,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ae1         
#bjag,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1 ,mrs4 
,mc,caskill1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,congressional ,accountability ,act of  
#aiie to apply whistleblower protections
 available to certain executive branch  
employees to legislative branch         
employees1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,application of whistleblower protection
 rules to legislative branch employees  
7a7 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,congressional ,whistleblower   
,protection ,act of #bjag4  7b7         
,whistleblower amendments ,part ,a of   
title ,,ii of the ,congressional        
,accountability ,act of #aiie 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #acaa et seq47 is amended--   
7#a7 in the part heading1 by striking   
fair labor standards1 and all that      

follows and inserting and other         
protections and benefits2  7#b7 by      
redesignating section #bjg as section   
#bjh2 and  7#c7 by inserting after      
section #bjf the following3  #bjg4      
,rights and protections under           
whistleblower protection rules  7a7     
,rights and ,protections ,described     
7#a7 ,in general ,no employing office   
may take or fail to take1 or threaten to
 take or fail to take1 a personnel      
action 7within the meaning of chapter   
#bc of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 
with respect to any covered employee or 
applicant for employment because of--   
7,a7 any disclosure of information by a 
covered employee or applicant which the 
employee or applicant reasonably        
believes evidences--  7i7 a violation of
 any law1 rule1 or regulation2 or  7ii7 
gross mismanagement1 a gross waste of   
funds1 an abuse of authority1 or a      
substantial and specific danger to      
public health or safety1  if such       
disclosure is not specifically          

prohibited by law and if such           
information is not specifically required
 by ,executive order or the rules of the
 ,senate or the ,house of               
,representatives to be kept secret in   
the interest of national defense or the 
conduct of foreign affairs2 or  7,b7 any
 disclosure to the ,general ,counsel1 or
 to the ,inspector ,general of a        
legislative or executive agency or      
another employee designated by the head 
of the legislative or executive agency  
to receive such disclosures1 of         
information which the employee or       
applicant reasonably believes           
evidences--  7i7 a violation of any law1
 rule1 or regulation2 or  7ii7 gross    
mismanagement1 a gross waste of funds1  
an abuse of authority1 or a substantial 
and specific danger to public health or 
safety4  7#b7 ,definitions ,for purposes
 of this section and for purposes of    
applying the procedures established     
under title ,,iv for the consideration  
of alleged violations of this section-- 

7,a7 the term covered employee includes 
an employee of the ,government          
,accountability ,office or ,library of  
,congress2 and  7,b7 the term employing 
office includes the ,government         
,accountability ,office and the ,library
 of ,congress4  7b7 ,remedy ,the remedy 
for a violation of subsection 7a7 shall 
be such remedy as would be appropriate  
if awarded under chapter #ab of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 with respect 
to a prohibited personnel practice      
described in section #bcjb7;b77#h7 of   
such title4  7c7 ,regulations ,to       
,implement ,section  7#a7 ,in general   
,the ,board shall1 pursuant to section  
#cjd1 issue regulations to implement    
this section4  7#b7 ,agency regulations 
,the regulations issued under paragraph 
7#a7 shall be the same as the           
substantive regulations promulgated by  
the ,merit ,systems ,protection ,board  
to implement chapters #ab and #bc of    
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 except 
to the extent that the ,board of        

,directors of the ,office of ,compliance
 may determine1 for good cause shown and
 stated together with the regulation1   
that a modification of such regulations 
would be more effective for the         
implementation of the rights and        
protections under this section4  4  7c7 
,technical and conforming amendments    
7#a7 ,table of contents ,the table of   
contents for part ,a of title ,,ii of   
the ,congressional ,accountability ,act 
of #aiie is amended--  7,a7 by striking 
the item relating to part ,a and        
inserting the following3  ,part         
,a--,employment discrimination1 family  
and medical leave1 and other protections
 and benefits  2  and  7,b7 by striking 
the item relating to section #bjg and   
inserting the following3  ,sec4 #bjg4   
,rights and protections under           
whistleblower protection rules4,sec4    
#bjh4 ,prohibition of intimidation or   
reprisal4  4  7#b7 ,application of laws 
,section #ajb7;a7 of the ,congressional 
,accountability ,act of #aiie 7#b       

,u4,s4,c4 #acjb7;a77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7#ab7 
,section #bcjb7;b77#h7 of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code4  4  7#c7 ,other  
conforming amendments ,section          
#fb7;e77#b7 of the ,internal ,revenue   
,code of #aihf is amended-- 7,a7 by     
striking or #bjg and inserting #bjg1 or 
#bjh2 and  7,b7 by striking or #acag and
 inserting #acag1 or #acah4