[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5787 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5787

To amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower 
            rights and protections, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2020

Mr. Horsford (for himself and Ms. Titus) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower 
            rights and protections, 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 ``Department of Energy and Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF PERSON.

    Section 211(a)(2) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5851(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as 
        clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and indenting the 
        clauses appropriately;
            (2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so 
        redesignated), by striking the paragraph designation and all 
        that follows through ``includes--'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Definitions.--In this section:
                    ``(A) Employer.--The term `employer' includes--''; 
                and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Person.--The term `person' includes--
                            ``(i) a person (as defined in section 11 of 
                        the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
                        2014));
                            ``(ii) the Commission; and
                            ``(iii) the Department of Energy.''.
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