S.Amdt. 4046

SA 4046. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3739 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Dodd (for himself and
Mrs. Lincoln)) to the bill S. 3217, to promote the financial stability
of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in
the financial system, to end ``too big to fail'', to protect the
American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive
financial services practices, and for other purposes; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 749, line 17 strike all through page 752, line 11,
and insert the following:
``(2) Prohibition of disclosure of identity.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (B) of
this subsection, or with the written consent of the
whistleblower, the Commission may not disclose the name,
identity or identifying information about the whistleblower
who has provided information to the Commission.
``(B) Notice and applicability to other government agencies
and foreign authorities.--Whenever the Commission makes a
disclosure to other agencies and foreign authorities, it
shall provide reasonable advance notice to the whistleblower
if disclosure of that person's identity or identifying
information is to occur. Any entity that receives such as
disclosure shall protect the whistleblower's confidentiality
in accordance with this subsection.
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