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Makes multiple amendments to 41 U.S.C. 4712: replaces paragraph (1) of subsection (a) to expand protections to a 'protected individual' (including refusal to obey unlawful orders and disclosures of specific categories of information), replaces references to 'employee' with 'protected individual' in several places, inserts a prohibition on executive branch officials requesting contractors/grantees/etc. to engage in prohibited reprisals, adds authority to propose disciplinary action against executive branch officials for such requests, inserts an explicit non-waivability provision for rights/forums/remedies (including predispute arbitration agreements), redesignates subsections (g)/(h) as (f)/(g), and adds a new comprehensive definition of 'protected individual' that enumerates contractors/grantees, specified governments and territories, elements of the intelligence community (as defined in 50 U.S.C. 3003), employees and former employees, and persons performing personal services under contractual agreements.
Amends 10 U.S.C. 4701 to replace references to 'employee' with a broader 'protected individual' definition, revise the list of prohibited reprisals and protected disclosures (including explicit coverage for DoD and NASA contracts/grants and substantial dangers to public health or safety), prohibit executive branch officials from requesting reprisals, require proposing disciplinary action against such officials, clarify that rights and remedies may not be waived (including by predispute arbitration agreements), and add/redesignate related subsections and definitions.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Introduced September 26, 2025 by Robert Garcia · Last progress September 26, 2025
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Introduced in House