Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

Where it stands

1. Introduced Done · Jul 23, 2025
2. Committee Done · Jul 23, 2025
3. Passed House Done · Sep 15, 2026
4. Passed Senate Not yet
5. President Not yet
6. Law Not yet

From the official actions on Congress.gov.

Key points

What it changes

A plain-language summary isn't ready yet. The official summary below describes the bill.

Who it affects

A plain-language summary isn't ready yet. The official summary below describes the bill.

What it costs

The Congressional Budget Office published a cost estimate on Apr 13, 2026 (as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on December 17, 2025): H.R. 4646, Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025 ↗

Where it stands

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sep 16, 2026)

What happens next

The Senate would need to pass it next.

Official summary

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House version), via Congress.gov. These are proposed provisions, not enacted law.

Recorded votes

1. HOUSEFinal passageSep 15, 2026 · roll call 303

   On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: Passed (424–0)

   This vote decided whether the bill passes this chamber.
   Votes by party

   How each party voted on roll call 303

   Party	Yes	No	Present	Did not vote	Share voting Yes
   Democratic	213	0	0	1
   Republican	210	0	0	8
   Independent	1	0	0	0

   Party totals from the official roll call.

   Map: how each state voted

   All voted YesSplitAll voted NoNo Yes or No votes

   Each state is shaded by the share of its U.S. House members who voted Yes, out of those who voted Yes or No. Colors show the vote, not party.

   Office of the Clerk, U.S. House ↗ — includes how every member voted

Vote types come from the official question text. How we label votes

Legislative history

1. Sep 16, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
2. Sep 15, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3. Sep 15, 2026On 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)
4. Sep 15, 2026Passed/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)
5. Sep 15, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5823-5824)
6. Sep 14, 2026At 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.
7. Sep 14, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4646.
8. Sep 14, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5608-5609)
9. Sep 14, 2026Ms. De La Cruz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
10. Sep 1, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 686.
11. Sep 1, 2026Committee on Oversight and Gov Reform discharged.
12. Sep 1, 2026Committee on Oversight and Gov Reform discharged.
13. Sep 1, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-786, Part I.
14. Sep 1, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-786, Part I.
15. Dec 17, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.
16. Dec 17, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
17. Dec 16, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
18. Jul 23, 2025Referred 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.
19. Jul 23, 2025Referred 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.
20. Jul 23, 2025Introduced in House
21. Jul 23, 2025Introduced in House