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50 U.S.C. § 3234 — Continued applicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Board of Visitors
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The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 11 See References in Text note below. shall continue to apply to the Board of Visitors of the National Intelligence University on and after the transfer date.
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The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 11 See References in Text note below. shall continue to apply to the Board of Visitors of the National Intelligence University on and after the transfer date.
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The Executive departments are:
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**(a) Program**
(1) **Requirement** — The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall carry out a program to ensure that selected individuals are provided funds for academic training (including with respect to both undergraduate and postgraduate education), or to reimburse for academic training previously obtained—
(A) in capabilities, missions, or skillsets, especially in the fields of science, technology, math, and engineering, to address workforce requirements in which the intelligence community is deficient or likely to be deficient in the future; or
(B) for such individuals who have backgrounds or experiences that the Director has identified as—
(i) contributing to capabilities, missions, or skillsets in which the intelligence community is deficient or likely to be deficient in future; and
(ii) being underrepresented in the intelligence community or likely to be underrepresented in the future.
(2) **Commitment** — An individual selected for participation in the program shall commit to employment with an element of the intelligence community for a period that the Director determines is commensurate with the amount of funding provided to the individual under the program and under such terms and conditions as the Director considers appropriate.
(3) **Designation** — The program shall be known as the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program.
(4) **Outreach** — The Director, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall maintain a publicly available internet website on the program that describes—
(A) the intent of the program;
(B) the conditions and requirements for selection and participation;
(C) application instructions;
(D
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**(a) Office of Inspector General of the Intelligence Community** There is within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence an Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community is—
(1) to create an objective and effective office, appropriately accountable to Congress, to initiate and conduct independent investigations, inspections, audits, and reviews on programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence;
(2) to provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities designed—
(A) to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration and implementation of such programs and activities; and
(B) to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in such programs and activities;
(3) to provide a means for keeping the Director of National Intelligence fully and currently informed about—
(A) problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence; and
(B) the necessity for, and the progress of, corrective actions; and
(4) in the manner prescribed by this section, to ensure that the congressional intelligence committees are kept similarly informed of—
(A) significant problems and deficiencies relating to programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence; and
(B) the necessity for, and the progress of, corrective actions.
**(c) Inspector General of the Intelligence Community**
(1) There is an Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, who shall be the head of the Office of the Inspector Genera
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agency** — The term “agency” means an executive department or independent establishment, as defined under sections 101 and 104 of title 5, that contains an intelligence community element, except the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(2) **Covered intelligence community element** — The term “covered intelligence community element”—
(A) means—
(i) the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the National Reconnaissance Office; and
(ii) any executive agency or unit thereof determined by the President under [section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2302/a/2/C/ii&num=0&edition=prelim) to have as its principal function the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities; and
(B) does not include the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(3) **Personnel action** — The term “personnel action” means, with respect to an employee in a position in a covered intelligence community element (other than a position excepted from the competitive service due to its confidential, policy-determining, policymaking, or policy-advocating character) or a contractor employee—
(A) an appointment;
(B) a promotion;
(C) a disciplinary or corrective action;
(D) a detail, transfer, or reassignment;
(E) a demotion, suspension, or termination;
(F) a reinstatement or restoration;
(G) a performance evaluation;
(H) a decision concerning pay, benefits, or awards;
(I) a decision concerning education or training if such education or training may reasonably be expected to lead to an appoint
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**(a) Request for review** An individual with a claim described in subsection (b) may submit to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community a request for a review of such claim by an external review panel convened under subsection (c).
**(b) Claims and individuals described** A claim described in this subsection is any—
(1) claim by an individual—
(A) that the individual has been subjected to a personnel action that is prohibited under [section 3234 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3234&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) who has exhausted the applicable review process for the claim pursuant to enforcement of such section; or
(2) claim by an individual—
(A) that he or she has been subjected to a reprisal prohibited by paragraph (1) of [section 3341(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3341/j&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) who received a decision on an appeal regarding that claim under paragraph (4) of such section.
**(c) External review panel convened**
(1) **Discretion to convene** — Upon receipt of a request under subsection (a) regarding a claim, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community may, at the discretion of the Inspector General, convene an external review panel under this subsection to review the claim.
(2) **Membership**
(A) *Composition* — An external review panel convened under this subsection shall be composed of three members as follows:
(i) The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
(ii) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), two members selected by the Inspector General as the Inspector General considers appropriate on a case-by-case basis from among inspectors general of the following:
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**(a) Mechanism for authorized reporting**
(1) **Establishment** — The Secretary of Defense, acting through the head of the Office and in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall establish a secure mechanism for authorized reporting of—
(A) any event relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena; and
(B) any activity or program by a department or agency of the Federal Government or a contractor of such a department or agency relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, including with respect to material retrieval, material analysis, reverse engineering, research and development, detection and tracking, developmental or operational testing, and security protections and enforcement.
(2) **Protection of systems, programs, and activity** — The Secretary shall ensure that the mechanism for authorized reporting established under paragraph (1) prevents the unauthorized public reporting or compromise of classified military and intelligence systems, programs, and related activity, including all categories and levels of special access and compartmented access programs.
(3) **Administration** — The Secretary shall ensure that the mechanism for authorized reporting established under paragraph (1) is administered by designated and appropriately cleared employees of the Department of Defense or elements of the intelligence community or contractors of the Department or such elements assigned to the Office.
(4) **Sharing of information**
(A) *Prompt sharing within Office* — The Secretary shall ensure that the mechanism for authorized reporting established under paragraph (1) provides for the sharing of an authorized disclosure to personnel and supporting analysts and scientists of the Office (regardless of the classification of information contained i
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**(a) Otherwise lawful disclosures** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed—
(1) to limit or prohibit otherwise lawful disclosures of communications, records, or other information, including reporting of known or suspected criminal activity, by a non-Federal entity to any other non-Federal entity or the Federal Government under this subchapter; or
(2) to limit or prohibit otherwise lawful use of such disclosures by any Federal entity, even when such otherwise lawful disclosures duplicate or replicate disclosures made under this subchapter.
**(b) Whistle blower protections** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit or limit the disclosure of information protected under [section 2302(b)(8) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2302/b/8&num=0&edition=prelim) (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse, or public health or safety threats), [section 7211 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7211&num=0&edition=prelim) (governing disclosures to Congress), [section 1034 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1034&num=0&edition=prelim) (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the military), [section 3234 of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3234&num=0&edition=prelim) (governing disclosure by employees of elements of the intelligence community), or any similar provision of Federal or State law.
**(c) Protection of sources and methods** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed—
(1) as creating any immunity against, or otherwise affecting, any action brought by the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, to enforc
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3234
words ‘‘Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence’’, the initials ‘‘ODNI’’, the seal of the Of-
fice of the Director of National Intelligence, or
any colorable imitation of such words, initials,
or seal in connection with any merchandise, im-
personation, solicitation, or commercial activ-
ity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey
the impression that such use is approved, en-
dorsed, or authorized by the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence.
(b) Injunction
Whenever it appears to the Attorney General
that any person is engaged or is about to engage
in an act or practice which constitutes or will
constitute conduct prohibited by subsection (a),
the Attorney General may initiate a civil pro-
ceeding in a district court of the United States
to enjoin such act or practice. Such court shall
proceed as soon as practicable to the hearing
and determination of such action and may, at
any time before final determination, enter such
restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such
other action as is warranted, to prevent injury
to the United States or to any person or class of
persons for whose protection the action is
brought.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title XI, § 1103, as added
Pub. L. 111–259, title IV, § 413(a), Oct. 7, 2010, 124
Stat. 2726.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 442b of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section.
§ 3234. Prohibited personnel practices in the in-
telligence community
(a) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Agency
The term ‘‘agency’’ means an executive de-
partment or independent establishment, as de-
fined under sections 101 and 104 of title 5, that
contains an intelligence community ele
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