House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act

H.R. 3281Introduced Oct 8, 2003Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Rep. Todd Platts R-PA

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Where it went

IntroducedOct 8, 2003
Committee actionSep 29, 2004
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 29, 2004 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3281.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3281, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act” on October 6, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 29, 2004</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2004 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16079
CBO publication date
October 6, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3281, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3281
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 18, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
071d9e9003f3e927ad4a2f49563830c6fbce82f76d9a8a6c5d900948080dadee
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3281, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act” on October 6, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 29, 2004”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2004 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16079
CBO publication date
October 6, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3281, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3281
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 18, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
071d9e9003f3e927ad4a2f49563830c6fbce82f76d9a8a6c5d900948080dadee
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

45 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 33 Democrats

33 of 45 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), John Duncan (R-TN), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Ray LaHood (R-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Edward Markey (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), John McHugh (R-NY), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Martin Meehan (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and 15 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Todd Platts.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.