A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the period of certain authority with respect to judicial review of Merit Systems Protection Board decisions relating to whistleblowers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R. 4197 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the period of certain authority with respect to judicial review of Merit Systems Protection Board decisions relating to whistleblowers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

By Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Farenthold, and Mr. Connolly), H2301 [11MR]

Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (H. Rept. 113–519, part 1), H6214 [14JY]

Rules suspended. Passed House, H6161 [14JY]

Text, H6161 [14JY]

Committee on the Judiciary discharged, H6214 [14JY]

Message from the House, S4501 [15JY], S5623 [16SE]

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, S4502 [15JY]

Reported (no written report), S5216 [31JY]

Passed Senate, S5570 [11SE]

Message from the Senate, H7459 [15SE]

Examined and signed in the House, H7614 [16SE]

Examined and signed in the Senate, S5623 [16SE]

Presented to the President (September 17, 2014), H7672 [17SE]

Approved [Public Law 113–170] (signed September 26, 2014)