# 119-s-874: Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025

119-s-874, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI); status passed_senate; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-874
- Congress: 119
- Title: Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025
- Status: passed_senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Expands whistleblower protections** for people tied to Department of Defense and NASA contracts and grants. It would broaden who is covered, expand the kinds of disclosable wrongdoing, and let agencies punish officials who seek reprisals through contractors. - Contractor, grantee, and personal services workers. The bill would replace the term "employee" with "protected individual" to cover contractor and grantee employees, former employees, people under personal services contracts, and state, tribal, and territorial governments and their instrumentalities. - Broadens protected disclosures. It would protect reports of gross mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, violations of law related to contracts or grants, and substantial threats to public health or safety. - Limits reprisals and blocks waivers. The bill would bar executive officials from directing reprisals through contractors, authorize proposing disciplinary action against officials who seek such reprisals, and forbid waiving these rights in agreements or predispute arbitration.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More reports protected at Defense and NASA: benefit, medium. If enacted, more types of whistleblower activity on Defense or NASA work would be protected. You would be protected if you refuse an order that would break a law or rule tied to the contract. You would be protected if you report gross mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, or lega…
- More workers on federal contracts protected: benefit, medium. If enacted, more people working on federal contracts and grants would be protected from retaliation. This would include employees and former employees who spoke up before leaving. It would also include people doing personal services under contract. It would cover work with Defense and NASA, and wit…
- Stronger anti-retaliation for contractor whistleblowers: benefit, medium. If enacted, agencies would be barred from asking contractors to punish whistleblowers. Agencies would need to propose discipline for officials who made such requests. You would not be able to sign away these rights in any policy or contract. Predispute arbitration could not take away your forum or…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2975: PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-s-258: TORNADO Act

## Sources
- [119-s-874 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/874)

## Related
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2975: PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2975)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2355)
- [119-s-258: TORNADO Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-258)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-874 (as of 2026-09-21).