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 124 STAT. 2731 PUBLIC LAW 111–259—OCT. 7, 2010 (1) information gained from high-value detainee reporting; and (2) dated April 3, 2003, July 15, 2004, March 2, 2005, and June 1, 2005. Subtitle C—Defense Intelligence Components SEC. 431. INSPECTOR GENERAL MATTERS. (a) COVERAGE UNDER INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—Sub- section (a)(2) of section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘the Defense Intelligence Agency,’’ after ‘‘the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,’’; (2) by inserting ‘‘the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,’’ after ‘‘the National Endowment for the Humanities,’’; and (3) by inserting ‘‘the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Security Agency,’’ after ‘‘the National Labor Relations Board,’’. (b) CERTAIN DESIGNATIONS UNDER INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—Subsection (a) of section 8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(3) The Inspectors General of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Recon- naissance Office, and the National Security Agency shall be des- ignees of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense for purposes of this section.’’. (c) POWER OF HEADS OF ELEMENTS OVER INVESTIGATIONS.— Subsection (d) of section 8G of such Act (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; (2) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘The head’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2), the head’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, may prohibit the inspector general of an element of the intelligence community specified in subpara- graph (D) from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation if the Secretary determines that the prohibition is necessary to protect vital national security interests of the United States. ‘‘(B) If the Secretary exercises the authority under subpara- graph (A), the Secretary shall submit to the committees of Congress specified in subparagraph (E) an appropriately classified statement of the reasons for the exercise of such authority not later than 7 days after the exercise of such authority. ‘‘(C) At the same time the Secretary submits under subpara- graph (B) a statement on the exercise of the authority in subpara- graph (A) to the committees of Congress specified in subparagraph (E), the Secretary shall notify the inspector general of such element of the submittal of such statement and, to the extent consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, provide such inspector general with a copy of such statement. Such inspector Notification.