FAR clauses/Part 3/Checked 15 Sep 2026

FAR 52.203-17
Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights

Clause date

NOV 2023

Prescribed at

FAR 3.906. Insert in all solicitations and contracts, except solicitations and contracts of DoD, NASA, the Coast Guard, or applicable elements of the intelligence community.

Applies to

All contracts of civilian agencies other than NASA, the Coast Guard, and applicable intelligence community elements.

Flowdown

Flows down
52.203-17(c) requires the substance of the clause, including paragraph (c), in all subcontracts. Also listed in 52.212-5(e)(1) and 52.244-6(c)(1); the 52.244-6 entry notes the clause does not apply to contracts of DoD, NASA, the Coast Guard, or applicable elements of the intelligence community.

Full text

FAR 52.203-17 on Acquisition.gov

… 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. …

From the clause · Codified FAR · FAC 2026-01

This is the codified text, not any agency's Revolutionary FAR Overhaul deviation. An agency running a class deviation may have this clause renumbered, rewritten or prescribed differently — check the deviation before you put a clause in a solicitation.

• 52.203-6Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the GovernmentFAR 3.503-2
• 52.203-13Contractor Code of Business Ethics and ConductFAR 3.1004(a)