UAP Whistleblower Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5060 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5060

     To provide whistleblower protections to Federal personnel for 
 disclosing the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research 
  unidentified anomalous phenomenon material, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 29, 2025

Mr. Burchett (for himself and Mrs. Luna) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
 and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence 
 (Permanent Select), 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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide whistleblower protections to Federal personnel for 
 disclosing the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research 
  unidentified anomalous phenomenon material, 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 ``UAP Whistleblower Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR DISCLOSURES RELATING TO THE USE 
              OF FEDERAL TAXPAYER FUNDS TO EVALUATE OR RESEARCH 
              UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENON MATERIAL.

    (a) Federal Civilian Employees.--Section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the comma at the 
                end and inserting ``, or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer funds 
                        to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous 
                        phenomenon material,''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer funds 
                        to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous 
                        phenomenon material; or''.
    (b) FBI.--Section 2303(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate 
                or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon 
                material.''.
    (c) Department of Defense.--
            (1) Armed forces.--Section 1034(c)(2) of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) The use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or 
        research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material.''.
            (2) DOD contractors.--Section 4701(a)(1) of title 10, 
        United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(D) The use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or 
        research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material.''.
    (d) Federal Civilian Contractors.--Section 4712(a)(1) of title 41, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``a gross waste of 
Federal funds,'' the following; ``the use of Federal taxpayer funds to 
evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material,''.
    (e) Intelligence Community.--Section 1104 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or'' after 
                the semicolon; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following:
                    ``(C) the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate 
                or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon 
                material;''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the semicolon at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer funds 
                        to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous 
                        phenomenon material.''.
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