---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1044.06"
title: "10"
number: "1044.06"
heading: "Who may receive a protected disclosure?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1044.06"
---

# §1044.06. Who may receive a protected disclosure?


The following persons or organizations may receive a protected disclosure:

- (a) A member of a committee of Congress having primary responsibility for oversight of the department, agency, or element of the Government to which the disclosed information relates;
- (b) An employee of Congress who is a staff member of such a committee and has an appropriate security access authorization for the information being disclosed;
- (c) The Inspector General of the Department of Energy;
- (d) The Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
- (e) Any other element of the Government designated by the Secretary of Energy as authorized to receive the information being disclosed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq., 7239, and 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 4642, Jan. 18, 2001, unless otherwise noted.