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S 874 · introduced · significant

Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Expands protections for federal contractor and grant recipient employees who refuse unlawful orders or report misconduct.
  • Applies protections to intelligence community members and state/local/tribal government employees.
  • Prohibits predispute arbitration agreements from waiving these protections and allows agencies to discipline officials who request retaliation.

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    How would expanding whistleblower protections to intelligence community employees affect national security operations and classified information handling?

  2. 02

    What costs or administrative burdens might federal contractors face when prohibited from using predispute arbitration agreements to resolve whistleblower disputes?

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    Why does this bill extend protections to state and local government employees when federal agencies have limited authority over non-federal workers?

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Gary C. Peters

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Introduced 2026-05-04

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-05-04 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2026-05-04 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2026-05-01 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2026-04-29 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2100-2102; text: CR S2100-2101)

  5. 2026-04-29 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-12-09 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 289.

  7. 2025-12-09 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  8. 2025-12-09 · Committee

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  9. 2025-07-30 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  10. 2025-03-05 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  11. 2025-03-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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