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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 7856 (Introduced in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United S... · Sec. 503

Sec. 503. Authority of inspectors general of the intelligence community to determine matters of urgent concern

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Title XII of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by section 501, is amended by inserting after section 1203, as added by section 502, the following new section: Each covered Inspector General shall have sole authority to determine whether any complaint or information reported to the Inspector General is a matter of urgent concern. Such determination is final and conclusive. In addition to any other matter which is considered an urgent concern pursuant to section 103H(k)(5)(G), section 17(d)(5)(G) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)(G) ), or other applicable provision of law, the term urgent concern includes a serious or flagrant problem, abuse, violation of law or Executive order, or deficiency relating to foreign interference in elections in the United States. .
The table of sections at the beginning of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1203, as added by section 502, the following new item: Sec. 1205. Determination of 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 by striking In this paragraph and inserting In accordance with section 1205, in this paragraph . Section 17(d)(5)(G) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)(G) ) is amended by striking In this paragraph and inserting In accordance with section 1205 of the National Security Act of 1947, in this paragraph .
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(3)of section 103H(k) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3033(k) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: With respect to each report submitted pursuant to paragraph (A)(i), the Inspector General shall include in the report, at a minimum— a general description of the unresolved differences, the particular duties or responsibilities of the Inspector General involved, and, if such differences relate to a complaint or information under paragraph (5), a description of the complaint or information and the entities or individuals identified in the complaint or information; and to the extent such differences can be attributed not only to the Director but also to any other official, department, agency, or office within the executive branch, or a component thereof, the titles of such official, department, agency, or office. . Section 102A(f)(1) of ( 50 U.S.C. 3024(f)(1) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraph
(B)as subparagraph (C); and by inserting after subparagraph
(A)the following new subparagraph: The authority of the Director of National Intelligence under subparagraph
(A)includes coordinating and supervising activities undertaken by elements of the intelligence community for the purpose of protecting the United States from any foreign interference in elections in the United States. .
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