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12/17/2007--Passed Senate amended. Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act - Includes as a protected disclosure by a federal employee: (1) any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of waste, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure; and (2) any disclosure of information required to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs that the employee or applicant reasonably believes is direct evidence of waste, abuse, or gross mismanagement if such disclosure is made to a Member or employee of Congress who is authorized to receive information of the type disclosed. Excludes disclosures pertaining to policy decisions that lawfully exercise discretionary authority unless the disclosing employee reasonably believes that there is evidence of a violation of law or government waste, fraud, or abuse. Provides for the discipline of employees for disclosures to congressional employees who are not authorized to receive such information.<br/>Codifies the legal standard for determining whether a whistleblower has a reasonable belief that a disclosure evidences governmental waste, fraud, or abuse, or a violation of law. Provides that the following actions may not be taken against whistleblowers for protected disclosures: (1) implementation or enforcement of any nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement; (2) security clearance suspension or revocation; and (3) investigation (other than routine nondiscretionary agency investigations) of an employee or applicant for employment.<br/>Authorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to conduct an expedited review of cases charging retaliation for whistleblowing when the whistleblower's security clearance or access determination is suspended, revoked, or otherwise adversely affected. Requires an agency that improperly revokes a whistleblower's security clearance to report to Congress explaining its actions. Exempts an agency from this requirement if the agency can show by a preponderance of the evidence (currently, clear and convincing evidence is required) that it would have taken the same personnel action in the absence of the whistleblower disclosure.<br/>Authorizes the President to exclude certain agencies engaged in the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities from whistleblower protections if such exclusion is made prior to any personnel action against the whistleblower. Expands the authority of MSPB to impose disciplinary action for prohibited personnel practices.<br/>Authorizes the Office of Special Counsel to appear as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in any civil action involving prohibited personnel actions against whistleblowers or the Hatch Act.<br/>Permits petitions for review of whistleblower actions to be filed in any court of appeals of competent jurisdiction (currently limited to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) for five years after enactment of this Act. Requires all federal agency nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to contain specified language preserving the right of federal employees to disclose certain protected information.<br/>Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide that, for purposes of provisions regarding the protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information, a permissible use of independently obtained critical infrastructure information includes any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of waste, fraud, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure. Requires federal agencies to instruct employees on how to make a lawful disclosure of classified information to the Special Counsel, the Inspector General of an agency, Congress, or other agency employee designated to receive such information. Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to specified congressional committees on the implementation of this Act. Requires MSPB's annual reports to include as an addendum: (1) information relating to the outcome of cases in which violations were alleged; and (2) the number of such cases filed in the regional and field offices, the number of petitions for review filed in such cases, and the outcomes of such cases.<br/>

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A000069 1924-09-11 4431 141 Hart Senate Office Building http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home 202-224-2126 Daniel 'd':4 'hi':5 'sen':1 'akaka':3,7,9 'daniel':2,6,8 M 300001 Akaka Don_Cazayoux Kahikina Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI] 2348 N00007653 10186 Democrat 202-224-6361 Congregationalist HI Daniel Akaka 2.0 http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm C000174 1947-01-23 3142 513 Hart Senate Office Building http://carper.senate.gov/contact/ 202-228-2190 Thomas 'd':4 'de':5 'sen':1 'thoma':2,6,8 'carper':3,7,9 M 300019 Carper Thomas_Carper Richard Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE] 1276 N00012508 7308 Democrat 202-224-2441 Presbyterian DE Tom Thomas Carper 3.22222222222222 http://carper.senate.gov C001035 1952-12-07 11016 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.EmailIssue 202-224-2693 Susan 'r':4 'sen':1 'susan':2,6,8 'collin':3,7,9 F 300025 Collins Susan_Collins M. Sen. 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Barbara Mikulski [D, MD] 2642 N00001945 10024 Democrat 202-224-4654 Roman Catholic MD Barbara Mikulski 2.52083333333333 http://mikulski.senate.gov/ P000590 1963-01-10 5805 255 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://pryor.senate.gov/contact/ 202-228-0908 Mark 'd':4 'ar':5 'sen':1 'mark':2,6,8 'pryor':3,7,9 M 300080 Pryor Mark_Pryor Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR] 2307 N00013823 9150 Democrat 202-224-2353 Unknown AR Mark Pryor 2.625 http://pryor.senate.gov SenatorPryor V000126 1936-07-15 6247 524 Hart Senate Office Building http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-1382 George 'r':4 'oh':5 'sen':1 'georg':2,6,8 'voinovich':3,7,9 M 300098 Voinovich George_Voinovich V. Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH] 3175 N00003583 12651 Republican 202-224-3353 Roman Catholic OH George Voinovich 3.07272727272727 http://voinovich.senate.gov/ action 40086 1197946680 Mon Dec 17 22:58:00 -0600 2007 139739 Held at the desk. action 40086 1197941580 Mon Dec 17 21:33:00 -0600 2007 139737 Received in the House. vote 40086 1197867600 Mon Dec 17 00:00:00 -0600 2007 by Unanimous Consent 139736 pass Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. vote s action 40086 1197867600 Mon Dec 17 00:00:00 -0600 2007 139738 Message on Senate action sent to the House. action 40086 1197867600 Mon Dec 17 00:00:00 -0600 2007 139734 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. action 40086 1197867600 Mon Dec 17 00:00:00 -0600 2007 139735 The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. action 40086 1195189200 Fri Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2007 136428 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-232. calendar 40086 1195189200 Fri Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2007 136429 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 513. action 40086 1181707200 Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 -0500 2007 118083 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. calendar 40086 1181707200 Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 -0500 2007 177924 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. action 40086 1181707200 Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 -0500 2007 117897 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-342. 10:00 a.m. action 40086 1175227200 Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 -0500 2007 114681 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. introduced 40086 1168491600 Thu Jan 11 00:00:00 -0600 2007 90383 action 40086 1168491600 Thu Jan 11 00:00:00 -0600 2007 114680 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S455-456) action 40086 1168491600 Thu Jan 11 00:00:00 -0600 2007 90384 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. action 40086 1168491600 Thu Jan 11 00:00:00 -0600 2007 104167 Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S455-456)