The UAP Whistleblower Protection Act is introduced again (H.R. 5060)

On 29 August 2025 Representative Burchett, for himself and Representative Luna, introduced H.R. 5060, the UAP Whistleblower Protection Act, in the US House of Representatives. The bill was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and to the Committees on Armed Services and Intelligence (Permanent Select). It would extend whistleblower protections to disclosures about the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material, amending the protections that cover Federal civilian employees, FBI personnel, members of the armed forces, Department of Defense contractors, Federal civilian contractors and the intelligence community.

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Introduced by Mr. Burchett for himself and Mrs. Luna on August 29, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committees on Armed Services and Intelligence (Permanent Select) (p. 1)
Section 1 gives the short title as the "UAP Whistleblower Protection Act" (p. 1)
Amends section 2302(b)(8) of title 5 to protect disclosures of "the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material" by Federal civilian employees (p. 2)
Adds the same protected category for the FBI under section 2303(a)(2) of title 5, and for the armed forces and DoD contractors under sections 1034(c)(2) and 4701(a)(1) of title 10 (p. 3)
Extends it to Federal civilian contractors under section 4712(a)(1) of title 41 and to the intelligence community under section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (p. 4)

Documents

Document UAP Whistleblower Protection Act U.S. House of Representatives· 2025-08-29· 5 pp.