{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-4646","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 4646","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To clarify that whistleblower protections described in section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, apply to any contract funded from amounts appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To clarify that whistleblower protections described in section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, apply to any contract funded from amounts appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To clarify that whistleblower protections described in section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, apply to any contract funded from amounts appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-07-23","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-09-15","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h303","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Whistleblower Protection Act","result":"Passed","yea":424,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll303.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.","date":"2026-09-16"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-09-01","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":115},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Applies the whistleblower protections in section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, to contracts, grants and similar agreements funded with amounts appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, regardless of when they were executed.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4646/text/eh#HB512054D46514262B12E8D1BD77AC7DE"}]},"core_areas":["Whistleblower protections for contracts and grants funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Applies section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, to any contract, subcontract, grant, subgrant, or personal services contract funded using amounts appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4646/text/eh#HB512054D46514262B12E8D1BD77AC7DE"}},{"text":"Applies this coverage regardless of when the contract, subcontract, grant, subgrant, or personal services contract was executed.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4646/text/eh#HB512054D46514262B12E8D1BD77AC7DE"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4646/text/eh#H622A38C1FE7A45029792A55EF7271B68"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-09-15","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4646/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4646","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4646/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-4646.png","v":"34b54884e11a","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4646, 119th Congress: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025. House: 424 Yea, 0 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 15 Sep 2026."}}