[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2515 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2515

     To amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to amend the 
                      definition of whistleblower.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2019

  Mr. Green of Texas (for himself, Mr. Huizenga, and Mrs. Carolyn B. 
Maloney of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to amend the 
                      definition of whistleblower.

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

SECTION 1. WHISTLEBLOWER.

    Section 21F(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78u-6(a)(6)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(6) Whistleblower.--The term'' and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(6) Whistleblower.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Special rule.--Solely for the purposes of 
                subsection (h), the term `whistleblower' shall also 
                include any individual who takes an action described in 
                subsection (h)(1)(A), or two or more individuals acting 
                jointly who take an action described in subsection 
                (h)(1)(A).''.
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