Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016. 5 USC 101 note.>>
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016''.
INVESTIGATION.
Section 2303(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``any employee of the Bureau'' and all that follows through ``health or safety'' and inserting the following: ``an employee in, or applicant for, a position in the Bureau as a reprisal for a disclosure of information-- ``(1) made-- ``(A) in the case of an employee, to a supervisor in the direct chain of command of the employee, up to and including the head of the employing agency; ``(B) to the Inspector General; ``(C) to the Office of Professional Responsibility of the Department of Justice; ``(D) to the Office of Professional Responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; ``(E) to the Inspection Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; ``(F) as described in section 7211; ``(G) to the Office of Special Counsel; or ``(H) to an employee designated by any officer, employee, office, or division described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) for the purpose of receiving such disclosures; and ``(2) which the employee or applicant reasonably believes evidences-- ``(A) any violation of any law, rule, or regulation; or
``(B) gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety''.
Approved December 16, 2016.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 5790 (S. 2390): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114-835 (Comm. on Oversight and Government Reform). SENATE REPORTS: No. 114-261 (Comm. on the Judiciary) accompanying S. 2390. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016): Dec. 7, considered and passed House. Dec. 9, considered and passed Senate.
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