An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 109-179 to require the NASA Administrator to transmit to the House Committee on Science and the Senate Committee on Commerce, a plan describing steps NASA will take to protect employees who do raise or have raised concerns about a potentially catastrophic risk to health or safety.

1. Adds SEC. 110. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION on page 44, line 6

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   Inserted: SEC. 110. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION.

   Inserted: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate a plan describing steps to be taken by NASA to protect the employment status of NASA employees who raise or have raised concerns about a potentially catastrophic risk to health or safety.

   Inserted: In the table of contents in section 1(b), insert after the item relating to section 109 the following:

   Inserted: Sec. 110. Whistleblower protection.

   Original wording

   Page 44, after line 6, insert the following:

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