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[H.R. 5790 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5790

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen


                                 An Act


 
To provide adequate protections for whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau 
                            of Investigation.

    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 ``Federal Bureau of Investigation 
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES IN THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
INVESTIGATION.
    Section 2303(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``any employee of the Bureau'' and all that follows through 
``health or safety'' and inserting the following: ``an employee in, or 
applicant for, a position in the Bureau as a reprisal for a disclosure 
of information--
        ``(1) made--
            ``(A) in the case of an employee, to a supervisor in the 
        direct chain of command of the employee, up to and including 
        the head of the employing agency;
            ``(B) to the Inspector General;
            ``(C) to the Office of Professional Responsibility of the 
        Department of Justice;
            ``(D) to the Office of Professional Responsibility of the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation;
            ``(E) to the Inspection Division of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation;
            ``(F) as described in section 7211;
            ``(G) to the Office of Special Counsel; or
            ``(H) to an employee designated by any officer, employee, 
        office, or division described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) 
        for the purpose of receiving such disclosures; and
        ``(2) which the employee or applicant reasonably believes 
    evidences--
            ``(A) any violation of any law, rule, or regulation; or
            ``(B) gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse 
        of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public 
        health or safety''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.