[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5351

 To prohibit the enforcement of a nondisclosure agreement based on an 
individual's employment in the Executive Office of the President if the 
  disclosure of information in violation of the agreement is based on 
                            whistleblowing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2018

Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself and Mr. Smith of Washington) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                         and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the enforcement of a nondisclosure agreement based on an 
individual's employment in the Executive Office of the President if the 
  disclosure of information in violation of the agreement is based on 
                            whistleblowing.

    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 ``No Disrupting Accountability Act'' 
or the ``NDA Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WITH 
              EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT IF DISCLOSURE IS BASED 
              ON WHISTLEBLOWING.

    (a) Prohibition.--A nondisclosure agreement based on an 
individual's employment in the Executive Office of the President or the 
White House may not be enforced against the individual if the 
individual's disclosure of information in violation of the agreement is 
described under section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to a 
nondisclosure agreement entered into before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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