Federal Funds Whistleblower Protection Extension Act

This bill would add a new chapter to federal law protecting people who report misuse of federal funds handled by state and local governments. It covers employees, contractors, subgrantees, and agents of state or local governments or other groups that receive federal financial assistance. State and local officials would be barred from firing, demoting, cutting pay, threatening, or taking other adverse actions against someone because they reported fraud, waste, abuse, or violations of federal law. Officials who retaliate could face fines of up to $50,000, $100,000, or $250,000 and prison terms of up to 1 or 5 years, depending on their level of fault. State and local governments would have to certify they follow these rules to receive federal funds, and could face corrective action or loss of funding if they do not.

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Sponsors

• Michelle Fischbach Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors