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Union Calendar No. 329 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7195 
[Report No. 117–423] 
To provide for certain whistleblower incentives and protections. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2022 
Ms. ADAMS (for herself and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
JULY 20, 2022 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 24, 2022] 
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A BILL 
To provide for certain whistleblower incentives and 
protections. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. WHISTLEBLOWER INCENTIVES AND PROTEC-
TIONS. 
(a) AWARDS FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 5323 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking subsection 
(b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In any covered judicial or 
administrative action, or related action, the Sec-
retary, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Attorney General and subject 
to subsection (c), shall pay an award or awards to 1 
or more whistleblowers who voluntarily provided 
original information to the employer of the indi-
vidual, the Secretary, or the Attorney General, as ap-
plicable, that led to the successful enforcement of the 
covered judicial or administrative action, or related 
action, in an aggregate amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) not less than 10 percent, in total, of 
what has been collected of the monetary sanctions 
imposed in the action or related actions; and 
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‘‘(B) not more than 30 percent, in total, of 
what has been collected of the monetary sanctions 
imposed in the action or related actions. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT OF AWARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any amount paid 
under paragraph (1) shall be paid from the 
Fund established under paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) RELATED
ACTIONS.—The Secretary 
may pay awards less than the amount described 
in paragraph (1)(A) for related actions in which 
a whistleblower may be paid by another whistle-
blower award program. 
‘‘(3) SOURCE OF AWARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a re-
volving fund to be known as the Financial Integ-
rity Fund (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘Fund’). 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUND.—The Fund shall be 
available to the Secretary, without further ap-
propriation or fiscal year limitations, only for 
the payment of awards to whistleblowers as pro-
vided in subsection (b). 
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‘‘(C) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUND.—The 
Fund shall not be available to pay any personnel 
or administrative expenses. 
‘‘(4) DEPOSITS AND CREDITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be deposited 
into or credited to the Fund an amount equal 
to— 
‘‘(i) any monetary sanction collected 
by the Secretary or Attorney General in 
any judicial or administrative action under 
this title or a covered statute, unless the bal-
ance of the Fund at the time the monetary 
sanction is collected exceeds $300,000,000; 
and 
‘‘(ii) all income from investments made 
under paragraph (5). 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS.—If 
the 
amounts deposited into or credited to the Fund 
under subparagraph (A) are not sufficient to sat-
isfy an award made under this subsection, there 
shall be deposited into or credited to the Fund an 
amount equal to the unsatisfied portion of the 
award from any monetary sanction collected by 
the Secretary of the Treasury or Attorney Gen-
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eral in the covered judicial or administrative ac-
tion on which the award is based. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—No amounts to be depos-
ited or transferred into the United States Vic-
tims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund estab-
lished under to the Justice for United States Vic-
tims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 
U.S.C. 20144) or the Crime Victims Fund estab-
lished under section 1402 of the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101) shall be deposited 
into or credited to the Fund. 
‘‘(5) INVESTMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNTS
IN
FUND
MAY
BE
IN-
VESTED.—The Secretary of the Treasury may 
invest the portion of the Fund that is not re-
quired to meet the current needs of the Fund. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE INVESTMENTS.—Investments 
shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury 
in obligations of the United States or obligations 
that are guaranteed as to principal and interest 
by the United States, with maturities suitable to 
the needs of the Fund as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(C) INTEREST
AND
PROCEEDS
CRED-
ITED.—The interest on, and the proceeds from 
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the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in 
the Fund shall be credited to, and form a part 
of, the Fund.’’. 
(2) 
COVERED
STATUTE
DEFINED.—Section 
5323(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) COVERED STATUTE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘covered statute’ means— 
‘‘(A) the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) sections 5 and 12 of the Trading With 
the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4305; 4312); and 
‘‘(C) the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Des-
ignation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 5323 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraphs (1) and (5), by striking 
‘‘this subchapter or subchapter III’’ each place 
the term appears and inserting ‘‘this subchapter 
or a covered statute, or for a conspiracy to vio-
late such subchapter or covered statute,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘with respect to’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘subchapter III’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘with respect to any covered 
judicial or administrative action’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘action by the Sec-
retary or the Attorney General’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘covered judicial or administrative ac-
tion’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(B)(iii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subchapter and subchapter 
III’’ and inserting ‘‘this subchapter or a covered 
statute, or a conspiracy or attempt to violate 
such subchapter or covered statute,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘either such subchapter’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the applicable subchapter or cov-
ered statute’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)(4)(D)(i), by inserting ‘‘or a 
covered statute’’ after ‘‘subchapter,’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title 
31, United States Code, to provide for certain whistle-
blower incentives and protections.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 329 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7195 
[Report No. 117–423] 
A BILL 
To provide for certain whistleblower incentives and 
protections. 
JULY 20, 2022 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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