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LEGISLATIVE TEXT
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
on corporate governance and financial reporting
HR 3763, PL 107-204 (July 30, 2002)
SEC. 1107. RETALIATION AGAINST INFORMANTS. [Whistleblower
Protection Provision]
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
`(e) Whoever knowingly, with the intent to retaliate, takes any action
harmful to any person, including interference with the lawful employment or
livelihood of any person, for providing to a law enforcement officer any
truthful information relating to the commission or possible commission of any
Federal offense, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10
years, or both.'.
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