Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§2408 Staff of Administration
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION › § 2408
Summary
The Administrator must keep enough staff to help carry out the Administration’s work. Staff must do the tasks the Administrator assigns and must follow the law. The Administrator must give staff duties like handling personnel, legislative and public affairs, and coordinating with the DOE’s intelligence office, other DOE units, other federal agencies, and state, tribal, and local governments and the public.
Full Legal Text
Title 50, §2408
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(a)The Administrator shall maintain within the Administration sufficient staff to assist the Administrator in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Administrator.
(b)The staff of the Administration shall perform, in accordance with applicable law, such of the functions of the Administrator as the Administrator shall prescribe. The Administrator shall assign to the staff responsibility for the following functions:
(1)Personnel.
(2)Legislative affairs.
(3)Public affairs.
(4)Liaison with the Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.
(5)Liaison with other elements of the Department of Energy and with other Federal agencies, State, tribal, and local governments, and the public.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 109–364 added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 2408
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73