professionals who work in health care facilities that 
receive the majority of their funding from the Fed-
eral Government should support and protect medical 
professionals from discrimination and retaliation. 
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘claim’’ means a cause of action 
or an alleged discriminatory or retaliatory act identi-
fied in a complaint; 
(2) the term ‘‘criminal violation’’ includes any 
of the offenses proscribed by section 241, 371, 373, 
or 1962 of title 18, United States Code, including 
fraud, perjury, bribery, witness tampering, and ob-
struction of justice; 
(3) the term ‘‘culpable official’’ means an indi-
vidual, currently or formerly employed by a Federal 
agency, whose conduct in the course of that employ-
ment is the basis for a final finding of discrimina-
tion; 
(4) the term ‘‘disciplinary action’’ includes a 
suspension, demotion, or termination; 
(5) the term ‘‘employee’’ means any Federal 
employee within the meaning of section 103 of the 
No FEAR Act of 2002 and any other individual, in-
cluding permanent, temporary, full- or part-time em-
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ployees or independent contractors performing serv-
ices for an organization that in whole or in part is 
a contractor or grantee or other entity that receives 
a majority of its funding from the Federal Govern-
ment; 
(6) the term ‘‘Federal official’’ means any man-
ager, supervisor, or senior policy official employed by 
a Federal agency and having any of the powers and 
responsibilities of management— 
(A) to give instructions or orders to subor-
dinates; 
(B) to be held responsible for the work and 
actions of other employees; or 
(C) to administer discipline and penalties; 
(7) the term ‘‘final finding of discrimination’’ 
means a finding of discrimination (as described in 
section 201(a) of the No FEAR Act of 2002) that 
is final and not appealable, and includes an order of 
settlement; 
(8) the term ‘‘immediately’’ means within less 
than 10 calendar days; 
(9) the term ‘‘Title VII’’ means title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); 
and 
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(10) the term ‘‘whistleblower’’ means an em-
ployee who discloses information which the employee 
reasonably believes evidences— 
(A) a violation of Title VII or any other 
law, or of any rule or regulation; or 
(B) gross mismanagement, a gross waste 
of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial 
and specific danger to public health or safety. 
SEC. 104. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I OF THE NO FEAR ACT 
OF 2002. 
Section 102(6) of the Notification and Federal Em-
ployee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 
U.S.C. 2301 note), in this Act referred to as the ‘‘No 
FEAR Act of 2002’’, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘within a 
reasonable time’’ and inserting ‘‘no later than two 
years after the Judgment Fund makes the pay-
ment’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘agency, 
may need to extend reimbursement over several 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘agency, may need to make ar-
rangements for a payment schedule with the Treas-
ury not to exceed two years’’. 
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TITLE 
II—AMENDMENTS 
TO 
TITLE II OF THE NO FEAR 
ACT OF 2002 
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENT 
REQUIREMENT. 
Subsection (b) of section 201 of the No FEAR Act 
of 2002 is amended— 
(1) by making the text of such subsection a 
paragraph (1), indented 2 ems and with a heading 
that reads as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO BE PROVIDED BY AGENCY.— 
No later than 45 days after the date of the receipt 
of a final finding of discrimination, the agency shall 
notify the Department of the Treasury— 
‘‘(A) of its responsibility to repay the 
Judgment Fund; and 
‘‘(B) to arrange payment of the full 
amount or to make arrangements for a pay-
ment schedule in accordance with paragraph 
(3). 
‘‘(3) 
DEADLINE
FOR
REPAYMENTS
GEN-
ERALLY.—The agency shall repay the Judgment 
Fund in full no later than the close of the second 
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fiscal year beginning after the date on which the 
Judgment Fund makes the payment (or, if made 
under a payment schedule, the close of the second 
fiscal year beginning after the date on which the 
Judgment Fund makes the final payment).’’. 
SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO NOTIFICATION RE-
QUIREMENT. 
Section 202 of the No FEAR Act of 2002 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to Federal 
employees,’’ and inserting ‘‘to Federal employees 
(including any employee of a contractor receiving 
more than 50 percent of its annual gross revenues 
from Federal contracts),’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Within 3 days after the date of the en-
actment of the No FEAR Act of 2008, and annually 
thereafter, each Federal agency shall notify its em-
ployees, by e-mail or voice mail, of the Internet site 
used by such agency in compliance with the pre-
ceding sentence.’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) EMPLOYEE TRAINING.—Each Federal agency 
shall ensure that employees of such agency receive training 
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