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WASHINGTON – Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Vice Chair, Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), introduced the bipartisan Whistleblower Protection Act alongside Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05). The legislation ensures that all Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contracts, particularly those pre-dating 2013, include whistleblower protections.
“Whistleblowers play a crucial role in safeguarding taxpayer dollars. This bipartisan legislation will ensure that all current HUD contracts – regardless of when they were created – include provisions to protect employees who come forward to disclose waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement of federal funds.” – Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz
Background:
Section 4712 strengthened whistleblower protections for federal contract employees. While the provisions were applied to new contracts, HUD contracts pre-dating 2013 were left without these key protections.
The Whistleblower Protection Act will require all contracts, regardless of when they were created, to include these key whistleblower protections. This critical change will protect employees of a HUD contractor, subcontractor, or grantee from retaliation for reporting waste, fraud, and abuse.
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