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[CITE: 42USC7383b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
      SUBCHAPTER XV--MATTERS RELATING TO SAFEGUARDS, SECURITY, AND 
                           COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
 
Sec. 7383b. Protection of classified information during 
        laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges
        

(a) Provision of training

    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) Countering of espionage and intelligence-gathering abroad

    (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 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.

(Pub. L. 106-65, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3145, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 
935.)
