WHISTLEBLOWING see also Federal Employees

Bills and resolutions

Civil rights: improve nonretaliation provisions of equal pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 2172), S1818 [27MR]

Crime: establish IRS office to prosecute sex traffickers for violations of tax laws, stiffen criminal and monetary penalties for such violations, and label victims of sex trafficking as whistleblowers (see H.R. 4708), H4784 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an Office of Whistleblower and Patient Protection (see H.R. 5054), H6105 [10JY]

——— provide emergency supplemental appropriations for the Office of the Inspector General (see H.R. 4948), H5723 [24JN]

——— terminate any employee who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower (see S. 2606), S4502 [15JY]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend period of certain authority relative to judicial review of decisions on whistleblowers (see H.R. 4197), H2301 [11MR]

Motor vehicles: allow automotive industry employees who provide information on motor vehicle defects or noncompliance to receive a percentage of monetary penalties resulting from enforcement actions (see S. 2949), S6204 [20NO]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 525), S4997 [28JY]

Remarks in House

Crime: establish IRS office to prosecute sex traffickers for violations of tax laws, stiffen criminal and monetary penalties for such violations, and label victims of sex trafficking as whistleblowers (H.R. 4708), E807 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding for use in contravention of whistleblower protections for contractor employees, H6052 [10JY]

Dept. of State: allegations of attempting to cover up misconduct by high-ranking officials, H12 [7JA]

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H3442 [6MY]

——— impeach (H. Res. 411), H6663 [23JY]

Kiriakou, John: call for Presidential pardon of conviction for disclosing classified information, E1601 [17NO]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend period of certain authority relative to judicial review of decisions on whistleblowers (H.R. 4197), H6161, H6162 [14JY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: intelligence community whistleblowing and source protection directorate funding, H5466, H5467 [18JN], E1048 [23JN]

U.S. Office of Special Counsel: increase funding for ongoing oversight of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, E1452 [19SE]

Remarks in Senate

Antitrust policy: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 42), S5846 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: investigate delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at VA medical facilities, S4099 [26JN]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information on matters that does not affect national security, S3624 [12JN]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend period of certain authority relative to judicial review of decisions on whistleblowers (H.R. 4197), S5570 [11SE]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 525), S5003 [28JY], S6226 [1DE]

Whistleblower Protection Act: anniversary, S2366–S2369 [10AP]

Reports filed

All Circuit Review Extension Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 4197), S5216 [31JY]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4197) (H. Rept. 113–519), H6214 [14JY]

Texts of

H.R. 4197, All Circuit Review Extension Act, H6161 [14JY]

S. Res. 525, National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, S4999 [28JY]