the period of appeal, both parties may supplement 
the record with information unavailable to them at 
the time the stay was first requested.’’. 
(3) 
ACCESS
TO
DISTRICT
COURT; 
JURY 
TRIALS.—Section 1221(i) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(i) Subsections’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(i)(1) Subsections’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) If, in the case of an employee, former em-
ployee, or applicant for employment who seeks corrective 
action from the Merit Systems Protection Board based on 
an alleged prohibited personnel practice described in sec-
tion 2302(b)(8), section 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), (D), 
or (E), section 2302(b)(13), or section 2302(g), no final 
order or decision is issued by the Board within 180 days 
after the date on which a request for such corrective action 
has been duly submitted to the Board, such employee, 
former employee, or applicant may, after providing written 
notice to the Special Counsel and the Board and only with-
in 20 days after providing such notice, bring an action 
for review de novo before the appropriate United States 
district court, and such action shall, at the request of ei-
ther party to such action, be tried before a jury. Upon 
filing of an action with the appropriate United States dis-
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trict court, any proceedings before the Board shall cease 
and the employee, former employee, or applicant for em-
ployment waives any right to refile with the Board. 
‘‘(B) If the Board certifies (in writing) to the parties 
of a case that the complexity of such case requires a longer 
period of review, subparagraph (A) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘240 days’ for ‘180 days’. 
‘‘(C) In any such action brought before a United 
States district court under subparagraph (A), the court— 
‘‘(i) shall apply the standards set forth in sub-
section (e); and 
‘‘(ii) may award any relief which the court con-
siders appropriate, including any relief described in 
subsection (g).’’. 
(c) RECIPIENTS
OF
WHISTLEBLOWER
DISCLO-
SURES.—Section 2302(b)(8)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or to the Inspector General 
of an agency or another employee designated by the head 
of the agency to receive such disclosures’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Inspector General of an agency, a supervisor in the 
employee’s direct chain of command up to and including 
the head of the employing agency, or to an employee des-
ignated by any of the aforementioned individuals for the 
purpose of receiving such disclosures’’. 
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(d) ATTORNEY FEES.—Section 7703(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) If an employee, former employee, or appli-
cant for employment is the prevailing party under 
an appeal under this section, the employee, former 
employee, or applicant for employment shall be enti-
tled to attorney fees for all representation carried 
out pursuant to this section. In such an action for 
attorney fees, the agency responsible for taking the 
personnel action shall be the respondent and shall be 
responsible for paying the fees.’’. 
(e) EXTENDING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT 
TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.—Section 2302(a)(2)(A) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended in the matter following 
clause (xiii)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(9)(A)(i), (B), 
(C), (D), or (E), subsection (b)(13), or subsection 
(g),’’ after ‘‘subsection (b)(8),’’; and 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘title 31’’ the following: 
‘‘, a commissioned officer or applicant for employ-
ment in the Public Health Service, and a noncareer 
appointee in the Senior Executive Service’’. 
(f) RELIEF.—Section 7701(b)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘upon the 
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making of the decision’’ and inserting ‘‘upon making of 
the decision, necessary to make the employee whole as if 
there had been no prohibited personnel practice, including 
training, seniority and promotions consistent with the em-
ployee’s prior record,’’. 
SEC. 4. CLASSIFYING CERTAIN FURLOUGHS AS ADVERSE 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7512 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(5) a furlough of more than 14 days but less 
than 30 days; and 
‘‘(6) a furlough of 13 days or less that is not 
due to a lapse in appropriations;’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any furlough covered by such 
section 7512(5) or (6) (as amended by such subsection) 
occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 5. CODIFICATION OF PROTECTIONS FOR DISCLO-
SURES OF CENSORSHIP RELATED TO RE-
SEARCH, ANALYSIS, OR TECHNICAL INFOR-
MATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2302 of title 5, United 
States Code, as amended by section 2(c)(1), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘applicant’ means an applicant 
for a covered position; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘censorship related to research, 
analysis, or technical information’ means any effort 
to distort, misrepresent, or suppress research, anal-
ysis, or technical information; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘employee’ means an employee in 
a covered position in an agency. 
‘‘(2)(A) Any disclosure of information by an employee 
or applicant for employment that the employee or appli-
cant reasonably believes is evidence of censorship related 
to research, analysis, or technical information— 
‘‘(i) shall come within the protections of sub-
section (b)(8)(A) if— 
‘‘(I) the employee or applicant reasonably 
believes that the censorship related to research, 
analysis, or technical information is or will 
cause— 
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‘‘(aa) any violation of law, rule, or 
regulation; or 
‘‘(bb) gross mismanagement, a gross 
waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or 
a substantial and specific danger to public 
health or safety; and 
‘‘(II) such disclosure is not specifically pro-
hibited by law or such information is not spe-
cifically required by Executive order to be kept 
classified in the interest of national defense or 
the conduct of foreign affairs; and 
‘‘(ii) shall come within the protections of sub-
section (b)(8)(B) if— 
‘‘(I) the employee or applicant reasonably 
believes that the censorship related to research, 
analysis, or technical information is or will 
cause— 
‘‘(aa) any violation of law, rule, or 
regulation; or 
‘‘(bb) gross mismanagement, a gross 
waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or 
a substantial and specific danger to public 
health or safety; and 
‘‘(II) the disclosure is made to the Special 
Counsel, or to the Inspector General of an 
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agency or another person designated by the 
head of the agency to receive such disclosures, 
consistent with the protection of sources and 
methods. 
‘‘(3) A disclosure shall not be excluded from para-
graph (2) for any reason described under subsection (f)(1) 
or (2). 
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
imply any limitation on the protections of employees and 
applicants afforded by any other provision of law, includ-
ing protections with respect to any disclosure of informa-
tion believed to be evidence of censorship related to re-
search, analysis, or technical information.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 110 of the Whistle-
blower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112–199) is hereby repealed. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect 
any action under such section 110 commenced be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act or any protec-
tions afforded by such section with respect to such 
action. 
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in section 1212(h), by striking ‘‘or (9)’’ in 
each instance and inserting ‘‘, (b)(9), (b)(13), or 
(g)’’; 
(2) in section 1214(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 2302(b)(8) or sec-
tion 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), or (D)’’ in each 
instance and inserting ‘‘section 2302(b)(8), sec-
tion 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), (D), or (E), 
section 2302(b)(13), or section 2302(g)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘section 
2302(b)(8) or subparagraph (A)(i), (B), (C), or 
(D) of section 2302(b)(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 2302(b)(8), subparagraph (A)(i), (B), (C), 
(D), or (E) of section 2302(b)(9), section 
2302(b)(13), or section 2302(g)’’; 
(3) in section 1215, by striking ‘‘section 
2302(b)(8), or 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), or (D)’’ in 
each instance and inserting ‘‘section 2302(b)(8), sec-
tion 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), (D), or (E), section 
2302(b)(13), or section 2302(g)’’; 
(4) in section 2302— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 
(g)’’ after ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (2)(C)(i), by striking 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(8) 
or 
section 
2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), or (D)’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘section 
2302(b)(8), 
section 
2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), (D), or (E), 
section 2302(b)(13), or section 2302(g)’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (8) or subparagraph (A)(i), (B), 
(C), or (D) of paragraph (9) of subsection (b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (8), subparagraph 
(A)(i), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (9), or 
paragraph (13) of subsection (b) or subsection 
(g)’’; 
(5) in section 7515(a)(2), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (8), (9), or (14) of section 2302(b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (8), (9), (13), or (14) of section 
2302(b) or section 2302(g)’’; 
(6) in section 7701(c)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 
section 2302(g)’’ after ‘‘section 2302(b)’’; and 
(7) in section 7703(b)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 2302(b)(8), or 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), or 
(D)’’ in each instance and inserting ‘‘section 
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2302(b)(8), section 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), (D), 
or (E), section 2302(b)(13), or section 2302(g)’’. 
Æ 
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