(1) by inserting `(1)' before `An employee';

(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated--

`(A) Gross mismanagement of a Department of Defense contract or grant, a gross waste of Department funds, an abuse of authority relating to a Department contract or grant, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a Department contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant.

`(B) Gross mismanagement of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract or grant, a gross waste of Administration funds, an abuse of authority relating to an Administration contract or grant, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to an Administration contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant.

`(C) A substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.'; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

`(A) A Member of Congress or a representative of a committee of Congress.

`(B) An Inspector General.

`(C) The Government Accountability Office.

`(D) An employee of the Department of Defense or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as applicable, responsible for contract oversight or management.

`(E) An authorized official of the Department of Justice or other law enforcement agency.

`(F) A court or grand jury.

`(G) A management official or other employee of the contractor or subcontractor who has the responsibility to investigate, discover, or address misconduct.

`(A) an employee who initiates or provides evidence of contractor or subcontractor misconduct in any judicial or administrative proceeding relating to waste, fraud, or abuse on a Department of Defense or National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract or grant shall be deemed to have made a disclosure covered by such paragraph; and

`(B) a reprisal described in paragraph (1) is prohibited even if it is undertaken at the request of a Department or Administration official, unless the request takes the form of a nondiscretionary directive and is within the authority of the Department or Administration official making the request.'.

(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting `fails to allege a violation of the prohibition in subsection (a), or has previously been addressed in another Federal or State judicial or administrative proceeding initiated by the complainant,' after `is frivolous,';

(2) in paragraph (2)--

(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

`(A) made with the consent of the person alleging the reprisal;

`(B) made in accordance with the provisions of section 552a of title 5 or as required by any other applicable Federal law; or

`(C) necessary to conduct an investigation of the alleged reprisal.

(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking `the compensation (including back pay)' and inserting `compensatory damages (including back pay)';

(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end following new sentence: `An action under this paragraph may not be brought more than two years after the date on which remedies are deemed to have been exhausted.';

(3) in paragraph (4), by striking `and compensatory and exemplary damages.' and inserting `, compensatory and exemplary damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs. The person upon whose behalf an order was issued may also file such an action or join in an action filed by the head of the agency.';

(4) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the following new sentence: `Filing such an appeal shall not act to stay the enforcement of the order of the head of an agency, unless a stay is specifically entered by the court.'; and

(5) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):

`(A) relates to an activity of an element of the intelligence community; or

`(B) was discovered during contract, subcontract, or grantee services provided to an element of the intelligence community.'.

`(6) The term `abuse of authority' means the following:

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking `commenced by the United States or a State' and inserting `commenced by the United States, by a State, or by a contractor employee submitting a complaint under section 2409 of this title'; and

(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking `the imposition of a monetary penalty' and inserting `the imposition of a monetary penalty or an order to take corrective action under section 2409 of this title'.

(1) IN GENERAL- The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to--

(2) REVISION OF SUPPLEMENTS TO THE FAR- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall each be revised to implement the requirements arising under the amendments made by this section.

(3) INCLUSION OF CONTRACT CLAUSE IN CONTRACTS AWARDED BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE- At the time of any major modification to a contract that was awarded before the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the contracting agency shall make best efforts to include in the contract a contract clause providing for the applicability of the amendments made by this section to the contract.