To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.
Latest action · Feb 12, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 11, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2019 to Feb 11, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Feb 11, 2019 |
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 Feb 7, 2019 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 12, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 11, 2019Ms. Hill (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Feb 11, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1499-1500)
- Feb 11, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1064.
- Feb 11, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1499)
- Feb 11, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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 H1499, H1500Text printed H1499Notices H1515Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1064, allow Federal whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients | John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Katie Hill D-CA, Mark Meadows R-NC | Feb 11, 2019 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 24, February 7, 2019, page H1463.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2500 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | Related bill | Aug 11, 2020 |
| S 4880 | Protecting Our Democracy Act | Related bill | Oct 26, 2020 |
| HR 8363 | Protecting Our Democracy Act | Related bill | Sep 23, 2020 |
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 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2019Referred in Senate
- Feb 11, 2019Engrossed in House
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced 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.
