S 494 · 109th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act

Introduced 2005-03-02· Sponsored by Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 114.(2005-05-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act - Includes as a protected disclosure by a Federal employee: (1) any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of waste, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure; and (2) the disclosure of information required to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs that the employee or applicant reasonably believes is direct evidence of waste, abuse, or gross mismanagement if such disclosure is made to a Member or employee of Congress who is authorized to receive information of the type disclosed. Sets forth provisions concerning review and appeal of actions concerning such disclosures. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide that, for purposes of provisions regarding the protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information, a permissible use of independently obtained critical infrastructure information includes any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of waste, fraud, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction …

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

S. 494, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act

Apr 20, 2005

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 13, 2005</p>

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S. 494, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act

Apr 20, 2005

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 13, 2005

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (14)

9 Democrats5 Republicans