Sec. 501. Independence of Inspectors General of the intelligence community
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The National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new title: A covered Inspector General may be removed from office only by the President. The President may remove a covered Inspector General only for any of the following grounds: Permanent incapacity. Inefficiency. Neglect of duty. Malfeasance. Conviction of a felony or conduct involving moral turpitude. Substantial violations of laws, rules, or regulations. Gross mismanagement.
Gross waste of funds. Abuse of authority. A covered Inspector General may be placed on administrative leave only by the President. The President may place a covered Inspector General on administrative leave only for any of the grounds specified in subsection (a). The President may not remove a covered Inspector General under subsection
(a)or place a covered Inspector General on administrative leave under subsection
(b)unless— the President transmits in writing to the congressional intelligence committees a notification of such removal or placement, including a detailed explanation of the grounds for such removal or placement and the evidence supporting such grounds; and with respect to the removal of a covered Inspector General, a period of 30 days elapses following the date of such transmittal. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President notifies a covered Inspector General of being removed under subsection
(a)or placed on administrative leave under subsection (b), the office of that Inspector General shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report identifying— each complaint, investigation, inspection, audit, or other review or inquiry, including any information, allegation, or complaint reported to the Attorney General in accordance with section 535 of title 28, United States Code, that the Inspector General was working on as of the date of such removal or placement; and the status of each such complaint, investigation, inspection, audit, or other review or inquiry. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a personnel action of a covered Inspector General otherwise authorized by law, other than transfer or removal. In this section: The term administrative leave includes any other type of paid or unpaid non-duty status. The term covered Inspector General includes an individual performing the functions and duties of a covered Inspector General in an acting capacity. . Section 3 of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The term covered Inspector General means each Inspector General of an element of the intelligence community, including the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. . The table of sections at the beginning of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by adding after the items relating to title XI the end the following new items: Title XII—Matters regarding Inspectors General of elements of the intelligence community Subtitle A—Inspectors General Sec. 1201. Independence of inspectors general. .
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