1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Brave Whistleblowers Act of 2020 . 2. Espionage Act reform (a) Gathering, transmitting, or losing defense information Section 793 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking with intent or reason to believe and inserting with specific intent ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking or reason to believe ; and (B) by inserting that has been properly classified that is after of anything ; (3) in subsection (c), by inserting that has been properly classified that is after of anything ; (4) in subsection (d), by inserting after willfully each place it appears the following: , and with specific intent to injure the United States or advantage any foreign nation, ; and (5) in subsection (e), by inserting after willfully each place it appears the following: , and with specific intent to injure the United States or advantage any foreign nation, . (b) Disclosure of classified information Section 798(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after knowingly and willfully the following: , and with specific intent to injure the United States or advantage any foreign nation, . (c) Authority To disclose information Section 798(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking furnishing, and all that follows and inserting the following: “furnishing of information to— (1) any Member of the Senate or the House of Representatives; (2) a Federal court, in accordance with such procedures as the court may establish; (3) the inspector general of an element of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 )), including the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community; (4) the Chairman or a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board or any employee of the Board designated by the Board, in accordance with such procedures as the Board may establish