; 50 U.S.C. 3033 note) is amended by striking section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3234 ) and inserting section 1221 of the National Security Act of 1947 . 505. Disclosures to Congress (a) In general Title XII of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by section 501, is further amended by inserting after section 1225, as designated by section 504(b), the following new section: 1227. Procedures regarding disclosures to Congress (a) Guidance (1) Obligation to provide security direction upon request Upon the request of a whistleblower, the head of the relevant element of the intelligence community, acting through the covered Inspector General for that element, shall furnish on a confidential basis to the whistleblower information regarding how the whistleblower may directly contact the congressional intelligence committees, in accordance with appropriate security practices, regarding a complaint or information of the whistleblower pursuant to section 103H(k)(5)(D) or other appropriate provision of law. (2) Nondisclosure Unless a whistleblower who makes a request under paragraph (1) provides prior consent, a covered Inspector General may not disclose to the head of the relevant element of the intelligence community— (A) the identity of the whistleblower