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Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill revises a provision with respect to whistle-blower protections for a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employee or job applicant who discloses wrongdoing to an appropriate official.
It prohibits an FBI employee from taking or failing to take a personnel action (e.g., demotion) with respect to an FBI employee or applicant because of a protected disclosure. A protected disclosure is a disclosure of information to an appropriate official which an employee or applicant reasonably believes evidences: (1) a violation of a law, rule, or regulation; or (2) waste, fraud, or abuse.
Additionally, the bill expands the list of appropriate officials who may receive a protected disclosure to include, among others, a supervisor in an employee's direct chain of command.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5790 as public Law on Dec 16, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Dec 7, 2016
Federal Bureau of Investigation Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
404 Yea 0 Nay 29 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5790 and vote against it. 9 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 5790 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
1 disclosure names this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.