WHISTLEBLOWING

Amendments

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 372), S8799, S8809 [10DE], H8973 [22DE]

Bills and resolutions

Coastal zones: provide whistleblower and other protections to certain offshore workers (see H.R. 5749), H5675 [15JY]

———provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 5851), H6042 [26JY]

———provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (H.R. 5851), consideration (see H. Res. 1574), H6402 (see H. Res. 1574), H6454 [29JY]

Employment: protect employees from retaliation for notifying government officials of violations of Oil Pollution Act and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (see H.R. 5698), H5502 [1JY]

Espionage: improve, modernize, and clarify certain espionage statutes, promote Federal whistleblower protection statutes and regulations, and deter unauthorized disclosures of classified information (see S. 4051), S10929 [21DE]

Immigration: reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs (see H.R. 5397), H3823 [25MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve oversight of nursing facilities by ensuring adequate, trained surveyors (see H.R. 6261), H7389 [29SE]

Letters

Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H6488 [30JY]

———Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H6488 [30JY]

Protect identity of whistleblowers and ensure transparency and accountability in Government investigations of financial fraud: several consumer protection and government accountability organizations, S3975 [19MY]

Motions

Coastal zones: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (H.R. 5851), H6552 [30JY]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: extend whistleblower protections to members that report potentially dangerous ideologically based threats or actions of another member against U.S. interests or security (H.R. 4267), H458 [2FE], H1418 [15MR]

Coastal zones: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (H.R. 5851), H6486-H6492, H6497, H6510 [30JY]

———provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (H.R. 5851), consideration (H. Res. 1574), H6462-H6468 [30JY]

———provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (H.R. 5851), corrections in engrossment, H6562 [30JY]

———provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (H.R. 5851), motion to recommit, H6552-H6554 [30JY]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 372), H8966-H8974 [22DE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (H.R. 2067), H2902 [27AP]

Remarks in Senate

Espionage: improve, modernize, and clarify certain espionage statutes, promote Federal whistleblower protection statutes and regulations, and deter unauthorized disclosures of classified information (S. 4051), S10930 [21DE]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 372), S8809-S8817 [10DE]

Government regulations: protect identity of whistleblowers and ensure transparency and accountability in Government investigations of financial fraud, S3975 [19MY]

Immigration: reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs, S7584 [28SE]

SEC: provide whistleblower protections for employees of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, S3349 [6MY], S5872 [15JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act and H.R. 5851, Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1574) (H. Rept. 111-582), H6402, H6454 [29JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 1574, consideration of H.R. 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act and H.R. 5851, Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act, H6462 [30JY]

H.R. 5851, Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act, H6486 [30JY]

S. 372, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, S8817-S8824 [10DE], H8966-H8973 [22DE]

S. 4051, Espionage Statutes Modernization Act, S10931 [21DE]