Extends whistleblower protections to contractors, subcontractors, and grantees of the Defense Department and NASA, and to federal contractors generally, barring reprisal when an executive branch official orders it.

• Protects contractor workers who refuse orders that would require violating a law, rule, or regulation tied to a contract or grant.
• Covers workers who disclose gross mismanagement, gross waste, abuse of authority, legal violations, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
• Bars executive branch officials from asking contractors or grantees to carry out reprisals, and lets agencies propose discipline against officials who do.
• Makes these rights unwaivable, including through predispute arbitration agreements, and extends coverage to state, tribal, and local government contractors and certain personal services contractors.

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