42 USC § 7144b - Office of Counterintelligence
(b)
Director
(1)
The head of the Office shall be the Director of the Office of Counterintelligence, who shall be an employee in the Senior Executive Service, the Senior Intelligence Service, the Senior National Intelligence Service, or any other Service that the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, considers appropriate. The Director of the Office shall report directly to the Secretary.
(2)
The Secretary shall select the Director of the Office from among individuals who have substantial expertise in matters relating to counterintelligence.
(3)
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any employee of the Bureau to the Department for service as Director of the Office. The service of an employee of the Bureau as Director of the Office shall not result in any loss of status, right, or privilege by the employee within the Bureau.
(c)
Duties
(1)
The Director of the Office shall be responsible for establishing policy for counterintelligence programs and activities at Department facilities in order to reduce the threat of disclosure or loss of classified and other sensitive information at such facilities.
(2)
The Director of the Office shall be responsible for establishing policy for the personnel assurance programs of the Department.
(3)
The Director shall inform the Secretary, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a regular basis, and upon specific request by any such official, regarding the status and effectiveness of the counterintelligence programs and activities at Department facilities.
(d)
Annual reports
(1)
Not later than March 1 each year, the Director of the Office shall submit a report on the status and effectiveness of the counterintelligence programs and activities at each Department facility during the preceding year. Each such report shall be submitted to the following:
(2)
Each such report shall include for the year covered by the report the following:
(A)
A description of the status and effectiveness of the counterintelligence programs and activities at Department facilities.
(B)
A description of any violation of law or other requirement relating to intelligence, counterintelligence, or security at such facilities, including—
(C)
A description of the number of foreign visitors to Department facilities, including the locations of the visits of such visitors.
(3)
Not less than 30 days before the date that the report required by paragraph (1) is submitted, the director of each Department of Energy national laboratory shall certify in writing to the Director of the Office whether that laboratory is in full compliance with all departmental security requirements and, if not, what measures are being taken to bring that laboratory into compliance and a schedule for implementing those measures.
(b)
Director
(1)
The head of the Office shall be the Director of the Office of Counterintelligence, who shall be an employee in the Senior Executive Service, the Senior Intelligence Service, the Senior National Intelligence Service, or any other Service that the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, considers appropriate. The Director of the Office shall report directly to the Secretary.
(2)
The Secretary shall select the Director of the Office from among individuals who have substantial expertise in matters relating to counterintelligence.
(3)
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any employee of the Bureau to the Department for service as Director of the Office. The service of an employee of the Bureau as Director of the Office shall not result in any loss of status, right, or privilege by the employee within the Bureau.
(c)
Duties
(1)
The Director of the Office shall be responsible for establishing policy for counterintelligence programs and activities at Department facilities in order to reduce the threat of disclosure or loss of classified and other sensitive information at such facilities.
(2)
The Director of the Office shall be responsible for establishing policy for the personnel assurance programs of the Department.
(3)
The Director shall inform the Secretary, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a regular basis, and upon specific request by any such official, regarding the status and effectiveness of the counterintelligence programs and activities at Department facilities.
(d)
Annual reports
(1)
Not later than March 1 each year, the Director of the Office shall submit a report on the status and effectiveness of the counterintelligence programs and activities at each Department facility during the preceding year. Each such report shall be submitted to the following:
(2)
Each such report shall include for the year covered by the report the following:
(A)
A description of the status and effectiveness of the counterintelligence programs and activities at Department facilities.
(B)
A description of any violation of law or other requirement relating to intelligence, counterintelligence, or security at such facilities, including—
(C)
A description of the number of foreign visitors to Department facilities, including the locations of the visits of such visitors.
(3)
Not less than 30 days before the date that the report required by paragraph (1) is submitted, the director of each Department of Energy national laboratory shall certify in writing to the Director of the Office whether that laboratory is in full compliance with all departmental security requirements and, if not, what measures are being taken to bring that laboratory into compliance and a schedule for implementing those measures.
Source
(Pub. L. 95–91, title II, § 215, as added Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3204(a),Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 955; amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. C, title XXXI, § 3117(f),Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2508.)
Amendments
2006—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 109–364substituted “who shall be an employee in the Senior Executive Service, the Senior Intelligence Service, the Senior National Intelligence Service, or any other Service that the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, considers appropriate” for “which shall be a position in the Senior Executive Service”.
Change of Name
Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director’s capacity as the head of the intelligence community deemed to be a reference to the Director of National Intelligence. Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director’s capacity as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency deemed to be a reference to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. See section 1081(a), (b) ofPub. L. 108–458, set out as a note under section
401 of Title
50, War and National Defense.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 5, 1999, see section 3299 ofPub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section
2401 of Title
50, War and National Defense.
Transfer of Functions
Pub. L. 109–364, div. C, title XXXI, § 3117(a),Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2507, as amended by Pub. L. 111–84, div. C, title XXXI, § 3121,Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2710, provided that: “The functions, personnel, funds, assets, and other resources of the Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence of the National Nuclear Security Administration are transferred to the Secretary of Energy, to be administered (except to any extent otherwise directed by the Secretary) by the Director of the Office of Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy.”
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