; or (C) to pay the employee, applicant, former employee, or personal services contractor an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expert witnesses’ fees) that were reasonably incurred by the employee, applicant, former employee, or personal services contractor for, or in connection with, bringing the complaint regarding the reprisal, as determined by the head of the agency. (e) Notification The head of each agency containing a covered intelligence community element shall— (1) inform each contractor, subcontractor, grantee, and subgrantee of such agency, in writing, of the remedies provided by this section; and (2) ensure that each contractor, subcontractor, grantee, and subgrantee of such agency inform their employees and personal services contractors, in writing, of the remedies provided under this section. (f) No private cause of action Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit, authorize, or require a private cause of action to challenge the merits of a determination by an Inspector General under this section. (g) Prohibition on waiver The remedies provided for in this section may not be waived by any agreement, policy, form, or condition of employment. . (b) Table of contents amendment The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by adding at the end the following: Sec. 1105. Whistleblower protections for contractors and grantees of the intelligence community. .