NDA Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1484 To prohibit the enforcement of a nondisclosure agreement based on an individ- ual’s employment in the Executive Office of the President if the disclo- sure of information in violation of the agreement is based on whistle- blowing. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 4, 2019 Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. CICILLINE) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over- sight and Reform A BILL To prohibit the enforcement of a nondisclosure agreement based on an individual’s employment in the Executive Office of the President if the disclosure of information in violation of the agreement is based on whistleblowing. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Disrupting Ac- 4 countability Act’’ or the ‘‘NDA Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1484.IH H1484 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1484 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCLO- 1 SURE AGREEMENTS WITH EXECUTIVE OF- 2 FICE OF THE PRESIDENT IF DISCLOSURE IS 3 BASED ON WHISTLEBLOWING. 4 (a) PROHIBITION.—A nondisclosure agreement based 5 on an individual’s employment in the Executive Office of 6 the President or the White House may not be enforced 7 against the individual if the individual’s disclosure of in- 8 formation in violation of the agreement is described under 9 section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code. 10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 11 respect to a nondisclosure agreement entered into before, 12 on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1484.IH H1484 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS