WHISTLEBLOWING

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: modify certain SEC and CFTC whistleblower incentive and protection programs (see H.R. 2483), H4850 [11JY]

Contracts: expand whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees whose disclosures involve misuse of Federal funds (see S. 241), S359 [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: expand whistleblower protections to contract employees who report abuses to their superiors (see H.R. 1435), H2534 [7AP]

Dept. of Justice: improve efforts to combat fraud (see S. 890), S2730 [5MY]

Espionage: improve, modernize, and clarify certain espionage statutes, promote Federal whistleblower protection statutes and regulations, and deter unauthorized disclosures of classified information (see S. 355), S747 [15FE]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see S. 743), S2187 [6AP]

———clarify disclosures protected from prohibited personnel practices, require nondisclosure policies to conform with certain protections, and provide additional authorities to Office of Special Counsel (see H.R. 3289), H7206 [1NO]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels (see H. Res. 490), H8727 [12DE]

Legislative branch of the Government: enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower protections and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (see H.R. 3108), H6624 [5OC]

———extend whistleblower protections to employees (see S. 586), S1677 [15MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve oversight of nursing facilities by preventing inappropriate influence over surveyors (see H.R. 2522), H5018 [13JY]

Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act: strengthen (see H.R. 226), H134 [7JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 1166), S3683 [9JN] (see H.R. 190), H40 [5JA]

Power resources: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 503), H509 [26JA]

Letters

Nomination of James M. Cole to be Deputy Attorney General: Senators Grassley and Chambliss, S2767 [9MY]

Whistleblower allegations relative to Dept. of Justice operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms: Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2475 [14AP]

Memorandums

Congressional Investigation Regarding Whistleblower Allegations Relative to Operations Transferring Firearms to Drug Cartels Where U.S. Law Enforcement Personnel Do Not Monitor Such Firearms: Gary M. Styers, Dept. of Justice, S8572 [14DE]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: extend whistleblower protections to members that report potentially dangerous ideologically based threats or actions of another member against U.S. interests or security, H3604, H3605 [25MY]

Dept. of Justice: appoint special counsel to investigate whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H6677 [11OC], H7237 [2NO], H8265 [8DE], H8973 [15DE]

———whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H3163 [11MY], H5090 [15JY], H5167 [19JY], H6846 [12OC], H8345-H8347 [12DE]

Holder, Attorney General: call for resignation due to contradictory testimony during investigation into whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels, H8191 [7DE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Justice: extend whistleblower protections to employees, S7061 [2NO]

———improve efforts to combat fraud, S7801 [18NO]

———improve efforts to combat fraud (S. 890), S2733 [5MY]

———response to request for release of documents on whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S2765, S2770 [9MY], S4139 [28JN]

———whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S2474 [14AP], S6991-S6993 [1NO], S8110 [1DE], S8570-S8573 [14DE]

False Claims Act: abolish the qui tam provisions of patent law to protect against frivolous and vexatious lawsuits concerning the false patent marking statute, S1368 [8MR]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 743), S2194 [6AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: extend whistleblower protections to employees (S. 586), S1681 [15MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators, S2595 [3MY]

———expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (S. 1166), S3689 [9JN]

Transportation Security Administration: provide employees with whistleblower protections, the right to appeal adverse personnel actions, and the right to join a union, S716-S718 [15FE]

Reports filed

Fighting Fraud To Protect Taxpayers Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 890), S3170 [19MY]

Texts of

S. 355, Espionage Statutes Modernization Act, S755 [15FE]

S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S2194-S2201 [6AP]

S. 890, Fighting Fraud To Protect Taxpayers Act, S2733-S2735 [5MY]