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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9721 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9721

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to 
 add whistleblower protections to certain modified contracts, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2024

Ms. De La Cruz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 to 
 add whistleblower protections to certain modified contracts, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Access to Whistleblower 
Protections Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS.

    Section 828(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1841) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``At the time'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--At the time''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Department of housing and urban development 
                contracts.--
                            ``(i) In general.--At the time of any 
                        covered modification to a contract that the 
                        Secretary of Housing and Urban Development has 
                        awarded before the date that is 180 days after 
                        the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
                        Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
                        shall make best efforts to include in the 
                        contract a contract clause providing for the 
                        applicability of the amendments made by this 
                        section to the contract.
                            ``(ii) Covered modification defined.--In 
                        this subparagraph, the term `covered 
                        modification' means any modification, including 
                        a modification relating to--
                                    ``(I) a contract option year;
                                    ``(II) a contract extension;
                                    ``(III) a contract renewal;
                                    ``(IV) a review for approval of or 
                                execution of an annual contributions 
                                contract;
                                    ``(V) a substantial deviation;
                                    ``(VI) a significant amendment; or
                                    ``(VII) an annual cost or rent 
                                adjustment.''.
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