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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-334
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF
2021
MAY 17, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, from the Committee on
Oversight and Reform, submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2988]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Oversight and Reform, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend title 5, United States Code, to modify
and enhance protections for Federal Government whistleblowers,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Sum m ary and Purpose of Legislation ................................................................... 7
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 7
Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 11
Legislative History .................................................................................................. 15
Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 16
Roll Call Votes ......................................................................................................... 16
Explanation of Amendments .................................................................................. 16
List of Related Com m ittee H earings ...................................................................... 16
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 16
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 17
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 17
Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 17
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 17
Federal Advisory Committee Act Statement ......................................................... 17
Unfunded M andates Reform Act Statement ......................................................... 17
Earmark Identification ............................................................................................ 17
Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 17
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