WHISTLEBLOWING

Amendments

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (H.R. 169), S3223, S3226, S3229 [23AP], H1691 [30AP]

Analyses

Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act (H.R. 4098), E463 [9AP]

Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act (S. 2010), S1790 [12MR]

Federal Bureau of Investigation Reform Act (S. 1974), S1358 [28FE]

Articles and editorials

Defending Whistleblowers, E529 [16AP]

More Help Sought for Those Who Blow Whistle, E529 [16AP]

2 FBI Whistle Blowers Allege Lax Security, Possible Espionage, S5844 [20JN]

Whistleblowers Would Get Access to Courts, Right To Seek Damages Under New Bill, E529 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions

Aviation: providing protections to certain employees at airports (see S. 2686), S6127 [26JN]

Courts: protect employees that report threats or negligence by allowing them to bring civil action in Federal courts to acquire compensatory or punitive damages (see H.R. 3806), H633 [27FE]

Crime: prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (see S. 2010), S1782 [12MR] (see H.R. 4098), H1152 [9AP]

———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in investigations or defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers (H.R. 4098), consideration (see H. Res. 480), H4497 [10JY]

FBI: reform (see S. 1974), S1351 [28FE] (see H.R. 5387), H6302 [17SE]

Federal employees: authorize appropriations for the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel and protect certain disclosures of information by Federal employees (see S. 2829), S7744 [31JY]

———provide remedies for retaliation against whistleblowers making congressional disclosures (see S. 3137), S10676 [17OC]

Rowley, Coleen: tribute (see H. Res. 436), H3292 [6JN]

Letters

Congressional Oversight Protection Act: Kris J. Kolesnik, National Whistleblower Center, S10706 [17OC]

———Tom Devine, Government Accountability Project (organization), S10706 [17OC]

Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act: Elizabeth Costle, Vermont Dept. of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration, S1791 [12MR]

———Jim Moorman, Taxpayers Against Fraud, The False Claims Act Legal Center (organization) and Tom Devine, Government Accountability Project (organization), S1791 [12MR]

———Joseph P. Borg, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S1791 [12MR]

———Stephen M. Kohn and Kris Kolesnik, National Whistleblower Center, S1791 [12MR]

Investigation into firing of FBI whistleblower: Senators Leahy and Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S5844 [20JN]

Prosecute securities fraud and evidence tampering, prohibit discharge of certain debts in bankruptcy, and protect corporate whistleblowers: Edmund Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, S6441 [9JY]

———Jim Moorman, Taxpayers Against Fraud, and Tom Devine, Government Accountability Project, S6440 [9JY]

———Joseph P. Borg and Christine A. Bruenn, North American Securities Administrators Associations, Inc., S6440 [9JY]

———Kris J. Kolesnik, National Whistleblower Center, S6441 [9JY]

———National Association of Attorneys General, S6442 [9JY]

———Sally Greenberg, Consumers Union, and Travis Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America, S6441 [9JY]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S6441 [9JY]

Memorandums

Enron Corp. Legal Issues Relative to Whistleblowing: Carl Jordan, S1791 [12MR]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: protect corporate whistleblowers, enhance criminal penalties, extend statute of limitations, and require retention of audit review documents, H4838-H4847 [17JY]

Courts: protect employees that report threats or negligence by allowing them to bring civil action in Federal courts to acquire compensatory or punitive damages (H.R. 3806), E213 [27FE], E529 [16AP]

Crime: prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (H.R. 4098), E463 [9AP]

———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in investigations or defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers (H.R. 4098), H4688, H4689, H4691 [16JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: maintain civil service rights and protections for transferred Federal employees, H5813-H5817, H5874 [26JY], E1468 [29JY], E1486 [4SE]

———remedies for retaliation against whistleblowers, H5846-H5850 [26JY]

———require compliance with equal employment opportunity and whistleblower protection laws, H5698, H5699 [25JY]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (H.R. 169), H1691-H1696 [30AP]

National security: require the President to prescribe procedures which determine whether, how, and to what extent, information provided by whistleblowers should be disseminated, H3946, H3947 [26JN]

Paul Revere Forum—National Security Whisleblowers Speak: tribute to event, E239 [28FE]

Rowley, Coleen: tribute (H. Res. 436), H5883 [26JY]

Remarks in Senate

Aviation: providing protections to certain employees at airports (S. 2686), S6130 [26JN]

Crime: prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation, S6437-S6442 [9JY], S6528-S6531, S6534-S6541 [10JY]

———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (S. 2010), S1785-S1788 [12MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: maintain civil service rights and protections for transferred Federal employees, S7728-S7731 [31JY], S8708-S8711, S8739-S8743 [18SE], S9189-S9200 [25SE], S9404-S9411 [26SE], S9671 [1OC]

———require compliance with equal employment opportunity and whistleblower protection laws, S9199 [25SE], S9407 [26SE], S9670 [1OC]

FBI: reform, S9887 [3OC]

———reform (S. 1974), S1352-S1361 [28FE], S5252 [7JN], S5842 [20JN], S10055-S10057 [8OC]

Federal employees: authorize appropriations for the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel and protect certain disclosures of information by Federal employees (S. 2829), S7746 [31JY]

———impact of flexibilities in FAA and IRS personnel managment systems, S8745 [18SE]

———provide remedies for retaliation against whistleblowers making congressional disclosures (S. 3137), S10705 [17OC]

Government: accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (H.R. 169), S3226 [23AP]

———accountability of Federal agencies for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws (S. 201), S4382 [15MY]

Reports filed

Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2010) (S. Rept. 107-146), S3900 [6MY]

FBI Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1974), S3433 [25AP]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1974) (S. Rept. 107-148), S4199 [10MY]

Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 169) (S. Rept. 107-143), S2675 [15AP]

Texts of

H.R. 169, Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act, S3229-S3231 [23AP]

S. 1974, Federal Bureau of Investigation Reform Act, S1355-S1358 [28FE]

S. 2010, Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act, S1789 [12MR]

S. 2829, Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel appropriations and Federal employee information disclosure protection, S7746 [31JY]

S. 3137, Congressional Oversight Protection Act, S10706 [17OC]