HR 4646 United States House · 119th Congress

Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

This bill extends existing whistleblower protections to workers on all contracts funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It applies Section 4712 of U.S. law - which prohibits retaliation against employees reporting fraud or waste - to every HUD contract, subcontract, grant, or personal services agreement, regardless of when the contract was signed. This means employees working on HUD-funded projects can now seek legal protection if they face retaliation for raising concerns about misconduct. The law directly affects HUD contractors and their employees by ensuring they have the same legal safeguards as other federal contract workers.

Sub-Topics: Property Development

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jul 2025

Committee Review

Sep 2026

House Passage

Sep 2026

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Jul 23, 2025 Last action Sep 16, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 2 edits · Sep 15, 2026

MINOR

The Engrossed version makes three minor clarifying edits to Section 2: it changes 'funded from' to 'funded using,' corrects the funding source from 'the Department of Housing and Urban Development' to 'the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development' (reflecting how appropriations are technically directed), and replaces the vague phrase 'the agreement concerned' with an explicit list of covered instrument types. These are technical corrections that do not materially alter the bill's scope or policy.

TECHNICAL

Changed 'funded from amounts appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development' to 'funded using amounts appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,' correcting the legal reference since appropriations are directed to the Secretary rather than the department itself.

Replaced the vague phrase 'the agreement concerned was executed' with an explicit enumeration: 'the contract, subcontract, grant, subgrant, or personal services contract was executed,' removing ambiguity about which instruments the temporal exception covers.

Floor votes · House Sep 15, 2026

How they voted

424–0

Passed · 9 other

Total votes 433

Sep 15, 2026

D Democratic214

213 Yea 1

99% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican218

210 Yea 8

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Sep 16, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

upper

Sep 15, 2026

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H5608)

lower

Sep 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H5608)

lower

Sep 14, 2026

Introduced

Ms. De La Cruz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Sep 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee on Oversight and Gov Reform discharged.

lower

Sep 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-786, Part I.

lower

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 0.

lower

Dec 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Dec 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Jul 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Jul 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 7 co-sponsors