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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10111 

To provide whistleblower protections to Federal personnel for disclosing the 

use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. BURCHETT (for himself, Ms. MACE, Mrs. LUNA, and Mr. BURLISON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide whistleblower protections to Federal personnel 

for disclosing the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘UAP Whistleblower 

5 Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR DISCLOSURES 

2 RELATING TO THE USE OF FEDERAL TAX3 PAYER FUNDS TO EVALUATE OR RESEARCH 

4 UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENON 

5 MATERIAL. 

6 (a) FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.—Section 

7 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

9 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

10 end; 

11 (B) in clause (ii), by striking the comma at 

12 the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

13 (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer 

16 funds to evaluate or research unidentified 

17 anomalous phenomenon material,’’; and 

18 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

20 end; and 

21 (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer 

24 funds to evaluate or research unidentified 

25 anomalous phenomenon material; or’’. 


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1 (b) FBI.—Section 2303(a)(2) of title 5, United 

2 States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

4 the end; 

5 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

6 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

7 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(C) the use of Federal taxpayer funds to 

10 evaluate or research unidentified anomalous 

11 phenomenon material.’’. 

12 (c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 

13 (1) ARMED FORCES.—Section 1034(c)(2) of 

14 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 

15 at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(D) The use of Federal taxpayer funds to 

17 evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phe18 nomenon material.’’. 

19 (2) DOD CONTRACTORS.—Section 4701(a)(1) 

20 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add21 ing at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(D) The use of Federal taxpayer funds to 

23 evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phe24 nomenon material.’’. 


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1 (d) FEDERAL CIVILIAN CONTRACTORS.—Section 

2 4712(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code, is amended 

3 by inserting after ‘‘a gross waste of Federal funds,’’ the 

4 following; ‘‘the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate 

5 or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon mate6 rial,’’. 

7 (e) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Section 1104 of 

8 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

12 at the end; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 

14 after the semicolon; and 

15 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(C) the use of Federal taxpayer funds to 

18 evaluate or research unidentified anomalous 

19 phenomenon material;’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)— 

21 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

22 end; 

23 (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 

24 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 


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1 (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer 

4 funds to evaluate or research unidentified 

5 anomalous phenomenon material.’’. 

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