---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1044.05"
title: "10"
number: "1044.05"
heading: "What is the effect of a disclosure qualifying as a “protected disclosure”?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1044.05"
---

# §1044.05. What is the effect of a disclosure qualifying as a “protected disclosure”?


If a DOE or DOE contractor employee follows the procedures of this part when making a disclosure of classified or unclassified controlled nuclear information, then the employer (DOE or DOE contractor as applicable) may not discharge, demote, or otherwise discriminate against the employee as a reprisal for making the disclosure.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq., 7239, and 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 4642, Jan. 18, 2001, unless otherwise noted.