text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``National Security Whistleblower 
  Protection Act of 2016''.
  
  SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 2302(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
  Code, is amended--
              (1) in clause (xi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
              (2) by redesignating clause (xii) as clause (xiii); and
              (3) by inserting after clause (xi) the following:
                      ``(xii) the suspension or revocation of access to 
                  classified information; and''.
      (b) Application to FBI.--Section 2303(a) of title 5, United States 
  Code, is amended in the matter following paragraph (2), by inserting 
  ``or clause (xii)'' after ``clauses (i) through (x)''.
      (c) Report by Inspector General of the Department of Defense.--
              (1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                      (A) the term ``employee'' includes an employee of a 
                  contractor of the Department of Defense;
                      (B) the term ``Inspector General'' means the 
                  Inspector General of the Department of Defense; and
                      (C) the term ``whistleblowing'' means--
                              (i) making a disclosure described in 
                          section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States 
                          Code; or
                              (ii) taking an action described in 
                          subparagraph (A)(i), (B), (C), or (D) of 
                          section 2302(b)(9) of title 5, United States 
                          Code.
              (2) Report.--
                      (A) Initial report.--Not later than 1 year after 
                  the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector 
                  General shall submit to Congress a report that provides 
                  the information described in subparagraph (C) for the 
                  5-year period ending on the date of enactment of this 
                  Act.
                      (B) Inclusion in semiannual report.--In each 
                  semiannual report submitted to Congress by the 
                  Inspector General under section 5(a) of the Inspector 
                  General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) after the date on 
                  which the report under subparagraph (A) is submitted, 
                  the Inspector General shall include the information 
                  described in subparagraph (C) for the period covered by 
                  the report.
                      (C) Information.--
                              (i) In general.--The information described 
                          in this subparagraph is, for each category of 
                          employee described in clause (ii)--
                                      (I) the number of allegations 
                                  received by the Inspector General 
                                  (which shall include separately the 
                                  number of contacts to the hotline of 
                                  the Inspector General) in which an 
                                  employee asserts that the access to 
                                  classified information of the employee 
                                  was suspended or revoked in retaliation 
                                  for whistleblowing;
                                      (II) the number of allegations 
                                  described in subclause (I) that were 
                                  closed by the Inspector General before 
                                  a full investigation was conducted;
                                      (III) the number of allegations 
                                  described in subclause (I) for which a 
                                  full investigation was conducted by the 
                                  Inspector General;
                                      (IV) the number of allegations 
                                  described in subclause (I) in which the 
                                  Inspector General determined that the 
                                  access to classified information of the 
                                  employee was suspended or revoked in 
                                  retaliation for whistleblowing;
                                      (V) the number of investigations of 
                                  allegations described in subclause (I) 
                                  that were conducted by a component of 
                                  the Department of Defense other than 
                                  the Office of the Inspector General and 
                                  a description of the oversight of the 
                                  investigation by the Inspector General;
                                      (VI) the number of investigations 
                                  of allegations described in subclause 
                                  (I) that, upon appeal, were returned by 
                                  the Inspector General of the 
                                  Intelligence Community as defective;
                                      (VII) a description of the remedial 
                                  measures taken relating to allegations 
                                  described in subclause (I); and
                                      (VIII) a description of the 
                                  disciplinary actions taken against 
                                  individuals who suspended or revoked 
                                  the access to classified information of 
                                  an employee in retaliation for 
                                  whistleblowing.
                              (ii) Categories of employees.--The 
                          categories of employees described in this 
                          clause are the following:
                                      (I) Employees of the Department of 
                                  Defense in the civil service, as 
                                  defined in section 2101(1) of title 5, 
                                  United States Code.
                                      (II) Employees of nonappropriated 
                                  fund instrumentalities of the 
                                  Department.
                                      (III) Members of the regular 
                                  components of the Armed Forces.
                                      (IV) Members of the Army National 
                                  Guard of the United States and Air 
                                  National Guard of the United States on 
                                  active duty.
                                      (V) Employees of contractors of the 
                                  Department.
                                      (VI) Any other category of 
                                  employees not included under clauses 
                                  (I) through (V), which shall be 
                                  described by the Inspector General in 
                                  the applicable report.
target: National Security Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016 This bill extends personnel protections to whistleblowers by classifying the suspension or revocation of access to classified information as a personnel action. This classification also applies to employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall report to Congress on allegations of retaliation against whistleblowers whose access to classified information was suspended or revoked.
feat_title: National Security Whistleblower Protection Act of 2016