Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110

§2408 Staff of Administration

Title 50 › CHAPTER 41 — NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION › § 2408

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Administrator must keep enough staff in the Administration to help carry out duties and responsibilities. Staff will perform tasks the Administrator assigns, and must handle five areas: personnel; legislative affairs; public affairs; liaison with the DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence; and liaison with other DOE units, federal agencies, and state, tribal, local governments, and the public.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §2408

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(a)In general
The Administrator shall maintain within the Administration sufficient staff to assist the Administrator in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Administrator.
(b)Responsibilities
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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110