1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 . 2. Whistleblower protections; employee protection from other retaliation (a) Prohibition Against Retaliation (1) In general No employer may discharge or otherwise discriminate against a covered employee because the covered employee, whether at the covered employee’s initiative or in the ordinary course of the covered employee’s duties— (A) provided, caused to be provided, or is about to provide or cause to be provided to the employer or to a Federal or State Government official, information relating to any violation of, or any act or omission the covered employee reasonably believes to be a violation of, any provision of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), or any order, rule, regulation, standard, or prohibition under that Act, or exercised any rights provided to employees under that Act; (B) testified or is about to testify in a proceeding concerning such violation; (C) assisted or participated or is about to assist or participate in such a proceeding; (D) testified or is about to testify before Congress on any matter covered by such Act; (E) objected to, or refused to participate in any activity, policy, practice, or assigned task that the covered employee reasonably believed to be in violation of any provision of such Act, or any order, rule, regulation, standard, or ban under such Act; (F) reported to the employer or a State or Federal Government official any of the following related to the employer’s activities described in section 3(1): an illness, injury, unsafe condition, or information regarding the adequacy of any oil spill response plan required by law