WHISTLEBLOWING

Bills and resolutions

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see S. 2628), S7827 [8JY]

Medicare: provide whistleblower protection to employees of clinical laboratories (see H.R. 5311), H9048 [8OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 2371), S4692 [29AP]

Taxation: exclude from gross income amounts received as damages, attorney fees, and costs under Federal whistleblower protection laws and allow income averaging for amounts received as lost income (see H.R. 4732), H5149 [25JN]

Remarks in House

Medicare: provide whistleblower protection to employees of clinical laboratories (H.R. 5311), E1944 [11OC]

Remarks in Senate

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 1358), S4901 [5MY]

———clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 2628), S7839 [8JY]

Homeland Security Act: amend provisions on voluntarily furnished critical infrastructure information to restore public disclosure, government regulation, and whistleblowing protections (S. 609), S687 [6FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (S. 2371), S4699, S4700 [29AP]

Reports filed

Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2628) (S. Rept. 108-392), S10845 [8OC]

Texts of

S. 2628, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act, S7840-S7842 [8JY]