; and (2) a target date for making a formal nomination. . (b) Clerical Amendment The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 3349d the following new item: 3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General. . (c) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any vacancy first occurring on or after that date. VIII Protecting Whistleblowers A Whistleblower Protection Improvement 801. Short title This subtitle may be cited as the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act of 2020 . 802. Additional whistleblower protections (a) Investigations as personnel actions (1) In general Section 2302(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in clause (xi), by striking and at the end; (B) by redesignating clause (xii) as clause (xiii); and (C) by adding after the clause (xi) the following: (xii) the opening of any investigation as a result of a disclosure protected by subsection (b)(8) (but not including any investigation that is ministerial or nondiscretionary or that is conducted by an Inspector General or Special Inspector General under the authority of the Inspector General Act of 1978 or any other law granting authority to an Inspector General or Special Inspector General); and . (2) Application The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to any investigation opened (as described under section 2302(a)(2)(A)(xii) of title 5, United States Code, as added by such paragraph) on or after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Right To petition Congress (1) In general Section 2302(b)(9) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking or at the end; (B) in subparagraph (D), by adding or at the end after the semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (E) the exercise of any right protected under section 7211