Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-03-05
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025” Read the full text
Government Operations and Politics
What it does
Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025 This bill expands whistleblower protections for employees of federal contractors and grant recipients to include the act of refusing to obey an unlawful order and to apply these protections to members of the intelligence community and other governmental employees. 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 fund
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-03-05
In the Senate.
Passed the Senate · 2026-04-29
House floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version es (Engrossed in Senate), as published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
2
sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)via TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
5 filingsGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECTvia GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
2 filingsPUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (PEER)via PORT SIDE STRATEGIES, LLC
2 filingsFrom 9 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
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