§6234 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§6234 Protection of classified information during laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART VI— - ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart Subpart B— - Atomic Energy Defense › Chapter CHAPTER 605— - SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - CLASSIFIED INFORMATION › § 6234

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must train DOE and contractor employees to protect classified information and to spot spying and counterintelligence risks when they take part in lab-to-lab exchanges. The Secretary must also create a pool of specially trained staff to protect those who travel abroad for these exchanges, and the Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence may assign at least one of them to accompany groups to sensitive countries.

Title 10, §6234

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(a)The Secretary of Energy shall ensure that all Department of Energy employees and Department of Energy contractor employees participating in laboratory-to-laboratory cooperative exchange activities are fully trained in matters relating to the protection of classified information and to potential espionage and counterintelligence threats.

(b)(1)The Secretary shall establish a pool of Department employees and Department contractor employees who are specially trained to counter threats of espionage and intelligence-gathering by foreign nationals against Department employees and Department contractor employees who travel abroad for laboratory-to-laboratory exchange activities or other cooperative exchange activities on behalf of the Department.

(2)The Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy may assign at least one employee from the pool established under paragraph (1) to accompany a group of Department employees or Department contractor employees who travel to any nation designated to be a sensitive country for laboratory-to-laboratory exchange activities or other cooperative exchange activities on behalf of the Department.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2674 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(d)(2)(B), realigned margins.