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S. 2127, Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2015 1 (May 17, 2016)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo2984 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE May 17, 2016 S. 2127 Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2015 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on December 9, 2015 S. 2127 would modify several personnel and administrative procedures at federal agencies-some of which would be specific to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-and would require two reports. CBO estimates that implementing S. 2127 would cost $3 million over the 2017-2021 period; that spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Enacting S. 2127 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. S. 2127 would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to prepare two reports: one discussing retaliation against employees on probationary status and the other assessing management and staffing levels of police officers at VA medical centers. On the basis of costs for similar reports, CBO estimates that completing those reports would cost $2 million over the 2017-2021 period. Additionally, S. 2127 contains several provisions that would modify personnel and administrative procedures at VA and other federal agencies. On the basis of information from VA and the Office of Special Counsel, CBO expects that each provision would have an insignificant budgetary effect because they would either largely codify current practice or affect few people. On that basis, CBO estimates that implementing the following requirements, in total, would cost $1 million over the 2017-2021 period. Those provisions would: * Add protections for probationary employees; * Improve the ability of the Office of Special Counsel to access certain types of information; * Limit access to medical records of employees and create a plan to prevent unauthorized access of medical records by VA employees; * Prescribe disciplinary actions to be taken against supervisors who retaliate against employees identified as whistleblowers;

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