IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 576 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the 
whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector 
General of the Intelligence Community. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SOTO, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. 
DEMINGS, Mr. WELCH, Mr. HIMES, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. HECK, 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
CASTRO of Texas, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, and Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with 
respect to the whistleblower complaint of August 12, 
2019, made to the Inspector General of the Intelligence 
Community. 
Whereas the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives (in this resolution referred 
to as the ‘‘Committee’’) is charged with oversight of the 
intelligence community of the United States and all intel-
ligence-related activities and programs of the Federal 
Government; 
Whereas Federal statutes set forth a procedure for employ-
ees, assignees, detailees, and contractors of an element of 
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the intelligence community to disclose classified informa-
tion related to ‘‘urgent concerns’’ to the Office of the In-
spector General of the Intelligence Community (in this 
resolution referred to as the ‘‘Inspector General’’) and to 
the congressional intelligence committees (as defined by 
section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3003)) in a manner that protects whistleblowers 
from reprisal and threats of reprisal while also protecting 
the national security of the United States, including pur-
suant to section 103H(k)(5) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
3033(k)(5)) and section 8H of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); 
Whereas an ‘‘urgent concern’’ is defined by section 
103H(k)(5)(G)(i) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)(G)(i)) to include ‘‘[a] serious or 
flagrant problem, abuse, violation of law or Executive 
order, or deficiency relating to the funding, administra-
tion, or operation of an intelligence activity within the re-
sponsibility and authority of the Director of National In-
telligence involving classified information, but does not 
include differences of opinions concerning public policy 
matters’’; 
Whereas since at least the establishment of the Inspector 
General in 2010, the Director of National Intelligence 
and the Inspector General have never withheld from the 
Committee a whistleblower complaint under section 
103H(k)(5) of the National Security Act of 1947, regard-
less of whether the complaint was determined to be cred-
ible or satisfy the definition of ‘‘urgent concern’’; 
Whereas, on August 12, 2019, the Inspector General received 
a complaint (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘Com-
plaint’’) from an employee, assignee, detailee, or con-
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