[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 2229 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2229

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide permanent authority for 
  judicial review of certain Merit Systems Protection Board decisions 
           relating to whistleblowers, and for other purposes.

    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 ``All Circuit Review Act''.
SEC. 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD DECISIONS 
RELATING TO WHISTLEBLOWERS.
    (a) In General.--Section 7703(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``During the 5-year period beginning on 
the effective date of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 
2012, a petition'' and inserting ``A petition''.
    (b) Director Review.--Section 7703(d)(2) of such title is amended 
by striking ``During the 5-year period beginning on the effective date 
of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012, this 
paragraph'' and inserting ``This paragraph''.
    (c) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect as if enacted on November 26, 2017.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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