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

Bill: 114-s-794
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2015-03-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Defense spending

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Evidence and witnesses

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government studies and investigations

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal">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&nbsp;contractors of the&nbsp;Department of Defense and other federal agencies.) </p> <p>Requires courts that receive&nbsp;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.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 794 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 18, 2015 Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence A BILL 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) )) with respect to an element of the intelligence community or an activity of an element of the intelligence community shall comply with applicable provisions of section 17(d)(5) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5) ) and section 8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). (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) )) with respect to an element of the intelligence community or an activity of an element of the intelligence community shall comply with applicable provisions of section 17(d)(5) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5) ) and section 8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). (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. .