S. 788: A bill to require the termination of any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-18 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

A bill to require the termination of any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower.

Plain summary

Requires the termination of any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is found to have: retaliated or threatened to retaliate against any employee or applicant for employment for disclosing what the employee or applicant reasonably believes to be a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety (provided the disclosure is not specifically prohibited by law); retaliated or threatened to retaliate against any employee or applicant for exercising, or assisting another individual in exercising, any appeal, complaint, or grievance right granted by any law, rule, or regulation; or implemented or enforced certain nondisclosure policies, forms, or agreements that conflict with whistleblower protections and employee rights.

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Official text

A bill to require the termination of any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · 1 cosponsors

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Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s788.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s788 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114