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<dc:title>119 HR 4646 RH: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-09-01</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IB</distribution-code><calendar display="yes">Union Calendar No. 686</calendar><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4646</legis-num><associated-doc role="report" display="yes">[Report No. 119–786, Part I]</associated-doc><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250723">July 23, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="D000594">Ms. De La Cruz</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="W000788">Ms. Williams of Georgia</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HBA00">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name>, and in addition to the Committee on <committee-name committee-id="HGO00">Oversight and Government Reform</committee-name>, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned</action-desc></action><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260901">September 1, 2026</action-date><action-desc>Additional sponsors: <cosponsor name-id="V000138">Mr. Vindman</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="G000583">Mr. Gottheimer</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="R000612">Mr. Rose</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="M001204">Mr. Meuser</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="D000626">Mr. Davidson</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="L000599">Mr. Lawler</cosponsor></action-desc></action><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260901">September 1, 2026</action-date><action-desc>Reported from the <committee-name added-display-style="italic" committee-id="HBA00" deleted-display-style="strikethrough">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name> with an amendment</action-desc><action-instruction>Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic</action-instruction></action><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260901">September 1, 2026</action-date><action-desc>Committee on <committee-name committee-id="HGO00">Oversight and Government Reform</committee-name> discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</action-desc><action-instruction>For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 23, 2025</action-instruction></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To clarify that whistleblower protections described in section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, apply to any contract funded from amounts appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.<pagebreak></pagebreak></official-title></form><legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" changed="added" style="OLC" committee-id="HBA00" reported-display-style="italic" id="H05A08A13C27D47E29CE3FDBEBE146C2E"><section id="H622A38C1FE7A45029792A55EF7271B68" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HB512054D46514262B12E8D1BD77AC7DE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Whistleblower protections for Department of Housing and Urban Development contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, shall apply with respect to any contract, subcontract, grant, subgrant, or personal services contract funded using amounts appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, regardless of when the contract, subcontract, grant, subgrant, or personal services contract was executed.</text></section></legis-body><endorsement display="yes"><action-date>September 1, 2026</action-date><action-desc>Reported from the <committee-name added-display-style="italic" committee-id="HBA00" deleted-display-style="strikethrough">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name> with an amendment</action-desc><action-date>September 1, 2026</action-date><action-desc>Committee on <committee-name committee-id="HGO00">Oversight and Government Reform</committee-name> discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</action-desc></endorsement></bill> 

