IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 985 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 15, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclo-
sures of information are protected from prohibited per-
sonnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure 
policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such 
policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with cer-
tain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. 
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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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Clarification of disclosures covered. 
Sec. 3. Definitional amendments. 
Sec. 4. Rebuttable presumption. 
Sec. 5. Nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements. 
Sec. 6. Exclusion of agencies by the President. 
Sec. 7. Disciplinary action. 
Sec. 8. Government Accountability Office study on revocation of security clear-
ances. 
Sec. 9. Alternative recourse. 
Sec. 10. National security whistleblower rights. 
Sec. 11. Enhancement of contractor employee whistleblower protections. 
Sec. 12. Prohibited personnel practices affecting the Transportation Security 
Administration. 
Sec. 13. Clarification of whistleblower rights relating to scientific and other re-
search. 
Sec. 14. Effective date. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF DISCLOSURES COVERED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘which the employee or ap-
plicant reasonably believes evidences’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, without restriction as to time, place, 
form, motive, context, forum, or prior disclosure 
made to any person by an employee or appli-
cant, including a disclosure made in the ordi-
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nary course of an employee’s duties, that the 
employee or applicant reasonably believes is evi-
dence of’’; and 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a violation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any violation’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘which the employee or ap-
plicant reasonably believes evidences’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, without restriction as to time, place, 
form, motive, context, forum, or prior disclosure 
made to any person by an employee or appli-
cant, including a disclosure made in the ordi-
nary course of an employee’s duties, of informa-
tion that the employee or applicant reasonably 
believes is evidence of’’; and 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a violation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any violation (other than a viola-
tion of this section)’’. 
(b) PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES UNDER 
SECTION 2302(b)(9).—Title 5, United States Code, is 
amended in subsections (a)(3), (b)(4)(A), and (b)(4)(B)(i) 
of section 1214 and in subsections (a) and (e)(1) of sec-
tion 1221 by inserting ‘‘or 2302(b)(9)(B)–(D)’’ after ‘‘sec-
tion 2302(b)(8)’’ each place it appears. 
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