To provide incentives for and protect whistleblowers under the authority of the Federal Trade Commission, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide incentives for and protect whistleblowers under the authority of the Federal Trade Commission, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HAC641F98F7CF46CB8B2ABAEF7A93F30A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FTC Whistleblower Act of 2024.
- Section H9F76D53ADBD54ADD8B6120624D1C8590: 2. Protection of whistleblowers A covered entity may not, directly or indirectly, discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner...
- Section H34CE32532A2B4CEC8C91125F411BDB0F: 3. Incentives for whistleblowers If a whistleblower (or group of whistleblowers) voluntarily provides to the Commission original information regarding an...
- Section HB94DB97C95014C2EBCF6D2F0FDA9A1FE: 4. Rulemaking The Commission may promulgate, under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, any regulations the Commission determines necessary to carry out...
- Section HC4BEC1AB39C44191A9BFA2B0E51C67FC: 5. Definitions In this Act: The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. The term covered action means any administrative or judicial action or...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide incentives for and protect whistleblowers under the authority of the Federal Trade Commission, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide incentives for and protect whistleblowers under the authority of the Federal Trade Commission, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Schakowsky (for herself and Mrs. Trahan) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
information that— is derived from the independent knowledge or analysis of a whistleblower
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