Sec. 502. Designation of acting inspectors general of the intelligence community in cases of vacancies
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Title XII of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by section 501, is amended by inserting after section 1201 the following new section: If a covered Inspector General dies, resigns, is removed from office, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of that Inspector General, the President may only direct an individual specified in subsection
(b)to perform the functions and duties of that Inspector General in an acting capacity until an individual is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve as Inspector General. The following individuals may serve as an acting Inspector General pursuant to subsection (a): The individual who holds the most senior position in that Office of the Inspector General as a career appointee in the Senior Intelligence Service, the Senior National Intelligence Service, or other applicable senior executive service. An individual who is serving as an inspector general of another department, agency, or other element of the Federal Government whose appointment to that position was made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. . The table of sections at the beginning of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1201, as added by section 501, the following new item: Sec. 1203. Designation of acting Inspectors General of the intelligence community in cases of vacancies. .