1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2020”.
Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower rights and protections, and for other purposes.
2. Definition of person
Section 211(a)(2) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5851(a)(2)) is amended—
by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and indenting the clauses appropriately;
in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through “includes—” and inserting the following:
“(2) Definitions—In this section:
“(A) Employer—The term employer includes—”
by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Person—The term person includes—
“(i) a person (as defined in section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014));
“(ii) the Commission; and
“(iii) the Department of Energy.”