1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Whistleblowers from Retribution Act . 2. Inspector General responsible for FBI whistleblower retaliation investigations (a) In general Section 2303 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as clauses (i) through (viii), respectively; (B) in paragraph (2), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (D) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking reprisal for and all that follows and inserting the following: reprisal for— (1) a disclosure described in section 2302(b)(8)(A), if such disclosure is not specifically prohibited by law and if such information is not specifically required by Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs; or (2) a disclosure of information— ; (E) by striking clauses (i) through (x) and inserting clauses (i) through (xii) ; and (F) by inserting after of this title with respect to the following: , or the initiation or extension of an investigation into or denial, suspension, or revocation of the security clearance of, ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by inserting subsections (d), (g), and (e) and the before applicable provisions ; and (B) by striking sections 1214 and and inserting section ; (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (g); and (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsections: (d) (1) The Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall, in accordance with subsection (e), receive and investigate each allegation made by an employee or former employee of, or applicant for a position in, the Federal Bureau of Investigation of a reprisal in violation of subsection (a) and, where appropriate— (A) bring petitions for stays, and petitions for corrective action, under subsection (e)