Federal Worker Protection Act

This bill sets rules for nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) that federal agencies require federal employees and contractors to sign. Each NDA would have to include a clearly displayed notice explaining that workers keep the right to report wrongdoing to Congress, Inspectors General, the Office of Special Counsel, and other listed bodies, and agencies that fail to include it could owe at least $5,000 per violation. NDA templates would need review and approval by the Office of Special Counsel and the agency's Inspector General before use, and NDA terms that restrict protected disclosures would have no legal effect. Employees facing NDA-based retaliation could sue the agency and the officials involved in federal court. The bill also limits the President's ability to remove an Inspector General for two years after that Inspector General finds an agency NDA does not follow the law.

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Sponsors

• Eugene Simon Vindman Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors