Implementing the Whistleblower Provisions of the Vehicle Safety Act (Proposed rule), 88 FR 23276

Notice of proposed rulemaking for NHTSA's motor vehicle safety whistleblower program (49 CFR Part 513), 88 FR 23276, 14 Apr 2023, 47 pp.: background (FAST Act 2015, more than 150 whistleblower submissions since 2015, the Hyundai/Kia award), comparison with SEC, CFTC, IRS and FCA programmes, section-by-section discussion of proposed definitions, submission, confidentiality, eligibility, 90-day claim deadline, award determination (10-30%), appeals and payment, regulatory analyses with Paperwork Reduction Act estimates (50 WB-INFO, 45 WB-RELEASE, 2 WB-AWARD forms a year, 1-2 Notices of Covered Action a year, burden hours and lawyer costs), the proposed regulatory text and forms WB-INFO, WB-RELEASE, WB-AWARD. Also relays SEC figures (tips from about 130 countries; 99 foreign countries in FY2021; 19 foreign award recipients). Added the PRA projections, the SEC relayed figures, the statutory rules restated, and the Hyundai/Kia case as this source describes it. Not recorded: proposed (not adopted) rules such as the 90-day claim deadline, anonymous filing through a lawyer and 30-day appeal window, which the final rule (usa-nhtsa-wb-finalrule-2024) already gives as adopted rules; PRA burden hours and lawyer cost estimates (paperwork cost, no indicator); the "more than 150 submissions" repeated on p. 27 (same claim as the existing p. 2 row); the $100 million example and $3,000,000 instalment example (illustrations); CBP's 7.8 million imported items (not about the programme). The SEC count of 14 Rule 21F-17 actions (footnote 50) is recorded under the proposed indicator protection_enforcement_actions. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).