Apr 292015

Senate Unanimously Passes Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act

Amanda Farfel, Ellyce R. Cooper and Michael Andolina

Posted by Ellyce Cooper, Michael Andolina and Amanda Farfel

On April 28, 2015, the Senate unanimously approved S. 304, the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act. The bipartisan legislation was reported out of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar on April 13, 2015. The Committee modified the legislation, including additional provisions regarding the protection of whistleblower identities, extending the deadline for the Secretary to promulgate regulations consistent with the statute from 12 to 18 months, and providing that the Secretary may make an award to a whistleblower prior to the promulgation of the regulations. The legislation, as passed, can be found here, and the Committee Report can be found here. We first reported on the proposed legislation here.

The legislation now moves to the House of Representatives for consideration. We will continue to monitor the legislation.

Amanda Farfel

AmandaFarfel@sidley.com

Ellyce R. Cooper

Century City

ecooper@sidley.com

Michael Andolina

MichaelAndolina@sidley.com

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