To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.
Latest action · Oct 11, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
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.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2017
- Passed HouseOct 11, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(Sec. 1) This bill modifies whistle-blower protections for federal employees or applicants who disclose classified national security information, or other protected information, that evidences wrongdoing.
Currently, it is unlawful to retaliate against a federal employee for disclosing classified or protected information of wrongdoing to one of the following recipients: (1) the Office of Inspector General of their agency, (2) the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, or (3) a designated agency employee. This bill expands the list of recipients to whom a federal employee may make a protected disclosure to include a supervisor in the employee's direct chain of command.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2017 to May 2, 2017; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Apr 27, 2017 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Apr 27, 2017 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | May 2, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2017Markup May 2, 2017Reported Oct 10, 2017 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 16, 2017Markup Sep 26, 2018Reported Oct 11, 2018 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 11, 2018Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 115-346.
- Oct 11, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
- Sep 26, 2018Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Oct 16, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Oct 11, 2017Mr. Russell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7950, H7951Text printed H7950 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Steve Russell R-OK | Oct 11, 2017 |
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.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Oct 3, 2018H.R. 2196, an act to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipientsAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 26, 2018
- May 23, 2017H.R. 2196, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipientsAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 2, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 72, April 27, 2017, page H2942.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 11, 2018Reported to Senate
- Oct 16, 2017Referred in Senate
- Oct 11, 2017Engrossed in House
- Oct 10, 2017Reported in House
- Apr 27, 2017Introduced in House
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.
