WHISTLEBLOWING related term(s) Federal Employees

Amendments

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 743), S2978 [8MY], H6293 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (see S. 3462), S5732 [31JY]

Civil rights: improve nonretaliation provisions of equal pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 3256), S3688 [4JN]

Contracts: expand whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees whose disclosures involve misuse of Federal funds (see H.R. 6406), H6000 [13SE]

Courts: provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see H.R. 5956), H3733 [18JN]

Employment: streamline administration of whistleblower protections for private sector employees (see H.R. 6409), H6000 [13SE]

Letters

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act: Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E1659, E1660 [28SE]

——— Representative Peter T. King, Committee on Homeland Security (House), E1659 [28SE]

——— Representative Rogers (MI), Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E1659 [28SE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Justice: whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, H2493–H2496 [9MY], H3813 [20JN], H3918, H3947 [21JN], H6794 [13DE]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 743), H6286, H6296 [28SE], E1664, E1665 [28SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (H.R. 190), E691 [27AP]

Remarks in Senate

Antitrust policy: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 3462), S5736 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: provide whistleblower protections for the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Act, S3468, S3491 [23MY]

Dept. of Justice: whistleblower allegations relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S410–S412 [9FE], S1706 [15MR], S3954–S3956 [12JN]

FDA: investigation into allegations of monitoring of protected communications of Federal employees suspected to be whistleblowers, S5074–S5076 [17JY]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 743), S1707 [15MR], S2978, S2985 [8MY], S6761 [13NO]

Reports filed

Fighting Fraud To Protect Taxpayers Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 890) (S. Rept. 112–142), S163 [30JA]

Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 241), S8203 [19DE]

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 743) (S. Rept. 112–155), S2545 [19AP]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3289) (H. Rept. 112–508), H3265 [30MY]

Texts of

S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S2978–S2985 [8MY], H6286, H6293–H6296 [28SE]

S. 3462, Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, S5736 [31JY]