§3529 Medical Advisory Board

Summary

Creates a nine-member medical advisory board inside the Agency to study and advise on the Agency’s Office of Medical Services. The Board must study the Office, give advice to inspectors general when asked, and send written interim and final reports to the congressional intelligence committees. The study must focus on modernizing and improving the Office, keeping its work professionally strong, and making sure medical care meets the highest medical standards. The final report must explain findings, give recommendations, and include any member disagreements. The Board has one member chosen by each of these officials: the Speaker of the House, the House minority leader, the Senate majority leader, the Senate minority leader, the Chair and the ranking minority member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Director of National Intelligence. Members pick a Chair at their first meeting; the Chair cannot be a current or former Agency employee. All members must be medical experts with clinical experience and able to get a security clearance. Members serve for the life of the Board; vacancies are filled the same way. The Board must meet at least quarterly and meet the congressional intelligence committees twice a year. Members can be paid up to the daily equivalent of the annual pay for Executive Schedule level IV (5 U.S.C. 5315) for days worked, federal employees get no extra pay, and travel expenses follow 5 U.S.C. 5703. The Director of National Intelligence may assign staff to help the Board without charging the Board; those staff keep their job rights and must have security clearances. The Director may refuse information requests, but must tell the congressional intelligence committees in writing within 15 days of any denial. The Board ends five years after its first meeting. The terms “congressional intelligence committees” and “intelligence community” have the meanings given in 50 U.S.C. 3003.