AUTHORITIES REGARDING WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS AND INFORMATION OF URGENT CONCERN RECEIVED BY INSPECTORS GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

SEC. 502. AUTHORITIES REGARDING WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS AND INFORMATION OF URGENT CONCERN RECEIVED BY INSPECTORS GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. (a) Authority of Inspector General of the Intelligence Community to Determine Matters of Urgent Concern.—Section 103H(k)(5)(G) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)(G)) is amended— (1) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively; (2) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by inserting “(i)” before “In this”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: “(ii) Within the executive branch, the Inspector General shall have sole authority to determine whether any complaint or information reported to the Inspector General is a matter of urgent concern under this paragraph.” . (b) Authority of Inspectors General to Determine Matters of Urgent Concern.—Subsection (h) of section 8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively (and indenting such clauses accordingly); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and indenting such subparagraphs accordingly); (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by inserting “(1)” before “In this”; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Within the executive branch, an Inspector General to whom any complaint or information is reported under this section shall have sole authority to determine whether the complaint or information is a matter of urgent concern under this section.” . (c) Authority of Inspector General of Central Intelligence Agency to Determine Matters of Urgent Concern.—Section 17(d)(5)(G) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)(G)) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), and (III) as items (aa), (bb), and (cc), respectively (and indenting such items accordingly); (2) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively (and indenting such subclauses accordingly); (3) in the matter preceding clause (I), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by inserting “(i)” before “In this”; and (4) by adding at the end the following new clause: “(ii) Within the executive branch, the Inspector General shall have sole authority to determine whether any complaint or information reported to the Inspector General is a matter of urgent concern under this paragraph.” .