Intelligence Community Congressional Whistleblowing Improvement Act

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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Intelligence Community Congressional Whistleblowing Improvement Act 2. Protected disclosures made to Members of Congress by intelligence community whistleblowers (a) Disclosures to Members under National Security Act of 1947 (1) Disclosures to Members Section 103H(k)(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5) (A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting or any Member of Congress designated by the employee who submits the complaint or information under subparagraph (A) committees (B) in subparagraph (D)— (i) in clauses (i) and (ii), by inserting , or any Member of Congress, committees (ii) in clause (iii)— (I) by striking A member or employee of one of the congressional intelligence committees A Member of Congress, including any Member of one of the congressional intelligence committees, or an employee of such a committee (II) by striking member Member (C) in subparagraph (I), by striking any member any Member of Congress, including any Member (D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (J) In this paragraph, the term Member of Congress . (2) Prohibited personnel actions Section 1104 of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3234 (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Member of Congress The term Member of Congress ; and (B) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking a member a Member of Congress, including any Member (b) Disclosures to Members under Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 Section 17(d)(5) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5) (1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting or any Member of Congress designated by the employee who submits the complaint or information under subparagraph (A) committees (2) in subparagraph (D)— (A) in clauses (i) and (ii), by inserting , or any Member of Congress, committees (B) in clause (iii)— (i) by striking A member or employee of one of the intelligence committees A Member of Congress, including any Member of one of the intelligence committees, or an employee of such a committee (ii) by striking member Member (3) in subparagraph (G), by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) The term Member of Congress ; and (4) in subparagraph (H), by striking any member any Member of Congress, including any Member (c) Disclosures to Members under additional provisions Section 8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 ( 5 U.S.C. App. 8H (1) in subsection (c), by inserting or any Member of Congress designated by the employee who submits the complaint or information under subparagraph (A) committees (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting , or any Member of Congress, committees (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking A member or employee of one of the intelligence committees A Member of Congress, including any Member of one of the intelligence committees, or an employee of such a committee (ii) by striking member Member (3) in subsection (g), by striking any member any Member of Congress, including any Member (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) The term Member of Congress .

Summary: Intelligence Community Congressional Whistleblowing Improvement Act This bill expands protections for whistleblowers who are employed by a covered agency in the intelligence community (or by a contractor of such an agency) to apply to protected disclosures made to any Member of Congress. Currently, when a protected disclosure is made to Congress, whistleblower protections generally apply only if the disclosure was made to a congressional intelligence committee or to a member of such a committee.