Sec. 802. Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as act of reprisal
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Section 1104(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3234(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (I), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; by redesignating subparagraph
(J)as subparagraph (K); and by inserting after subparagraph
(I)the following: an unauthorized whistleblower identity disclosure; ; and by adding at the end the following: The term unauthorized whistleblower identity disclosure means, with respect to an employee or a contractor employee described in paragraph (3), a knowing and willful disclosure revealing the identity or other personally identifiable information of the employee or contractor employee so as to identify the employee or contractor employee as an employee or contractor employee who has made a lawful disclosure described in subsection
(b)or (c), but does not include such a knowing and willful disclosure that meets any of the following criteria: Such disclosure was made with the express consent of the employee or contractor employee. Such disclosure was made during the course of reporting or remedying the subject of the lawful disclosure of the whistleblower through management, legal, or oversight processes, including such processes relating to human resources, equal opportunity, security, or an Inspector General. An Inspector General with oversight responsibility for the relevant covered intelligence community element determines that such disclosure— was unavoidable under section 103H of this Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3033 ), section 17 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3517 ), section 407 of title 5, United States Code, or section 420(b)(2)(B) of such title; was made to an official of the Department of Justice responsible for determining whether a prosecution should be undertaken; or was required by statute or an order from a court of competent jurisdiction. . Subsection
(f)of such section is amended to read as follows: Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the President shall provide for the enforcement of this section. To the fullest extent possible, the President shall provide for enforcement of this section in a manner that is consistent with the enforcement of section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, especially with respect to policies and procedures used to adjudicate alleged violations of such section. Subject to paragraph (4), in a case in which an employee of an agency takes a personnel action described in subsection (a)(3)(J) against an employee of a covered intelligence community element as a reprisal in violation of subsection
(b)or in a case in which an employee or contractor employee takes a personnel action described in subsection (a)(3)(J) against another contractor employee as a reprisal in violation of subsection (c), the employee or contractor employee against whom the personnel action was taken may, consistent with section 1221 of title 5, United States Code, bring a private action for all appropriate remedies, including injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, against the agency of the employee or contracting agency of the contractor employee who took the personnel action, in a Federal district court of competent jurisdiction. Before the employee or contractor employee may bring a private action under paragraph (3), the employee or contractor employee shall exhaust administrative remedies by— first, obtaining a disposition of their claim by requesting review by the appropriate inspector general; and second, if the review under clause
(i)does not substantiate reprisal, by submitting to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community a request for a review of the claim by an external review panel under section 1106. The employee or contractor employee may bring a private right of action under paragraph
(3)during the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the employee or contractor employee is notified of the final disposition of their claim under section 1106. .
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Sec. 802
Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as act of reprisal
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