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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.
4 •HR 5060 IH (d) FEDERAL CIVILIAN CONTRACTORS.—Section1 4712(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code, is amended2 by inserting after ‘‘a gross waste of Federal funds,’’ the3 following; ‘‘the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate4 or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon mate-5 rial,’’.6 (e) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Section 1104 of7 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234) is8 amended—9 (1) in subsection (b)(1)—10 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’11 at the end;12 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or’’13 after the semicolon; and14 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B)15 the following:16 ‘‘(C) the use of Federal taxpayer funds to17 evaluate or research unidentified anomalous18 phenomenon material;’’; and19 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A)—20 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the21 end;22 (B) in clause (ii), by striking the semicolon23 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:04 Aug 29, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5060.IH H5060 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
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