Title: Whistleblower Expansion Act of 2019
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Whistleblower Expansion Act of 2019
This bill specifically applies to subcontractors and subgrantees certain whistleblower protection provisions regarding contractor protection from reprisals.
Such reprisals are for disclosure of information reasonably believed to evidence gross mismanagement of a federal contract or grant, a gross waste of federal funds, abuse of authority relating to a federal contract or grant, a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a federal contract or grant.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4147 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4147

 To amend section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, to clarify the 
     inclusion of subcontractors and subgrantees for whistleblower 
                              protection.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2019

 Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Meadows, and Mr. Gibbs) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, to clarify the 
     inclusion of subcontractors and subgrantees for whistleblower 
                              protection.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Whistleblower Expansion Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION FOR SUBCONTRACTORS 
              AND SUBGRANTEES.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``or grantee'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``grantee, or subgrantee'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``contractor or 
        grantee'' and inserting ``contractor, subcontractor, grantee, 
        or subgrantee'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``contractor or 
        grantee'' each place it appears and inserting ``contractor, 
        subcontractor, grantee, or subgrantee'';
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``subcontractors, and 
        grantees'' and inserting ``subcontractors (at any tier), 
        grantees, and subgrantees (at any tier)'';
            (5) in subsection (f), by striking ``or grantee'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``grantee, or subgrantee'';
            (6) by inserting ``(at any tier)'' after ``subcontractor''; 
        and
            (7) by inserting ``(at any tier)'' after ``subgrantee''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply as 
though enacted with Public Law 114-261 on December 14, 2016.
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