50 U.S.C. § 2443

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 2443 - Notification of employee practices affecting national security

(a) Annual notification of security clearance revocations

At or about the time that the President's budget is submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, the Administrator shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of-

(1) the number of covered employees whose security clearance was revoked during the year prior to the year in which the notification is made; and

(2) for each employee counted under paragraph (1), the length of time such employee has been employed at the Administration, as the case may be, since such revocation.

(b) Annual notification of terminations and removals

Not later than December 31 of each year, the Administrator shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of each instance in which the Administrator terminated the employment of a covered employee or removed and reassigned a covered employee for cause during that year.

(c) Definitions

In this section:

(1) The term "appropriate congressional committees" means-

(A) the congressional defense committees; and

(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.

(2) The term "covered employee" means-

(A) an employee of the Administration; or

(B) an employee of an element of the Department of Energy (other than the Administration) involved in nuclear security.

50 U.S.C. § 2443

Pub. L. 106-65, div. C, title XXXII, §3245, as added Pub. L. 114-92, §3111, 129 Stat. 1186; amended Pub. L. 117-81, §3131, 135 Stat. 2229.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 2443, Pub. L. 106-65, div. C, title XXXII, §3245, as added Pub. L. 106-377, §1(a)(2) [title III, §315], Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1441, 1441A-81, related to prohibition on pay of personnel engaged in concurrent service or duties inside and outside Administration, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107-107, §3143, 115 Stat. 1371.

AMENDMENTS2021-Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 117-81 added subsecs. (a) and (b) and struck out former subsecs. (a) and (b), which related to annual notification and notification to congressional committees, respectively.

appropriate congressional committees

The term "appropriate congressional committees" means-(A) the congressional intelligence committees;(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;(D) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;(E) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;(F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;(G) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and(H) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives.

congressional defense committees

The term "congressional defense committees" means-(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.