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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5060 
To provide whistleblower protections to Federal personnel for disclosing the 
use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research unidentified anoma-
lous phenomenon material, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 29, 2025 
Mr. BURCHETT (for himself and Mrs. LUNA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intel-
ligence (Permanent Select), 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 evalu-
ate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon ma-
terial, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘UAP Whistleblower 
Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR DISCLOSURES 
RELATING TO THE USE OF FEDERAL TAX-
PAYER 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer 
funds to evaluate or research unidentified 
anomalous phenomenon material; or’’. 
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(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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 phe-
nomenon material.’’. 
(2) DOD CONTRACTORS.—Section 4701(a)(1) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) The use of Federal taxpayer funds to 
evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phe-
nomenon material.’’. 
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(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 mate-
rial,’’. 
(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 semicolon 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer 
funds to evaluate or research unidentified 
anomalous phenomenon material.’’. 
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