H.R. 5578: Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2026

H.R. 5578 is a federal bill in the 119th Congress. Employees of federal contractors and grant recipients currently lack explicit legal protection when they refuse to follow an illegal order from an employer, and many are bound by mandatory arbitration agreements that block them from taking disputes to… See its sponsors, how members voted, and a plain-English breakdown on PolityLens.