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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 4443 (Reported in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United S... · Sec. 803

Sec. 803. Protection for individuals making authorized disclosures to Inspectors General of elements of the intelligence community

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Section 103H(g)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3033(g)(3) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively; by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: An individual may disclose classified information to the Inspector General in accordance with the applicable security standards and procedures established under Executive Order 13526 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national security information), section 102A or section 803, chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq. ), or any applicable provision of law. Such a disclosure of classified information that is made by an individual who at the time of the disclosure does not hold the appropriate clearance or authority to access such classified information, but that is otherwise made in accordance with such security standards and procedures, shall be treated as an authorized disclosure and does not violate— any otherwise applicable nondisclosure agreement; any otherwise applicable regulation or order issued under the authority of Executive Order 13526 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national security information) or chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq. ); or section 798 of title 18, United States Code, or any other provision of law relating to the unauthorized disclosure of national security information. ; and in the paragraph enumerator, by striking
(3)and inserting (3)(A) . Section 17(e)(3) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(3) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively; by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: An individual may disclose classified information to the Inspector General in accordance with the applicable security standards and procedures established under Executive Order 13526 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national security information), section 102A or 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3024 ; 3162a), or chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq. ). Such a disclosure of classified information that is made by an individual who at the time of the disclosure does not hold the appropriate clearance or authority to access such classified information, but that is otherwise made in accordance with such security standards and procedures, shall be treated as an authorized disclosure and does not violate— any otherwise applicable nondisclosure agreement; any otherwise applicable regulation or order issued under the authority of Executive Order 13526 or chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq. ); or section 798 of title 18, United States Code, or any other provision of law relating to the unauthorized disclosure of national security information. ; and in the paragraph enumerator, by striking
(3)and inserting (3)(A) . Section 416 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: An individual may disclose classified information to an Inspector General of an element of the intelligence community in accordance with the applicable security standards and procedures established under Executive Order 13526 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to classified national security information), section 102A or 803 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3024 ; 3162a), or chapter 12 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq. ). Such a disclosure of classified information that is made by an individual who at the time of the disclosure does not hold the appropriate clearance or authority to access such classified information, but that is otherwise made in accordance with such security standards and procedures, shall be treated as an authorized disclosure and does not violate— any otherwise applicable nondisclosure agreement; any otherwise applicable regulation or order issued under the authority of Executive Order 13526 or chapter 18 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2271 et seq. ); or section 798 of title 18, or any other provision of law relating to the unauthorized disclosure of national security information. .
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