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§2163 Access to Restricted Data

Title 42 › CHAPTER 23 — DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER XI — CONTROL OF INFORMATION › § 2163

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission may let its staff, contractor staff, licensees, prospective licensees, or others it approved under section 2165(b)–(c) allow Department of Defense employees, DoD contractors’ employees, or service members to see restricted data when they need it for their jobs and the head of the right DoD agency (or that person’s designee) certifies it. The DoD agency head must decide, using the agency’s security rules, that giving access will not harm the nation’s defense, and the Secretary of Defense must agree those rules are adequate and reasonably match the Commission’s standards under section 2165.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2163

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The Commission may authorize any of its employees, or employees of any contractor, prospective contractor, licensee or prospective licensee of the Commission or any other person authorized access to Restricted Data by the Commission under section 2165(b) and (c) of this title to permit any employee of an agency of the Department of Defense or of its contractors, or any member of the Armed Forces to have access to Restricted Data required in the performance of his duties and so certified by the head of the appropriate agency of the Department of Defense or his designee: Provided, however, That the head of the appropriate agency of the Department of Defense or his designee has determined, in accordance with the established personnel security procedures and standards of such agency, that permitting the member or employee to have access to such Restricted Data will not endanger the common defense and security: And provided further, That the Secretary of Defense finds that the established personnel and other security procedures and standards of such agency are adequate and in reasonable conformity to the standards established by the Commission under section 2165 of this title.

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Amendments

1961—Pub. L. 87–206 inserted reference to subsection (c) of section 2165 of this title. 1956—Act Aug. 6, 1956, inserted “or any other person authorized access to Restricted Data by the Commission under section 2165(b) of this title”.

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42 U.S.C. § 2163

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102