50-U.S.C.-2652
§2652 – Restrictions On Access to National Security Laboratories By Foreign Visitors From Sensitive Countries
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Title 50 > Chapter 42 > Subchapter V > Part A > Section 2652
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- Reference: Section 2652
- Legend: §2652 – Restrictions On Access to National Security Laboratories By Foreign Visitors From Sensitive Countries
- USCode Year: 2012
Provision Content
(a) Background review required
The Secretary of Energy may not admit to any facility of a national security laboratory other than areas accessible to the general public any individual who is a citizen or agent of a nation that is named on the current sensitive countries list unless the Secretary first completes a background review with respect to that individual.
(b) Moratorium pending certification
(1) During the period described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may not admit to any facility of a national security laboratory other than areas accessible to the general public any individual who is a citizen or agent of a nation that is named on the current sensitive countries list.
(2) The period referred to in paragraph (1) is the period beginning on November 4, 1999, and ending on the later of the following:
(A) January 3, 2000.
(B) The date that is 45 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress the certifications described in paragraph (3).
(3) The certifications referred to in paragraph (2) are one certification each by the Director of Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence, of each of the following:
(A) That the foreign visitors program at that facility complies with applicable orders, regulations, and policies of the Department of Energy relating to the safeguarding and security of sensitive information and fulfills any counterintelligence requirements arising under such orders, regulations, and policies.
(B) That the foreign visitors program at that facility complies with Presidential Decision Directives and similar requirements relating to the safeguarding and security of sensitive information and fulfills any counterintelligence requirements arising under such Directives or requirements.
(C) That the foreign visitors program at that facility includes adequate protections against the inadvertent release of Restricted Data, information important to the national security of the United States, and any other sensitive information the disclosure of which might harm the interests of the United States.
(D) That the foreign visitors program at that facility does not pose an undue risk to the national security interests of the United States.
(c) Waiver of moratorium
(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition in subsection (b) on a case-by-case basis with respect to any specific individual or any specific delegation of individuals whose admission to a national security laboratory is determined by the Secretary to be in the interest of the national security of the United States.
(2) Not later than the seventh day of the month following a month in which a waiver is made, the Secretary shall submit a report in writing providing notice of each waiver made in that month to the following:
(A) The Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(B) The Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(3) Each such report shall be in classified form and shall contain the identity of each individual or delegation for whom such a waiver was made and, with respect to each such individual or delegation, the following information:
(A) A detailed justification for the waiver.
(B) For each individual with respect to whom a background review was conducted, whether the background review determined that negative information exists with respect to that individual.
(C) The Secretarys certification that the admission of that individual or delegation to a national security laboratory is in the interest of the national security of the United States.
(4) The authority of the Secretary under paragraph (1) may be delegated only to the Director of Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy.
(d) Exception to moratorium for certain individuals
The moratorium under subsection (b) shall not apply to any person who—
(1) is, on October 5, 1999, an employee or assignee of the Department of Energy, or of a contractor of the Department; and
(2) has undergone a background review in accordance with subsection (a).
(e) Exception to moratorium for certain programs
The moratorium under subsection (b) shall not apply—
(1) to activities relating to cooperative threat reduction with states of the former Soviet Union; or
(2) to the materials protection control and accounting program of the Department.
(f) Sense of Congress regarding background reviews
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Energy, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of National Intelligence should ensure that background reviews carried out under this section are completed in not more than 15 days.
(g) Definitions
For purposes of this section:
(1) The term background review”, commonly known as an indices check, means a review of information provided by the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding personal background, including information relating to any history of criminal activity or to any evidence of espionage.
(2) The term sensitive countries list” means the list prescribed by the Secretary of Energy known as the Department of Energy List of Sensitive Countries as in effect on January 1, 1999.
(Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLV, §4502, formerly Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, §3146, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 935; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLV, §4502, and amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, §3141(h)(3), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1771; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, §3131(k)(1), (bb)(1)(D), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2182, 2185.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 7383c of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.
Amendments
2013—Pub. L. 112–239, §3131(k)(1)(A), substituted national security laboratories” for national laboratories” in section catchline.
Pub. L. 112–239, §3131(k)(1)(B), substituted national security laboratory” for national laboratory” wherever appearing.
Subsecs. (b)(3), (f), (g)(1). Pub. L. 112–239, §3131(bb)(1)(D), substituted Director of National Intelligence” for Director of Central Intelligence”.
Subsec. (g)(3), (4). Pub. L. 112–239, §3131(k)(1)(C), struck out pars. (3) and (4), which defined national laboratory” and Restricted Data”, respectively.
2003—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(h)(3)(D)(i)(I), substituted on November 4, 1999,” for 30 days after October 5, 1999,” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(h)(3)(D)(i)(II), substituted January 3, 2000” for The date that is 90 days after October 5, 1999”.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(h)(3)(D)(ii), 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. (g)(3), (4). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(h)(3)(D)(iii), added pars. (3) and (4).
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