Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Gary Peters
In Committee
Summary
Expands federal whistleblower protections for contractors and related workers. This bill would broaden who counts as a protected individual and bar reprisals for refusing illegal orders or reporting gross mismanagement, waste, abuse of authority, legal violations, or substantial threats to public health or safety.
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- Contractors, subcontractors, grantees, subgrantees, and people performing personal services would gain explicit protection. It covers current and former employees and expressly includes state, territorial, tribal, and certain intelligence elements and applies to Department of Defense and NASA contracting.
- Executive branch officials would be forbidden from asking a contractor or grantee to retaliate against a whistleblower and could face proposed disciplinary action if they make such a request.
- People with protected disclosures would keep nonwaivable rights and forums to seek remedies and would not be forced into predispute arbitration for disputes arising under these protections.
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Stronger whistleblower protections for contractors
If enacted, the bill would expand whistleblower protections for people who work on federal contracts, grants, or subgrants. It would cover DoD, NASA, and other federal contracting and grant work. You would be protected if you refuse an order that would break a law. You would also be protected if you report gross mismanagement, waste, abuse of authority, violations of law, or a serious danger to public health or safety. The bill would define "protected individual" broadly. It would cover contractors, subcontractors, grantees, subgrantees, current and former employees, and personal-services contractors. It would also include state, territorial, and tribal governments, their subdivisions, and elements of the intelligence community when they act as recipients. It would stop employers or the government from making you waive these rights. Predispute arbitration that would force whistleblower disputes into arbitration would be invalid. It would bar executive officials from asking employers to retaliate and would allow agencies to propose discipline for officials who do.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Gary Peters
MI • D
Cosponsors
Chuck Grassley
IA • R
Sponsored 7/15/2025
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No roll call votes available for this bill.
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