Advocate for Whistleblowers.

The Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Act was passed in 2021, with a subsequent AML Whistleblower Improvement Act being passed in 2022. This established the AML and Sanctions Whistleblower Program, administered by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Four years after the passage of the AML Whistleblower Act, FinCEN still has not fully implemented the program, leaving countless whistleblowers waiting years for their Congressionally mandated awards. The delay in implementing the program is unacceptable and a severe injustice to whistleblowers. We demand that in 2025, FinCEN fully implement the AML and Sanctions Whistleblower Program.

The False Claims Act is our most powerful anti-corruption law, underpinning massively successful whistleblower programs such as the SEC Whistleblower Program and the CFTC Whistleblower Program. Since its inception, the FCA has recouped over $70 Billion in fraudulently stolen and levied countless billions in criminal penalties. The FCA has stopped Medicare and Medicaid fraud, government contracting fraud, and more in its tracks by allowing everyday citizens to bring forth whistleblower claims on behalf of the government in qui tam suits. Two laws that would strengthen this powerful anti-corruption tool have been languishing in Congress, the Administrative False Claims Act, and the False Claims Act Amendment, which would prevent federal contractors from colluding with government officials and allow the federal government to administratively sanction contractors in smaller cases. It is beyond time that these two laws, which enjoy bipartisan support, are passed into law.

As AI companies compete and race to develop the next big product or groundbreaking technology, financial gain is pursued over the safety of the products released and unleashed on the public, superseding respect for Americans’ rights. We have already done a severe injustice for AI Whistleblowers who have spoken out against abuse of power and opaque business practices. The clock is ticking for Congress to create an AI Whistleblower Protection law. Demand that your Representatives and Senators work together to create bipartisan protections for AI Whistleblowers in the 118th Congress.

The IRS and SEC fail to compensate whistleblowers in a timely manner. The IRS Whistleblower Reform Act and SEC Whistleblower Reform Act would fix delays, but strong public advocacy is needed. The CFTC has also failed to pay whistleblowers awards in a timely manner. We demand that Congress pass the CFTC Fund Improvement Act 2500, a permanent funding solution to the ongoing crisis.

An oversight in the drafting of the Aviation Investment and Reform Act (AIR21) has created a loophole which excludes the courts from enforcing preliminary reinstatement for airline whistleblowers. We demand a clarifying amendment to include preliminary reinstatement protection in the Act’s enforcement sections, and an Executive Order mandating OSHA’s adherence to AIR21’s investigation timeline.

Federal whistleblowers are not afforded the same degree of protections as private sector whistleblowers. They are denied the right to file retaliation cases in federal court and are left to the mercy of appointed officials and administrative action. We urge for the passage of the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act to ensure that federal whistleblowers can exercise their rights in federal court.

National Whistleblower Day commemorates the nation’s first whistleblower law, which was unanimously signed into law during the height of the American Revolution on July 30th, 1778. Every year since 2013, the Senate has unanimously recognized July 30th as National Whistleblower Day, and every year since 2015, National Whistleblower Center has hosted the largest and most prestigious event to honor whistleblowers on Capitol Hill in July. Making National Whistleblower Day permanent is a longstanding campaign of NWC’s. This act would mandate that all federal agencies honor the day, provide whistleblower training to their employees, and celebrate the contributions that whistleblower have made to democracy and society.