[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4267 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4267

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend whistleblower 
 protections to a member of the Armed Forces who alerts Department of 
  Defense investigation or law enforcement organizations, a person or 
   organization in the member's chain of command, and certain other 
persons or entities about the potentially dangerous ideologically based 
threats or actions of another member against United States interests or 
                               security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2009

 Mr. Carter (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Wilson of South 
  Carolina, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Olson, Mr. Culberson, Ms. Granger, Mr. 
  McCaul, and Mr. Aderholt) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend whistleblower 
 protections to a member of the Armed Forces who alerts Department of 
  Defense investigation or law enforcement organizations, a person or 
   organization in the member's chain of command, and certain other 
persons or entities about the potentially dangerous ideologically based 
threats or actions of another member against United States interests or 
                               security.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Whistleblower Protection 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTED COMMUNICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
              PROHIBITION OF RETALIATORY PERSONNEL ACTIONS.

    Section 1034(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) Ideologically based threats or actions of another 
        member that the member providing the information reasonably 
        believes could be counterproductive or detrimental to United 
        States interests or security.''.
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