HR 2196 · 115th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.
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EnactedLatest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.(2018-10-11)
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This bill expands the list of individuals to whom a whistleblower may disclose information evidencing a violation of law, gross mismanagement, waste of funds, abuse of authority, or danger to public health or safety to include such whistleblower's immediate supervisor or agency head, the Director of National Intelligence, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, or an employee designated to receive such disclosures.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2196, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients
May 23, 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 2, 2017
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 2196, an act to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients
Oct 3, 2018As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 26, 2018
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (3)
2 Democrats1 Republican