[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2315 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2315

 To amend section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, to clarify the 
     inclusion of subcontractors and subgrantees for whistleblower 
                              protection.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2019

 Mr. Braun (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, to clarify the 
     inclusion of subcontractors and subgrantees for whistleblower 
                              protection.

    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 ``Whistleblower Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION AGAINST REPRISAL FOR FEDERAL SUBGRANTEE EMPLOYEES.

    Section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(G), by striking ``or grantee'' and 
        inserting ``grantee, or subgrantee'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``contractor or 
        grantee'' and inserting ``contractor, subcontractor, grantee, 
        or subgrantee'';
            (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``contractor or 
        grantee'' each place it appears and inserting ``contractor, 
        subcontractor, grantee, or subgrantee''; and
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``and grantees'' and 
        inserting ``grantees, and subgrantees''.
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