define employee in the Energy Reorganization Act as including job applicants to protect whistle blowers.

Recently, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against protecting whistle blowers who work for one company or government contractor and who apply for employment with another contractor. The court ruled that the term employee in the Energy Reorganization Act did not cover job applicants even though congress intended it and OSHA has interpreted it to include job applicants. Without immediate challenge to this ruling or change to the law whistle blowers will lose protection from being black listed, and public safety and civil liberties will suffer. We ask the President to intercede either through the justice department entering the case and appealing to the supreme court or by sponsoring legislation to correct this unjust ruling.