48 CFR § 52.203-17 - 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s52.203-17"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 52.203-17 - 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "52.203-17"
section_name: "52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "CLAUSES AND FORMS"
part_number: "52"
part_name: "SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT CLAUSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42478, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "52"
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# 52.203-17 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights.
As prescribed in 3.906, insert the following clause:
****Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (NOV 2023)
(a) This contract and employees working on this contract will be subject to the whistleblower rights and remedies established at 41 U.S.C. 4712 and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 3.900 through 3.905.
(b) The Contractor shall inform its employees in writing, in the predominant language of the workforce, of employee whistleblower rights and protections under 41 U.S.C. 4712, as described in FAR 3.900 through 3.905.
(c) The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts.
****(End of clause)
[88 FR 69522, Oct. 5, 2023]