WHISTLEBLOWING see also Federal Employees

Amendments

Antitrust policy: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 1599), S5474 [22JY]

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 (S. 304), S2487 [28AP]

Articles and editorials

High Price of Blowing the Whistle on EPA (excerpt), H5311 [21JY]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (see S. 1599), S4250 [17JN]

Armed Forces: improve procedures for legal justice for members (see S. 1130), S2530 [29AP] (see H.R. 2190), H2769 [30AP]

Civil rights: improve nonretaliation provisions of equal pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 83), S58 [7JA]

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. 1311), H1612 [4MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an Office of Whistleblower and Patient Protection (see H.R. 1129), H1369 [26FE]

——— establish procedures for processing of whistleblower complaints (see S. 2291), S8020 [17NO]

——— improve treatment of whistleblower complaints (see H.R. 571), H639 [27JA]

——— provide that congressional testimony by employees is official duty (see H.R. 2981), H4955 [8JY]

——— review certain whistleblower complaints (see H.R. 3373), H5766 [29JY]

——— terminate any employee who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower (see S. 788), S1629 [18MR]

EEOC: strengthen Federal antidiscrimination laws and expand accountability within the Federal Government (see H.R. 1557), H1898 [24MR]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (see S. 2180), S7272 [8OC]

——— enhance protection for contractor and grantee employees (see S. 795), S1629 [18MR]

——— extend protections for defense contractor employees to employees of contractors of elements of the intelligence community (see S. 794), S1629 [18MR]

FBI: provide adequate whistleblower protections (see S. 2390), S8602 [10DE]

Federal employees: provide whistleblowing protections to probationary employees, provide Special Counsel with adequate access to information, and increase awareness of Federal whistleblower protections (see S. 2127), S7102 [1OC]

Labor unions: provide whistleblower protection for union employees (see H.R. 1513), H1803 [19MR]

Law enforcement: provide for oversight of, and place restrictions on, Federal programs that provide equipment to law enforcement agencies (see S. 1245), S2730 [7MY] (see H.R. 2326), H3211 [14MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (see H.R. 3528), H6075 [16SE]

Medicare: provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see S. 1132), S2530 [29AP] (see H.R. 2083), H2652 [29AP]

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. 304), S653 [29JA]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 236), S6187 [30JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose safety violations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide a safe worksite (see S. 1112), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2090), H2652 [29AP]

Power resources: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 2824), H4541 [18JN]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: reform (see S. 1337), S2850 [13MY] (see H.R. 2305), H2957 [13MY]

Letters

Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act: Stephen M. Kohn, National Whistleblower Center (organization), S5475 [22JY]

Remarks in House

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: whistleblower allegations relative to intentional omission of findings from study examining possible relationship between certain vaccines and autism, H5602 [29JY]

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. 1311), E309 [4MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide that congressional testimony by employees is official duty, H5628 [29JY]

EEOC: strengthen Federal antidiscrimination laws and expand accountability within the Federal Government (H.R. 1557), H5308–H5312 [21JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (H.R. 3528), E1292 [16SE]

Martland, Charles: condemn punishment for whistleblowing, H6743 [30SE]

Remarks in Senate

Antitrust policy: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 1599), S4252 [17JN], S5474, S5475 [22JY]

Civil rights: improve nonretaliation provisions of equal pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, S7633 [29OC]

Dept. of Justice: U.S. Marshals Service internal investigation relative to whistleblowing and media leak, S6340 [5AU]

False Claims Act: clarify proof of intent regulations, S6102 [29JY]

FBI: provide adequate whistleblower protections (S. 2390), S8605–S8607 [10DE]

Federal employees: provide anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers, S6340 [5AU]

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 (S. 304), S655, S656 [29JA], S2423 [27AP], S2487, S2488 [28AP]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 236), S6147 [30JY]

——— observance, S6340 [5AU]

Navy: policies and practices relative to retaliation against whistleblowers, S8876 [18DE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose safety violations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide a safe worksite (S. 1112), S2477, S2478 [28AP]

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: reform, S8237 [1DE]

——— reform (S. 1337), S2901 [14MY]

U.S. Marshals Service: address allegations of favoritism in award of contracts, mismanagement of Assets Forfeiture Fund and retaliation against whistleblowers, S2644 [5MY]

Reports filed

Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1599), S5169 [16JY]

Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1557) (H. Rept. 114–117), H3251 [15MY]

Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 304) (S. Rept. 114–13), S2110 [13AP]

Statements

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Whistleblower Allegations Relative to Intentional Omission of Findings From Study Examining Possible Relationship Between Certain Vaccines and Autism: William Thompson, H5602 [29JY]

Texts of

H.R. 1557, Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act, H5308–H5310 [21JY]

S. 304, Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act, S2487 [28AP]

S. 1599, Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, S5474 [22JY]

S. 2390, FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S8606 [10DE]

S. Res. 236, National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, S6191 [30JY]