Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1330
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-05-06
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Department of Energy

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government studies and investigations

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for employees of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy to have whistle-blower rights and protections.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1330 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 6, 2019 Ms. Duckworth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower rights and protections, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 . 2. Definition of person Section 211(a)(2) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5851(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and indenting the clauses appropriately; (2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through includes— and inserting the following: (2) Definitions In this section: (A) Employer The term employer includes— ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (B) Person The term person includes— (i) a person (as defined in section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2014 )); (ii) the Commission; and (iii) the Department of Energy. .