NDA Act

Bill: 115-hr-5351
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2018-03-20
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights

Executive Office of the President

Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government information and archives
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Disrupting Accountability Act or the NDA Act</b></p> <p>This bill states that a nondisclosure agreement based on an individual's employment in the Executive Office of the President or the White House may not be enforced against the individual for disclosing information, in violation of the nondisclosure agreement, about wrongdoing.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5351 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 20, 2018 Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself and Mr. Smith of Washington ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To prohibit the enforcement of a nondisclosure agreement based on an individual’s employment in the Executive Office of the President if the disclosure of information in violation of the agreement is based on whistleblowing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Disrupting Accountability Act or the NDA Act . 2. Prohibition of enforcement of nondisclosure agreements with Executive Office of the President if disclosure is based on whistleblowing (a) Prohibition A nondisclosure agreement based on an individual's employment in the Executive Office of the President or the White House may not be enforced against the individual if the individual’s disclosure of information in violation of the agreement is described under section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code. (b) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to a nondisclosure agreement entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.