US Congress Senate Bill 4476 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on August 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates certain administrative and judicial remedies for federal employees whose right to provide information to Congress is interfered with or denied. Under current law, federal employees have the right to petition or furnish information to Congress or to individual Members of Congress, and this right may not be interfered with or denied. The bill explicitly allows employees who are aggrieved by a violation of this right to seek administrative remedies that are currently available to whistleblowers who are fired or experience other forms of retaliation. The bill also establishes a private right of action for aggrieved employees, including the option of a jury trial, if an administrative remedy is not issued within 210 days of a complaint being made. The bill applies to employees and contractors of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, including members of the intelligence community.

Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2020

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4476/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4476/BILLS-116s4476is.pdf