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A bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide whistleblower protections for employees of contractors of elements of the intelligence community, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2002| Senate 
| Updated: 10/24/2017
Claire McCaskill

Claire McCaskill

Democratic Senator

Missouri

Homeland Security Committee, Intelligence (Select) Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Ensuring Protections for Intelligence Community Contractor Whistleblowers Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit reprisals or discrimination against a intelligence community whistle-blower (including an employee, an applicant for employment, former employee, or contractor) who makes a protected disclosure to an agency Inspector General (IG) or certain other federal officials while carrying out a contract that contains a covered intelligence community element (i.e., the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Reconnaissance Office.) A "protected disclosure" means any lawful disclosure of information that an employee believes is evidence of a violation of federal law, gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. A whistle-blower who has been subjected to a reprisal may submit a complaint to an agency IG, the Department of Defense IG, or the IG of the Intelligence Community. The appropriate IG must investigate the complaint and make a determination as to its validity.
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Timeline
Oct 24, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Oct 24, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
  • October 24, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 24, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

Armed Forces and National Security

A bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide whistleblower protections for employees of contractors of elements of the intelligence community, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2002| Senate 
| Updated: 10/24/2017
Ensuring Protections for Intelligence Community Contractor Whistleblowers Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit reprisals or discrimination against a intelligence community whistle-blower (including an employee, an applicant for employment, former employee, or contractor) who makes a protected disclosure to an agency Inspector General (IG) or certain other federal officials while carrying out a contract that contains a covered intelligence community element (i.e., the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Reconnaissance Office.) A "protected disclosure" means any lawful disclosure of information that an employee believes is evidence of a violation of federal law, gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. A whistle-blower who has been subjected to a reprisal may submit a complaint to an agency IG, the Department of Defense IG, or the IG of the Intelligence Community. The appropriate IG must investigate the complaint and make a determination as to its validity.
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Timeline
Oct 24, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Oct 24, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
  • October 24, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • October 24, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Claire McCaskill

Claire McCaskill

Democratic Senator

Missouri

Homeland Security Committee, Intelligence (Select) Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted