Sec. 9324. Intelligence community oversight of agency whistleblower actions
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, in consultation with the Intelligence Community Inspectors General Forum, shall complete a feasibility study on establishing a hotline whereby all complaints of whistleblowers relating to the intelligence community are automatically referred to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. The feasibility study conducted pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall include the following: The anticipated number of annual whistleblower complaints received by all elements of the intelligence community. The additional resources required to implement the hotline, including personnel and technology. The resulting budgetary effects. Findings from the system established pursuant to subsection (b). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall establish a system whereby the Inspector General is provided, in near real time, the following: All information relating to complaints by whistleblowers relating to the programs and activities under the jurisdiction of the Director of National Intelligence. Any inspector general actions relating to such complaints. Before establishing the system required by subsection (b), the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall establish policies and procedures to protect the privacy of whistleblowers and protect against further dissemination of whistleblower information without consent of the whistleblower. The system established under subsection
(b)shall provide whistleblowers the option of prohibiting distribution of their complaints to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.