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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-510
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION EXTENSION ACT OF 2017
JANUARY 11, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GOWDY, from the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4043]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 4043) to amend the Inspector General
Act of 1978 to reauthorize the whistleblower protection program,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favor-
ably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Summary and Purpose of the Legislation ............................................................ 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 2
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................................... 3
Legislative H istory ................................................................................................. 3
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
R oll C all V otes ......................................................................................................... 3
Explanation of Am endm ents .................................................................................. 3
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 3
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 4
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 4
Federal Advisory Com m ittee Act ............................................................................ 4
Unfunded M andates Statem ent .............................................................................. 4
Earm ark Identification ............................................................................................ 4
Com m ittee E stim ate ................................................................................................ 4
New Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ........... 4
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 6
The amendments (stated in terms of the page and line numbers
of the introduced bill) are as follows:
Page 2, line 25, strike the period and insert a semicolon.
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