The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has passed legislation that would broaden the types of disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices (S-494). It also would provide for an independent determination as to whether a whistleblower suffered retaliation through the revoking of a security clearance, and allow the Office of Special Counsel—the agency that investigates and prosecutes some retaliation cases against agency management—the authority to intervene in federal courts on behalf of whistleblowers. A companion measure (HR-1317) was recently introduced in the House.