Intelligence Community Congressional Whistleblowing Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-9025
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Amash, Justin [L-MI-3]
Introduced: 2020-12-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-12-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Intelligence Community Congressional Whistleblowing Improvement Act</strong></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9025 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. 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) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting or any Member of Congress designated by the employee who submits the complaint or information under subparagraph (A) after committees ; (B) in subparagraph (D)— (i) in clauses (i) and (ii), by inserting , or any Member of Congress, after committees each place it appears; and (ii) in clause (iii)— (I) by striking A member or employee of one of the congressional intelligence committees and inserting A Member of Congress, including any Member of one of the congressional intelligence committees, or an employee of such a committee ; and (II) by striking member each place it appears and inserting Member ; (C) in subparagraph (I), by striking any member and inserting any Member of Congress, including any Member ; and (D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (J) In this paragraph, the term Member of Congress means a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. . (2) Prohibited personnel actions Section 1104 of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3234 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Member of Congress The term Member of Congress has the meaning given such term in section 103H(k)(5)(J) of this Act. ; and (B) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking a member and inserting a Member of Congress, including any Member each place it appears. (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) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting or any Member of Congress designated by the employee who submits the complaint or information under subparagraph (A) after committees ; (2) in subparagraph (D)— (A) in clauses (i) and (ii), by inserting , or any Member of Congress, after committees each place it appears; and (B) in clause (iii)— (i) by striking A member or employee of one of the intelligence committees and inserting A Member of Congress, including any Member of one of the intelligence committees, or an employee of such a committee ; and (ii) by striking member each place it appears and inserting Member ; (3) in subparagraph (G), by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) The term Member of Congress means a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. ; and (4) in subparagraph (H), by striking any member and inserting 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 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by inserting or any Member of Congress designated by the employee who submits the complaint or information under subparagraph (A) after committees ; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting , or any Member of Congress, after committees in each place it appears; and (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking A member or employee of one of the intelligence committees and inserting A Member of Congress, including any Member of one of the intelligence committees, or an employee of such a committee ; and (ii) by striking member each place it appears and inserting Member ; (3) in subsection (g), by striking any member and inserting any Member of Congress, including any Member ; and (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) The term Member of Congress means a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. .