NO FEAR for Whistleblowers Act

Bill: 118-hr-2674
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2023-04-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>NO FEAR for Whistleblowers Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation training that is required to be provided to federal employees from (1) being offered at the same time as insider threat training, or (2) including information on insider threats. Under current law, the training is required to address the rights and protections that apply to employees under laws that prohibit employment discrimination and retaliation (e.g., whistleblower protection laws).&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2674 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2023 Mr. Gaetz (for himself and Mr. Biggs ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability A BILL To amend the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to prohibit training that includes information on insider threats, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NO FEAR for Whistleblowers Act . 2. Training limitation Section 202(c) of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: , except that such training may not be offered at the same time as insider threat training and may not include information on insider threats .