50 U.S.C. § 2423

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 2423 - Counterintelligence programs
(a) National security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities

The Secretary of Energy shall, at each national security laboratory and nuclear weapons production facility, establish and maintain a counterintelligence program adequate to protect national security information at that laboratory or production facility.

(b) Other facilities

The Secretary of Energy shall, at each Department facility not described in subsection (a) at which Restricted Data is located, assign an employee of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy who shall be responsible for and assess counterintelligence matters at that facility.

50 U.S.C. § 2423

Pub. L. 106-65, §3233, 113 Stat. 961; Pub. L. 109-364, §3117, 120 Stat. 2507, 2508; Pub. L. 111-84, §3121, 123 Stat. 2710; Pub. L. 116-92, §6744, 133 Stat. 2241.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2019-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116-92 substituted "Department facility" for "Administration facility" and inserted "Intelligence and" after "the Office of". 2009- Pub. L. 111-84 amended Pub. L. 109-364, §3117(a), see 2006 Amendment note below. 2006- Pub. L. 109-364, §3117(a), which, in par. (2), directed amendment of this section by substituting "Administrator" for "Secretary of Energy" in subsecs. (a) and (b) and "Administration" for "Office of Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy" in subsec. (b), effective Sept. 30, 2010, was amended generally by Pub. L. 111-84, and as so amended, no longer contains a par. (2) or amends this section. Pub. L. 109-364, §3117(c), substituted "Secretary of Energy" for "Administrator" in subsecs. (a) and (b) and "Office of Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy" for "Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence" in subsec. (b).

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of Pub. L. 106-65, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.

national security laboratory
The term "national security laboratory" means any of the following:(A) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.(B) Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California.(C) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.
nuclear weapons production facility
The term "nuclear weapons production facility" means any of the following:(A) The Kansas City National Security Campus, Kansas City, Missouri.(B) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.(C) The Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.(D) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.(E) The Nevada National Security Site, Nevada.(F) Any facility of the Department of Energy that the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator and Congress, determines to be consistent with the mission of the Administration.