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Expands legal protections for people who report wrongdoing or refuse illegal orders while working on federal contracts. It prevents retaliation (like firing or demotion), bars executive-branch officials from asking contractors to punish whistleblowers, and makes those protections non-waivable — including by pre-dispute arbitration agreements.
One part targets workers on Department of Defense and NASA contracts and creates explicit disciplinary authority against executive-branch officials who request reprisals; the other part extends parallel protections to persons on or connected with other federal contracts. The bill also defines who counts as a protected individual and clarifies covered disclosures and refusals.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced March 5, 2025 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress 1 year ago