Military Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-704
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2013-02-14
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Evidence and witnesses

Military personnel and dependents

Subversive activities

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Military Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act - Provides whistleblower protections to a member of the Armed Forces who complains or discloses evidence of ideologically based threats or actions of another member that the providing member reasonably believes could be counterproductive or detrimental to U.S. interests or security.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 704 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2013 Mr. Carter (for himself, Mr. Wolf , and Mr. Burgess ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend whistleblower protections to a member of the Armed Forces who alerts Department of Defense investigation or law enforcement organizations, a person or organization in the member’s chain of command, and certain other persons or entities about the potentially dangerous ideologically based threats or actions of another member against United States interests or security.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act . 2. Protected communications by members of the Armed Forces and prohibition of retaliatory personnel actions Section 1034(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) Ideologically based threats or actions of another member that the member providing the information reasonably believes could be counterproductive or detrimental to United States interests or security. .