United StatesWhistleblower Protection Act of 2025
What it does
This bill expands existing whistleblower protections for employees of federal contractors or grant recipients to apply to all contracts and grants funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regardless of the date of execution.
More detail
Current law protects employees of federal contractors or grant recipients from a reprisal (i.e., discharge, demotion, or discrimination) for disclosing evidence to Congress or another appropriate official of certain misconduct involving federal contracts, grants, or funds. This provision currently applies only to contracts and grants signed or modified after the law took effect in 2013. The bill expands these protections to apply to HUD contracts and grants signed before the law was enacted.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 16Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.Latest
- Vote recorded On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Result: Passed.House
- Sep 15Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5823-5824)
- Sep 15Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H5608)Passed House
- Sep 15Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14Ms. De La Cruz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 14Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5608-5609)
- Sep 14DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4646.
- Sep 14At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Sep 1Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-786, Part I.
- Sep 1Committee on Oversight and Gov Reform discharged.Minor
- Sep 1Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 686.
- Sep 16Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.Latest
- 2025
- Dec 17Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 17Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
- Dec 16Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23Introduced in House
- Jul 23Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.Introduced