S 274 · 110th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act
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Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Held at the desk.(2007-12-17)
Plain Language Summary
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Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act - Includes as a protected disclosure by a federal employee any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of any violation of law, waste, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure. 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 any violation of law, waste, fraud, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure. Requires agencies to inform employees on how to make a lawful disclosure of information.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 274, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act
Jun 25, 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 13, 2007</p>
Full CBO report ↗S. 274, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act
Jun 25, 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 13, 2007
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (12)
8 Democrats3 Republicans1 Independent