FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act

FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act

This bill allows whistleblowers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to appeal agency decisions regarding alleged reprisals to the Merit Systems Protection Board. Whistleblowers may also seek action directly from the board if the agency does not issue a decision within 180 days of receiving such an allegation.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9122 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9122

   To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide employees of the 
  Federal Bureau of Investigation whistleblower appeal rights to the 
        Merit Systems Protection Board, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2022

 Ms. Speier (for herself and Ms. Mace) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide employees of the 
  Federal Bureau of Investigation whistleblower appeal rights to the 
        Merit Systems Protection Board, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FBI Whistleblower Protection 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. APPEALS TO MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD RELATING TO FBI 
              REPRISAL ALLEGATIONS; SALARY OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.

    Section 2303 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) An employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who 
makes an allegation of a reprisal under regulations promulgated under 
this section may appeal a final determination or corrective action 
order by the Bureau under those regulations to the Merit Systems 
Protection Board pursuant to section 1221.
    ``(2) If no final determination or corrective action order has been 
made or issued for an allegation described in paragraph (1) before the 
expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the 
allegation is received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 
employee described in that paragraph may seek corrective action 
directly from the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to section 
1221.''.
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