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A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify whistleblower protections for duty speech disclosures, and for other purposes.
To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify whistleblower protections for duty speech disclosures, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill would amend federal whistleblower protection laws to clarify protections for disclosures made by certain federal employees. Specifically, it would protect disclosures made during the normal course of duties by employees whose principal job function is to regularly investigate and disclose wrongdoing. The bill restructures existing whistleblower protection provisions to incorporate this new category of protected disclosure. This amendment clarifies that employees in investigative and disclosure roles have protection for work-related disclosures made as part of their regular job duties.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Mar 16, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
- Mar 16, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 16, 2026
Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Wyden) 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 clarify whistleblower protections for duty speech disclosures, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF PROTECTIONS FOR DUTY SPEECH WHISTLEBLOWERS.
Section 2302(f) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking “(1) A” and inserting “A”;
(2) by striking paragraph (2);
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as paragraphs (1) through (7), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;
(4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking “or” at the end;
(5) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(6) by inserting at the end the following:
“(8) the disclosure is made during the normal course of duties of an employee, the principal job function of whom is to regularly investigate and disclose wrongdoing.”. <all>
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