(a) Designation of Responsible Component.—
The Secretary of Defense shall designate a component of the Office of the Secretary of Defense to be responsible for documenting and tracking all covered allegations of retaliation and shall ensure that the Secretaries concerned and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense provide to such component the information required to be documented and tracked as described in subsection (b).
(b) Tracking of Allegations.—The head of the component designated by the Secretary under subsection (a) shall document and track each covered allegation of retaliation, including—
(3)
the nature of the allegation and the name of the person or persons alleged to have engaged in such retaliation;
(c) Covered Allegation of Retaliation Defined.—In this section, the term “covered allegation of retaliation” means an allegation of retaliation—
(1) made by—