# 114-hr-2824: Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2015

114-hr-2824, Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2015, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2824
- Congress: 114
- Title: Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2015
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Introduced: 2015-06-18
- Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2015 Prohibits an employer from discharging, discriminating, or engaging in retaliatory actions against specified employees who report to a government official any violation or unsafe condition under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Sets forth procedures for the filing, investigation, and adjudication of a complaint regarding such retaliation. Requires employers to: post a notice approved by the Department of Labor explaining employee rights and remedies under this Act in a conspicuous location in the place of employment where employees frequent; provide training to employees about their rights under this Act within 30 days of employment, and at least once every 12 months thereafter; and provide employees with a card containing a toll free telephone number at the Department to get information or file a complaint under this Act. Directs the Department, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to designate agency officials to receive, investigate, and adjudicate complaints concerning violations under this Act.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2015-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2015-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- LOIS CAPPS (D-CA), 2015-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2015-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2015-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- CHARLES RANGEL (D-NY), 2015-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2015-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2015-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

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- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
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- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-4269: Assault Weapons Ban of 2015
- 114-hr-4215: CLEANER Act of 2015

## Sources
- [114-hr-2824 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2824)

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