Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act
Latest action · May 5, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4901-4902)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets forth provisions concerning review and appeal of actions concerning such disclosures.
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide that, for purposes of provisions regarding the protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information, a permissible use of independently obtained critical infrastructure information includes any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of waste, fraud, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure.
Requires agencies to inform employees on how to make a lawful disclosure of information.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2003 to Jun 1, 2004; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Jun 26, 2003 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Jun 26, 2003 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jun 26, 2003 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jun 26, 2003 |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Jul 9, 2003 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Nov 12, 2003 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | May 5, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jun 1, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2003Hearings Nov 12, 2003 |
| Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee | Referred Aug 1, 2003 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4901-4902)
- Nov 12, 2003Committee on Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-414.
- Aug 1, 2003Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.
- Jul 9, 2003Star Print ordered on the bill.
- Jun 26, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Jun 26, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8749)
- Jun 26, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8749-8751)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4901 | Daniel K. Akaka D-HI | May 5, 2004 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8749–S8756Text printed S8749–S8751Analyses S8755 | Carl Levin D-MI, Daniel K. Akaka D-HI (text) | Jun 26, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 6
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-401 | PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2005 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR105 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Feb 12, 2004 |
| — | PRIVACY IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT: THE PRIVACY OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY49 pages | Judiciary Committee | Feb 10, 2004 |
| S. Hrg. 108-414 | S. 1358--THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PROTECTION OF DISCLOSURES ACT: AMENDMENTS TO THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT241 pages | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Nov 12, 2003 |
| S. Hrg. 108-318 | NOMINATION OF SCOTT J. BLOCH61 pages | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Nov 12, 2003 |
| Serial No. 108-25 | PERSPECTIVES ON 9/11: BUILDING EFFECTIVELY ON HARD LESSONS77 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Sep 10, 2003 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2628 | Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act | Related bill | Oct 8, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosure of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in non-disclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative remedies
- Appellate courts
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil actions and liability
- Classified defense information
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional witnesses
- Disciplining of employees
- Dismissal of employees
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee rights
- Evidence (Law)
- Executive orders
- Federal employees
- Government attorneys
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Information leaking
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Judicial review
- Jurisdiction
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legal fees
- Merit Systems Protection Board
- Office of Special Counsel
- Parties to actions
- Personnel management
- Promotions
- Security clearances
- Security measures
- Waste in government spending
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2003Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.