; and (ii) an alleged prohibited personnel practice in violation of section 2302(b)(8), section 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C) or (D), or section 2302(b)(13) shall be heard by the Board or an administrative law judge or other employee of the Board designated by the Board to hear such cases who has successfully completed training regarding protections afforded by the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. (B) The Board, administrative law judge, or other employee shall make a decision after receipt of the written representations of the parties to the appeal and after opportunity for a hearing under subsection (a)(1) of this section. A copy of the decision shall be furnished to each party to the appeal and to the Office of Personnel Management. . C Whistleblowers of the Intelligence Community 821. Limitation on sharing of intelligence community whistleblower complaints with persons named in such complaints (a) In general Title XII of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by section 711 , is further amended by inserting after section 1205, as added by section 713(c) , the following new subtitle: B Protections for whistleblowers 1223. Limitation on sharing of intelligence community whistleblower complaints with persons named in such complaints (a) In general It shall be unlawful for any employee or officer of the Federal Government to knowingly and willfully share any whistleblower disclosure information with any individual named as a subject of the whistleblower disclosure and alleged in the disclosure to have engaged in misconduct, unless— (1) the whistleblower consented, in writing, to such sharing before the sharing occurs; (2) a covered Inspector General to whom such disclosure is made— (A) determines that such sharing is necessary to advance an investigation, audit, inspection, review, or evaluation by the Inspector General; and (B) notifies the whistleblower of such sharing before the sharing occurs