Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-07-23Topic: housing

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025 This bill expands existing whistleblower protections for employees of federal contractors or grant recipients to apply to all contracts and grants funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regardless of the date of execution. Current law protects employees of federal contractors or grant recipients from a reprisal (i.e., discharge, demotion, or discrimination) for disclosing evidence to Congress or another appropriate official of certain misconduct involving federal contracts, grants, or funds. This provision currently applies only to contracts and grants signed or modified after the law took effect in 2013. The bill expands these protections to apply to HUD contracts and grants signed before the law was enacted.

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Recorded votes

Date	Chamber	Question	Result	Yeas	Nays
2026-09-16	House roll 303	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed	424	0

Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-09-16	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.	refer
2026-09-15	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2026-09-15	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H5608)
2026-09-15		Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H5608)	floor pass
2026-09-15	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5823-5824)
2026-09-14	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2026-09-14	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4646.
2026-09-14	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5608-5609)
2026-09-14	House	Ms. De La Cruz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2026-09-01	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 686.
2026-09-01	House	Committee on Oversight and Gov Reform discharged.	report
2026-09-01		Committee on Oversight and Gov Reform discharged.	report
2026-09-01	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-786, Part I.	report
2026-09-01		Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-786, Part I.	report
2025-12-17	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.	refer
2025-12-17	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held	refer
2025-12-16	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held	refer
2025-07-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2025-07-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2025-07-23		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-07-23		Introduced in House	introduce

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