3.0.0 2896 2022-12-30T07:03:59Z 2022-12-30T07:03:59Z Senate S 2021-09-29 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2022-03-01T15:00:08Z Referred to 2021-09-29T20:47:55Z 2022-03-01 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2021-09-29 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-09-29 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2021-09-29 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2021-09-29 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2022-02-03 False Energy Department of Energy Employment discrimination and employee rights Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government liability Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Nuclear power Energy 00 2021-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-14T20:49:41Z Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act

This bill revises protections for the rights of whistleblowers of nuclear safety violations. Specifically, the bill clarifies that whistleblower protection rights may be enforced against any employers (e.g., the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission).

]]> Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act Display Title Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower rights and protections, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2896is/xml/BILLS-117s2896is.xml 2022-03-01 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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.