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H.R. 2196 (115th)

To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients.

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Introduced

27 April 2017

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.

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Summary

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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