50 U.S.C. § 2653

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
Section 2653 - Background investigations of certain personnel at Department of Energy facilities

The Secretary of Energy shall ensure that an investigation meeting the requirements of section 2165 of title 42 is made for each Department of Energy employee, or contractor employee, at a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility who-

(1) carries out duties or responsibilities in or around a location where Restricted Data is present; or
(2) has or may have regular access to a location where Restricted Data is present.

50 U.S.C. § 2653

Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLV, §4503, formerly Pub. L. 106-65, §3143, 113 Stat. 934; renumbered Pub. L. 107-314, div. D, title XLV, §4503, and amended Pub. L. 108-136, §3141, 117 Stat. 1772; Pub. L. 112-239, div. C, title XXXI, §3131(l), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2182.

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 7383a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108-136.

AMENDMENTS2013- Pub. L. 112-239 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading "In general", substituted "national security laboratory" for "national laboratory" in introductory provisions of text, and struck out subsecs. (b) and (c), which, respectively, required compliance by Secretary with former subsec. (a) and defined "national laboratory" and "Restricted Data". 2003-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108-136, §3141(h)(4)(D)(i), substituted "October 5, 1999," for "the date of the enactment of this Act" in the original, which for purposes of codification had been changed to "October 5, 1999," thus requiring no change in text. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108-136, §3141(h)(4)(D) (ii), added subsec. (c).

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.