WHISTLEBLOWING

Bills and resolutions

Aviation: enhance safety (see S. 3440), S8035 [1AU] (see H.R. 6493), H6576 [15JY]

Courts: provide guidelines for Federal courts relative to the use of state secrets of privilege in civil cases (see S. 2533), S93 [22JA]

Dept. of Defense: expand whistleblower protections to contract employees who report abuses to their superiors (see H.R. 6303), H5580 [18JN]

Remarks in House

Aviation: enhance safety (H.R. 6493), H6744-H6749 [22JY], E1460 [15JY], E1530, E1542 [23JY], E1629 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: expand whistleblower protections to contract employees who report abuses to their superiors (H.R. 6303), E1270 [18JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (H.R. 2049), H2662 [24AP]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: provide guidelines for Federal courts relative to the use of state secrets of privilege in civil cases (S. 2533), S198-S201 [23JA], S9458 [25SE]

CPSC: modify whistleblower protection, S1507 [4MR], S1557, S1574 [5MR], S1678 [6MR], S7876 [31JY]

Reports filed

False Claims Act Correction Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2041), S7628 [29JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2041) (S. Rept. 110-507), S9491 [25SE]

State Secrets Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2533) (S. Rept. 110-442), S8034 [1AU]

Texts of

H.R. 6493, Aviation Safety Enhancement Act, H6744 [22JY]