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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60

§2674 Protection of Classified Information During Laboratory-to-laboratory Exchanges

Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter V— SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS › Part B— Classified Information › § 2674

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must make sure every DOE employee and contractor taking part in lab-to-lab exchanges gets full training on protecting classified information and on spotting espionage and counterintelligence threats. The Secretary must also set up a pool of specially trained DOE and contractor staff to counter foreign intelligence threats to travelers, and the Department’s Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence may assign at least one person from that pool to travel with groups going to any country designated as a sensitive country for those exchanges.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §2674

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 7383b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 116–92 inserted “Intelligence and” after “The Director of”.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

50 U.S.C. § 2674

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60