On February 18, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) introduced the Special Inspector General for Law Enforcement Act (H.R.6762) into the House of Representatives.

The EPA's special agents exercise all federal law enforcement duties, including investigating, carrying firearms, arresting for any federal crime, and executing and serving warrants. The National Environmental Crime Center focuses on environmental crime investigation, supplying the Department of Justice (DOJ) with essential information, and discouraging future offenses.

As federal law enforcement officers, EPA special agents are authorized to conduct investigations, carry firearms, arrest for any federal crime, and execute and serve warrants.

National Whistleblower Day is celebrated each year on July 30. America’s first whistleblower law was approved during the height of the American Revolution on July 30, 1778 when Congress acted on whistleblower disclosures made about wrongdoing and abuses by a senior officer of the Continental Navy.