123STA T .684PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11 , 2 0 0 9(5)theof f ic e sw ithi n the D e par t m ent of Defense for the co l lection of speciali z e d national forei g n intelligence thro u gh reconnaissance programs
( 6 ) the B ureau of I ntelligence and R esearch of the Depart - ment of S tate; ( 7 )an y agency , office, or unit of the A rmy, N a v y, Air F orce, and M arine C orps, the Department of H omeland Secu- rity, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug E nforce- ment Administration of the Department of J ustice, the Depart- ment of T ransportation, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Energy performing intelligence functions; and ( 8 ) the Director of National Intelligence or the O ffice of the Director of National Intelligence . S EC . 7 14 . No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall b e available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal G overnment, who — (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro- hibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government from having any direct oral or written communica- tion or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee or in response to the re q uest or inquiry of such Member, com- mittee, or subcommittee; or ( 2 ) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in ran k , seniority, status, pay, or performance or effi- ciency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, trans- fers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as described in paragraph (1). SEC. 715. (a) None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be obligated or e x pended for any employee training that— (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties; (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo- tional response or psychological stress in some participants; ( 3 ) does not require prior employee notification of the con- tent and methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluation; (4) contains any methods or content associated with reli- gious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘ ‘new age ’ ’ belief sys- tems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N –9 15. 0 22, dated September 2, 1988; or (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
