UAP Whistleblower Protection Act

Summary

Extends federal whistleblower protections to cover disclosures about the use of taxpayer funds to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material. It amends existing whistleblower statutes for federal civilian employees, the FBI, Department of Defense personnel and contractors, federal contractors, and intelligence community personnel so that reporting on taxpayer-funded UAP research is a protected disclosure. The change is purely definitional: it inserts this disclosure category into multiple existing protections. It does not authorize new spending, set deadlines, or change other program rules.

• Adds "the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material" as a protected disclosure subject across multiple whistleblower statutes.
• Extends protections to federal civilian employees, DoD personnel and contractors, FBI employees, federal contractors, and intelligence community personnel covered by existing laws.
• The change is purely an amendment to existing statutes; it does not provide funding or create new programs.
• No deadlines, dollar amounts, or new reporting procedures are included.
• Protected disclosures remain subject to existing classification and national-security legal limits.
• Likely to encourage reporting about taxpayer-funded UAP research by reducing fear of retaliation.
• Agencies will apply their current whistleblower procedures when handling these disclosures.
• Does not alter penalties, enforcement processes, or adjudicative standards beyond existing whistleblower law.