Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act

3.0.0 5792 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z House H HR 2023-09-28 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 158 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. DeSAULNIER:H.R. 5792.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is;To provide whistleblower protections to workers in theoffshore oil and gas industry.[Page H4856]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-09-28T13:01:45Z 2023-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2023-09-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-09-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000623 Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] Mark DeSaulnier D CA 10 N Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 2023-10-20T16:30:18Z

00 2023-09-28 Introduced in House 2024-08-09T14:41:10Z Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection ActThis bill provides whistle-blower protections for certain employees who work in the offshore oil and gas industry. Specifically, the bill prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against an employee working in waters above the Outer Continental Shelf because the employee (1) reported or testified about violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), unsafe conditions, or the adequacy of any oil spill response plan required by law; or (2) refused to work based on a reasonable belief that the work could violate the OCSLA, cause an injury or impairment to the health of an employee, or cause an oil spill.The bill establishes procedures for the filing, investigation, and adjudication of a whistle-blower complaint. Additionally, employers are required to<ul><li>post a workplace notice approved by the Department of Labor explaining employee rights and remedies;</li><li>provide training to employees about their rights within 30 days of employment, and annually thereafter; and</li><li>provide employees with a card containing a toll-free telephone number for obtaining information or for filing a complaint. </li></ul>

Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act Display Title 45 Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act 2024-07-24T15:20:13Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act 2024-05-24T13:36:00Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry. 2024-03-18T21:30:50Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr5792ih/xml/BILLS-118hr5792ih.xml 2023-09-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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.