S. 795 · 114th Congress
A bill to enhance whistleblower protection for contractor and grantee employees.
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- Senate Introduced Mar 18, 2015
- Senate Passed Jun 23, 2016
- House Passed Dec 5, 2016
- President To the President Dec 7, 2016
- President Signed Dec 14, 2016
- Law Dec 14, 2016
The bill extends the prohibition against reimbursement of legal fees incurred in defending against reprisal claims brought by whistle-blowers to defense and civilian subcontractors and personal services contractors.
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 14, 2016
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 7, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 1) This bill extends federal contractor whistle-blower protections to employees of: (1) personal services contractors working on defense contracts (currently, the protections apply to employees of defense contractors, subcontractors, grantees, or subgrantees); and (2) personal services contractors or subgrantees working on federal civilian contracts (currently, the protections apply to employees of civilian contractors, subcontractors, or grantees). The civilian contractor protections, which are currently in effect as a pilot program, are made permanent.
The bill extends the prohibition against reimbursement of legal fees incurred in defending against reprisal claims brought by whistle-blowers to defense and civilian subcontractors and personal services contractors.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A bill to enhance whistleblower protection for contractor and grantee employees.
Latest action (Dec 14, 2016): Became Public Law No: 114-261.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 18, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Mar 18, 2015
- Senate Passed Jun 23, 2016
- House Passed Dec 5, 2016
- President To the President Dec 7, 2016
- President Signed Dec 14, 2016
- Law Dec 14, 2016
No recorded floor vote found.