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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9025 

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to expand protected disclosures 

made by intelligence community whistleblowers to include disclosures 

made to Members of Congress, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 18, 2020 

Mr. AMASH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent 

Select Committee on Intelligence 

A BILL 

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to expand 

protected disclosures made by intelligence community 

whistleblowers to include disclosures made to Members 

of Congress, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intelligence Commu5 nity Congressional Whistleblowing Improvement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROTECTED DISCLOSURES MADE TO MEMBERS OF 

2 CONGRESS BY INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 

3 WHISTLEBLOWERS. 

4 (a) DISCLOSURES TO MEMBERS UNDER NATIONAL

5 SECURITY ACT OF 1947.— 

6 (1) DISCLOSURES TO MEMBERS.—Section 

7 103H(k)(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 

8 (50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)) is amended— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 

10 any Member of Congress designated by the em11 ployee who submits the complaint or informa12 tion under subparagraph (A)’’ after ‘‘commit13 tees’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (D)— 

15 (i) in clauses (i) and (ii), by inserting 

16 ‘‘, or any Member of Congress,’’ after 

17 ‘‘committees’’ each place it appears; and 

18 (ii) in clause (iii)— 

19 (I) by striking ‘‘A member or em20 ployee of one of the congressional in21 telligence committees’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘A Member of Congress, including 

23 any Member of one of the congres24 sional intelligence committees, or an 

25 employee of such a committee’’; and 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘member’’ each 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Mem3 ber’’; 

4 (C) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘any 

5 member’’ and inserting ‘‘any Member of Con6 gress, including any Member’’; and 

7 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

8 subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(J) In this paragraph, the term ‘Member of Con10 gress’ means a member of the Senate or the House of Rep11 resentatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, 

12 and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.’’. 

13 (2) PROHIBITED PERSONNEL ACTIONS.—Sec14 tion 1104 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3234) is amend15 ed— 

16 (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 

17 the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(5) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—The term ‘Mem19 ber of Congress’ has the meaning given such term 

20 in section 103H(k)(5)(J) of this Act.’’; and 

21 (B) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking 

22 ‘‘a member’’ and inserting ‘‘a Member of Con23 gress, including any Member’’ each place it ap24 pears. 


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1 (b) DISCLOSURES TO MEMBERS UNDER CENTRAL

2 INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT OF 1949.—Section 17(d)(5) 

3 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 

4 3517(d)(5)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or any 

6 Member of Congress designated by the employee 

7 who submits the complaint or information under 

8 subparagraph (A)’’ after ‘‘committees’’; 

9 (2) in subparagraph (D)— 

10 (A) in clauses (i) and (ii), by inserting ‘‘, 

11 or any Member of Congress,’’ after ‘‘commit12 tees’’ each place it appears; and 

13 (B) in clause (iii)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘A member or em15 ployee of one of the intelligence commit16 tees’’ and inserting ‘‘A Member of Con17 gress, including any Member of one of the 

18 intelligence committees, or an employee of 

19 such a committee’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘member’’ each place 

21 it appears and inserting ‘‘Member’’; 

22 (3) in subparagraph (G), by adding at the end 

23 the following new clause: 

24 ‘‘(iii) The term ‘Member of Congress’ 

25 means a member of the Senate or the 


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1 House of Representatives, a Delegate to 

2 the House of Representatives, and the 

3 Resident Commissioner from Puerto 

4 Rico.’’; and 

5 (4) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘any 

6 member’’ and inserting ‘‘any Member of Congress, 

7 including any Member’’. 

8 (c) DISCLOSURES TO MEMBERS UNDER ADDITIONAL

9 PROVISIONS.—Section 8H of the Inspector General Act of 

10 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 8H) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or any Mem12 ber of Congress designated by the employee who 

13 submits the complaint or information under sub14 paragraph (A)’’ after ‘‘committees’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (d)— 

16 (A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting 

17 ‘‘, or any Member of Congress,’’ after ‘‘commit18 tees’’ in each place it appears; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘A member or em21 ployee of one of the intelligence commit22 tees’’ and inserting ‘‘A Member of Con23 gress, including any Member of one of the 

24 intelligence committees, or an employee of 

25 such a committee’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘member’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘Member’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘any member’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘any Member of Congress, including 

5 any Member’’; and 

6 (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 

7 following new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(3) The term ‘Member of Congress’ means a 

9 member of the Senate or the House of Representa10 tives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, 

11 and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.’’. 

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