Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Federal Bureau of Investigations Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act”.
Federal Bureau of Investigations Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to permit the Merit Systems Protection Board to hear certain cases relating to allegations of certain reprisals by employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sec. 2 Appeals to Merit Systems Protection Board relating to FBI reprisal allegations
Section 2303 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d)
“(1) An employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who makes an allegation of a reprisal under regulations promulgated under this section may appeal a final determination or corrective action order by the Bureau under those regulations to the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to section 1221.
“(2) If no final determination or corrective action order has been made or issued for an allegation described in paragraph (1) before the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the allegation is received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the employee described in that paragraph may seek corrective action directly from the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to section 1221.”