an employee based on such disclosures or actions by the employee.

]]> Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 Display Title Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure whistleblowers who are Government employees or contractors receive adequate protection. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2798is/xml/BILLS-116s2798is.xml 2019-11-06 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.