[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4036. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Ms. Ernst) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 596. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
                   RESERVE COMPONENTS.

       Section 1034(j) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
     paragraph (1) of this section, the following new paragraph:
       ``(1) The term `member of the armed forces' is defined as 
     an officer or enlisted member of the armed forces on active 
     duty, or an officer or enlisted member of a reserve component 
     of the armed forces, regardless of duty status, as those 
     terms are defined in section 101 of title 10, United States 
     Code.''.
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