Sec. 711. 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 head official. The head official may remove a covered Inspector General only for any of the following grounds: Documented permanent incapacity. Documented neglect of duty. Documented malfeasance. Documented conviction of a felony or conduct involving moral turpitude. Documented knowing violation of a law or regulation.
Documented gross mismanagement. Documented gross waste of funds. Documented abuse of authority. Documented Inefficiency. A covered Inspector General may be placed on administrative leave only by the head official. The head official may place a covered Inspector General on administrative leave only for any of the grounds specified in subsection (a). The head official may not remove a covered Inspector General under subsection
(a)or place a covered Inspector General on administrative leave under subsection
(b)unless— the head official transmits in writing to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of such removal or placement, including an explanation of the documented grounds specified in subsection
(a)for such removal or placement; 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 head official 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 appropriate congressional committees a report containing— a description of the facts and circumstances of any pending 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 any other significant matter that the office of the Inspector General determines appropriate. 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 appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional intelligence committees; and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. The term head official means— with respect to the position of a covered Inspector General that requires appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the President; and with respect to the position of a covered Inspector General that requires appointment by a head of a department or agency of the Federal Government, the head of such department or agency. . 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 of the following: The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. The Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Inspector General of the Defense Intelligence Agency. The Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office. The Inspector General of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The Inspector General of the National Security Agency. . 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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