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Whistleblower Anti-Gag Act of 2026

To amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that Federal employees are fully informed of their whistleblower rights.

Introduced Mar 16, 2026

Latest action (Mar 16, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Referred to
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Civil Rights

Summary

This bill amends federal law to ensure that federal employees are fully informed of their whistleblower rights. Specifically, it modifies the federal code section governing whistleblower protections to address nondisclosure policies, forms, or agreements that federal employees may be required to sign. The bill aims to prevent such agreements from being used as gag clauses that would discourage employees from reporting violations or misconduct. By clarifying whistleblower protections in relation to nondisclosure agreements, the bill seeks to protect federal employees' ability to report lawbreaking.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 16, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
  2. Mar 16, 2026 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 4100 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify whistleblower protections for duty speech disclosures, and for other purposes. · Introduced Mar 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 82%
  • S 4631 — Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2026 · Passed Senate May 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 78%
  • S 1154 — Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • S 874 — Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025 · Passed Senate May 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 78%
  • S 241 — Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2012 · Introduced Dec 19, 2012 · Cong. 112 74%
  • S 4413 — Protecting America’s Workers Act · Introduced Apr 28, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 16, 2026

Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that Federal employees are fully informed of their whistleblower rights.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Whistleblower Anti-Gag Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. ANTI-GAG PROVISION.

Section 2302(a)(2)(C)(i) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or in the case of a nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement described under subsection (b)(13)” after “(D)”. <all>

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