Bills · 119th Congress · Housing and Community Development

Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced7/23/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 9/15/26
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 424–0 on September 15, 2026 (Roll Call 303 →). Received in the Senate on September 16, 2026. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 9/15/26Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic213 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Not voting
  • Republican210 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Not voting
  • Independent / Other1 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

This bill expands existing whistleblower protections for employees of federal contractors or grant recipients to apply to all contracts and grants funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regardless of the date of execution.

Current law protects employees of federal contractors or grant recipients from a reprisal (i.e., discharge, demotion, or discrimination) for disclosing evidence to Congress or another appropriate official of certain misconduct involving federal contracts, grants, or funds. This provision currently applies only to contracts and grants signed or modified after the law took effect in 2013. The bill expands these protections to apply to HUD contracts and grants signed before the law was enacted.

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Sponsor
Rep. Monica De La Cruz ( Republican · TX-15)
Cosponsors
7
Introduced
7/23/25
Policy area
Housing and Community Development

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (17)
  1. 7/23/25Introduced in House
  2. 7/23/25Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  3. 12/16/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 12/17/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. 12/17/25Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
  6. 9/1/26Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-786, Part I.
  7. 9/1/26Committee on Oversight and Gov Reform discharged.
  8. 9/1/26Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 686.
  9. 9/14/26Ms. De La Cruz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. 9/14/26Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5608-5609)
  11. 9/14/26DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4646.
  12. 9/14/26At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  13. 9/15/26Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5823-5824)
  14. 9/15/26Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H5608)
  15. 9/15/26On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H5608)
  16. 9/15/26Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. 9/16/26Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.