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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.
3 •HR 5060 IH (b) FBI.—Section 2303(a)(2) of title 5, United1 States Code, is amended—2 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at3 the end;4 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period5 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and6 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-7 lowing:8 ‘‘(C) the use of Federal taxpayer funds to9 evaluate or research unidentified anomalous10 phenomenon material.’’.11 (c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—12 (1) ARMED FORCES.—Section 1034(c)(2) of13 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding14 at the end the following:15 ‘‘(D) The use of Federal taxpayer funds to16 evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phe-17 nomenon material.’’.18 (2) DOD CONTRACTORS.—Section 4701(a)(1)19 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-20 ing at the end the following:21 ‘‘(D) The use of Federal taxpayer funds to22 evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phe-23 nomenon material.’’.24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:04 Aug 29, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5060.IH H5060 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
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