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H.R. 5060, the UAP Whistleblower Protection Act, is a bill that Representatives Burchett and Luna introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on August 29, 2025. It was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The bill amends federal whistleblower laws to protect disclosures about the use of federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material. The protections would cover civilian employees, FBI staff, the armed forces, defense and civilian contractors, and the intelligence community.
2 •HR 5060 IH SEC. 2. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR DISCLOSURES1 RELATING TO THE USE OF FEDERAL TAX-2 PAYER FUNDS TO EVALUATE OR RESEARCH3 UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENON4 MATERIAL.5 (a) FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.—Section6 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—7 (1) in subparagraph (A)—8 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the9 end;10 (B) in clause (ii), by striking the comma at11 the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and12 (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-13 lowing:14 ‘‘(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer15 funds to evaluate or research unidentified16 anomalous phenomenon material,’’; and17 (2) in subparagraph (B)—18 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the19 end; and20 (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-21 lowing:22 ‘‘(iii) the use of Federal taxpayer23 funds to evaluate or research unidentified24 anomalous phenomenon material; or’’.25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:04 Aug 29, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5060.IH H5060 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
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