PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 955 SEC. 3204. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY COUNTER- INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICES.— The Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 213, as added by section 3203(a), the following new sections: " ESTABLISHMENT OF SECURITY, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, AND INTELLIGENCE POLICIES "SEC. 214. The Secretary shall be responsible for developing and promulgating the security, counterintelligence, and intelligence policies of the Department. The Secretary may use the immediate staff of the Secretary to assist in developing and promulgating those policies. 42 USC 7144a. OFFICE OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE "SEC. 215. (a) There is within the Department an Office of 42 USC 7144b. Counterintelligence. "(b)(1) The head of the Office shall be the Director of the Office of Counterintelligence, which shall be a position in the Senior Executive Service. The Director of the Office shall report directly to the Secretary. "(2) The Secretary shall select the Director of the Office from among individuals who have substantial expertise in matters relating to counterintelligence. "(3) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any employee of the Bureau to the Department for service as Director of the Office. The service of an employee of the Bureau as Director of the Office shall not result in any loss of status, right, or privilege by the employee within the Bureau. "(c)(1) The Director of the Office shall be responsible for establishing policy for counterintelligence programs and activities at Department facilities in order to reduce the threat of disclosure or loss of classified and other sensitive information at such facilities. "(2) The Director of the Office shall be responsible for establishing policy for the personnel assurance programs of the Department. "(3) The Director shall inform the Secretary, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a regular basis, and upon specific request by any such official, regarding the status and effectiveness of the counterintelligence programs and activities at Department facilities. "(d)(1) Not later than March 1 each year, the Director of the Reports. Office shall submit a report on the status and effectiveness of Deadline, the counterintelligence programs and activities at each Department facility during the preceding year. Each such report shall be submitted to the following: "(A) The Secretary. "(B) The Director of Central Intelligence. "(C) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. "(D) The Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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