[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5790 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5790


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 7, 2016

                                Received

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                                 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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 7, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.