Profitable Whistleblowers Act

[Gluonmaster]

CONGRESS OF THE​

COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT​

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A
BILL
To
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Weaken crime and raise money​

The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

PART I — PRELIMINARIES
1 - Short Title and Enactment

(A) This Act may be cited as the “Profitable Whistleblowers Act (PWA)”.​

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(B) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.​

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(C) This Act has been authored by Representative Gluonmaster.​

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(D) This act has been sponsored by Representative Gluonmaster.​

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(E) This Act has been sponsored by Representative MJL.​

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(F) This Act amends the following acts:​

(i) Whistleblower Protection Act 2020​

2 - Reasons

(A) Redmont has contended with a increase in criminal behavior as well as the deficit. This act seeks to tackle both problems.

(B) This act allows the DoJ and DHS to reward whistleblowers for damning evidence so long as the result is more money long term then the cost of the reward.

(C) The rewards will increase whistleblower participation and the criminal payouts will pay off the deficit.


PART II — Contents

3 - Amendments to the Taxation Act:

(1) The Whistleblower Protection Act of 2020 is to be amended as follows:
"2 - Whistleblower
(1) A whistleblower is an entity or individual that presents information to another individual or organization about an entity or individual who is involved with any activity that is deemed illegal, illicit, unsafe, or a waste, fraud, or abuse of taxpayer funds.

(2) If a whistleblower comes forward with information regarding any activity that is deemed illegal, illicit, unsafe, or a waste, fraud, or abuse of taxpayer funds, they are entitled to anonymity unless they, with full understanding, waive this right.

(3) If an entity or individual reveals a whistle blower whistleblower they will be subject to fines of up to $2000.

(4) It is illegal for the Government to punish whistle blowers.

(5) Both the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have the discretion to make pay outs to whistleblowers who provide damning evidence that allows for a criminal charge in form of fine, provided those payouts don't exceed 50% of that criminal charge's fine amount.

(i) Nether the DoJ nor the DHS shall make pay outs to whistleblowers for the purpose of engaging in entrapment as defined in Entrapment Defense Act.​

(ii) Should it be difficult for a whistleblower to remain anonymous so that a department can reward them for whistleblowing, the whistleblower may opt in to risk or lose their anonymity so that they may receive the money.​

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[Franciscus]

Presidential Assent

This provides a financial incentive for people to provide information of material importance to prosecution. Ultimately, exact details will be determined by department policy (the act leaves “damning” undefined, and payments that “don’t exceed” 50% are permitted at “the discretion” of charging authorities post-conviction), but the clear congressional authorization is a good step.

Because this does not obligate a particular program for whistleblower payments, and because departments may (but are not obligated to) establish whistleblower bounty programs under this act, this provides them with additional tools. Perhaps a future revision will also allow DoC to participate in this, but we must not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

This bill is granted assent and is signed into law.