119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Mar 5, 2025
Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025
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Latest action (May 4, 2026): Held at the desk.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Mar 5, 2025)
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 funds. The bill expands these protections to include an employee's refusal to obey an order that would require the employee to violate a law, rule, or regulation related to any contract, subcontract, grant, or subgrant. The bill also specifies that these protections apply to employees of federal contractors or grant recipients who are current or former members of the intelligence community or employees of state, local, or tribal governments.
Further, the bill specifies that these protections may not be waived in a predispute arbitration agreement and renders any such agreement unenforceable.
The bill specifies that an executive branch official may not request a federal contractor or grant recipient to engage in a reprisal against a protected employee, and it authorizes federal agencies to propose disciplinary action against officials that do so.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2100-2102; text: CR S2100-2101)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 289.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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Administrative remedies · Department of Defense · Employment discrimination and employee rights · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Public contracts and procurement
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT · lobbying firm or registrant: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Amount not reported
S. 874 Expanding Whistleblower Protection for Government Contractors Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT · lobbying firm or registrant: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Amount not reported
S. 874 Expanding Whistleblower Protection for Government Contractors Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT · lobbying firm or registrant: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 24, 2026 · issue area: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Amount not reported
S. 874 Expanding Whistleblower Protection for Government Contractors Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Mar 5, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…upport for Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act (H.R. 253); Letter in support of the Expanding Whistleblower Protection for Government Contractors Act (S.874); AI Whistleblower Protection Act (H.R. 3460, S. 1792); ETHICAL Procurement Act (H.R. 6689); Stop Ballroom Bribery Act (H.R. 6085, S. 3191).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (PEER) · lobbying firm or registrant: PORT SIDE STRATEGIES, LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 16, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.874 - Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025 - in support. Issues related to the Department of Government Efficiency. H.R.5106 - Restore T…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
Letter thanking Senators Chuck Grassley and Gary Peters for introducing/co-sponsoring S.874, the Expanding Whistleblower Protection for Government Contractors Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (PEER) · lobbying firm or registrant: PORT SIDE STRATEGIES, LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 8, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
Amount not reported
S.874 - Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025 - in support. Issues related to the Department of Government Efficiency. H.R.5106 - Restore T…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nal Research Services Access to Data Act S. 1524Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act Amendment to House RulesCreate Chair of Debt Commission S. 874New Whistleblower Protections for Government Contractors Act Inspector General Hiring and Firing Authority HR 77Midnight Rules Relief Act Executive Branch Confl…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$50,000
Spent on own lobbying
Letter in support of the Expanding Whistleblower Protection for Government Contractors Act (S.874); Letter requesting a meeting with the Acting Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel to discuss whistleblower protections.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nal Research Services Access to Data Act S. 1524Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act Amendment to House RulesCreate Chair of Debt Commission S. 874New Whistleblower Protections for Government Contractors Act Inspector General Hiring and Firing Authority HR 77Midnight Rules Relief Act Executive Branch Confl…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT) · lobbying firm or registrant: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 16, 2025 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
Letter of support for the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act (CWPA) of 2025 (S.1154); Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act (S.874).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing