Skip to main content
HR 3806 107th Congress House

Paul Revere Freedom to Warn Act

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to protect those who defend the United States by exercising their duty as patriots to warn against the existence of threa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to protect those who defend the United States by exercising their duty as patriots to warn against the existence of threats to weaknesses created by institutional failures that should be identified and corrected in a timely manner, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 27, 2002 See on congress.gov
Law Civil actions and liabilityDamagesDisciplining of employeesDismissal of employees
More subjectsShow fewer subjects
District courtsEBB TerrorismFederal employeesGovernment Operations and PoliticsIndustrial arbitrationInjunctionsJurisdictionLabor and EmploymentLegal feesMediationObstruction of justicePunitive damagesWage restitutionWhistle blowingWitnesses
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E529-530)
Mar 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Feb 27, 2002
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 27, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E213-214)
Feb 27, 2002
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Latest action April 16, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E529-530)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Paul Revere Freedom to Warn Act - Allows any Federal employee aggrieved by a violation of the right to petition Congress or a Member of Congress, or to furnish information to either House of Congress, or to a congressional committee or committee Member, or by a violation of specified criminal law provisions relating to witness tampering, to bring a civil action (entitled to a jury trial) in the appropriate U.S. District Court, within three years from the date of such violation, against any person, organization, or employer responsible for the violation, for lost wages and benefits, reinstatement, costs and attorney fees, compensatory or punitive damages, and equitable, injunctive, or any other relief that the court considers appropriate.

States that a District Court shall retain jurisdiction over any claim filed unless all parties voluntarily elect, after the complaint is filed, that the proceeding be resolved through mediation and, if necessary, that a decision by an arbitrator selected by mutual consent, with approval by the Court, be binding.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2002
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3806: Paul Revere Freedom to Warn Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3806/
MLA
"H.R. 3806: Paul Revere Freedom to Warn Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3806/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 3806, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3806/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 3806: Paul Revere Freedom to Warn Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3806/)
Report a problem