US Congress House Bill 1507 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-05-14 - Committee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends federal personnel law relating to whistleblower protections to expand the concept of protected disclosure to include lawful disclosures without restriction to time, place, form, motive, context, forum, or prior disclosure, including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's duties. Defines evidentiary standards applicable to whistleblower disclosures. Includes as a prohibited personnel practice against whistleblowers the implementation or enforcement of any nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement, a suspension or revocation of a security clearance, and an investigation of a whistleblower. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of security clearance revocations of federal employees at a select sample of executive branch agencies and report to Congress on such study. Provides for expedited review of Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) decisions interpreting whistleblower protections in U.S. district court. Grants authority to MSPB to determine whether whistleblower security clearances were properly suspended or revoked. Expands whistleblower protection to employees or former employees of a national security agency. Prohibits reprisals against such employees, including revocations of their security clearances, for making disclosures. Extends whistleblower protections to contractors, employees of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and individuals who disclose censorship related to federal research or technical information.

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009

Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-14		Committee Hearings Held.
2009-03-12		Referred to House Homeland Security
2009-03-12		Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2009-03-12		Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB372 (Related) 2010-12-22 - Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1507/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1507/BILLS-111hr1507ih.pdf