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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10111 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``UAP Whistleblower Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR DISCLOSURES RELATING TO THE USE 
              OF FEDERAL TAXPAYER FUNDS TO EVALUATE OR RESEARCH 
              UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENON MATERIAL.

    (a) Federal Civilian Employees.--Section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the comma at the 
                end and inserting ``, or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer funds 
                        to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous 
                        phenomenon material,''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer funds 
                        to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous 
                        phenomenon material; or''.
    (b) FBI.--Section 2303(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate 
                or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon 
                material.''.
    (c) Department of Defense.--
            (1) Armed forces.--Section 1034(c)(2) of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) The use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or 
        research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material.''.
            (2) DOD contractors.--Section 4701(a)(1) of title 10, 
        United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(D) The use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or 
        research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material.''.
    (d) Federal Civilian Contractors.--Section 4712(a)(1) of title 41, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``a gross waste of 
Federal funds,'' the following; ``the use of Federal taxpayer funds to 
evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material,''.
    (e) Intelligence Community.--Section 1104 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or'' after 
                the semicolon; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following:
                    ``(C) the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate 
                or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon 
                material;''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer funds 
                        to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous 
                        phenomenon material.''.
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