On the recordJuly 30, 2010
I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Kline of Minnesota moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 5851, to the Committee on Education and Labor with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Whistleblower Parity Act''. SEC. 2. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN OFFSHORE WORKERS. (a) Prohibition on Retaliation.--No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any covered employee because such covered employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding related to any workplace safety and health regulation issued pursuant to section 21 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1347) or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such covered employee on behalf of himself or herself or others of any right afforded by such Act. (b) Complaint Procedure.--Any covered employee who believes that he or she has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against by any person in violation of this section may, within 30 days after such violation occurs, file a complaint with the Secretary alleging such discrimination.…





