A bill to extend whistleblower protections for defense contractor employees to employees of contractors of the elements of the intelligence community.

To extend whistleblower protections for defense contractor employees to employees of contractors of the elements of the intelligence community. 1. Extension of whistleblower protections for defense contractor employees to employees of contractors of the elements of the intelligence community (a) Contractors of DoD and related agencies Subsection (e) of section 2409 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) Disclosures with respect to elements of intelligence community and intelligence-Related activities (1) Any disclosure under this section by an employee of a contractor, subcontractor, or grantee of an element of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) 50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5) section 8H (2) Any disclosure described in paragraph (1) of information required by Executive order to be kept classified in the interests of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs that is made to a court shall be treated by the court in a manner consistent with the interests of the national security of the United States, including through the use of summaries or ex parte submissions if the element of the intelligence community awarding the contract or grant concerned advises the court that the national security interests of the United States warrant the use of such summaries or submissions. . (b) Pilot program on other contractor employees Subsection (f) of section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) Disclosures with respect to elements of intelligence community and intelligence-Related activities (1) Manner of disclosures Any disclosure under this section by an employee of a contractor, subcontractor, or grantee of an element of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) 50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5) section 8H (2) Treatment by courts Any disclosure described in paragraph (1) of information required by Executive order to be kept classified in the interests of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs that is made to a court shall be treated by the court in a manner consistent with the interests of the national security of the United States, including through the use of summaries or ex parte submissions if the element of the intelligence community awarding the contract or grant concerned advises the court that the national security interests of the United States warrant the use of such summaries or submissions. .

Summary: Extends whistleblower protections to employees of contractors, subcontractors, or grantees of elements of the intelligence community who disclose information regarding such an element, or its activities, if the employee complies with procedures to report urgent concerns to Congress by first submitting the information to an appropriate agency Inspector General under the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 or the Inspector General Act of 1978. (Currently, employees of contractors of the intelligence community are excluded from certain whistleblower protections that are provided to employees of contractors of the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.) Requires courts that receive a disclosure of information required by executive order to be kept classified (in the interests of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs) to treat the information in a manner consistent with the interests of the national security of the United States, including through the use of summaries or ex parte submissions if the element of the intelligence community concerned advises the court that such procedures are warranted.