[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1064 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1064


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2019

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to 
              disclose information to certain recipients.

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

SECTION 1. RECIPIENTS OF WHISTLEBLOWER DISCLOSURES.

    Section 2302(b)(8)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``or to the Inspector'' and all that follows through ``such 
disclosures'' and inserting ``the Inspector General of an agency, a 
supervisor in the employee's direct chain of command up to and 
including the head of the employing agency, or to an employee 
designated by any of the aforementioned individuals for the purpose of 
receiving such disclosures''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 11, 2019.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.