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[CITE: 42USC7383g]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
      SUBCHAPTER XV--MATTERS RELATING TO SAFEGUARDS, SECURITY, AND 
                           COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
 
Sec. 7383g. Report on security vulnerabilities of national 
        laboratory computers
        

(a) Report required

    Not later than March 1 of each year, the National 
Counterintelligence Policy Board shall prepare a report on the security 
vulnerabilities of the computers of the national laboratories.

(b) Preparation of report

    In preparing the report, the National Counterintelligence Policy 
Board shall establish a so-called ``red team'' of individuals to perform 
an operational evaluation of the security vulnerabilities of the 
computers of one or more national laboratories, including by direct 
experimentation. Such individuals shall be selected by the National 
Counterintelligence Policy Board from among employees of the Department 
of Defense, the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence 
Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and of other agencies, and 
may be detailed to the National Counterintelligence Policy Board from 
such agencies without reimbursement and without interruption or loss of 
civil service status or privilege.

(c) Submission of report to Secretary of Energy and to FBI Director

    Not later than March 1 of each year, the report shall be submitted 
in classified and unclassified form to the Secretary of Energy and the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(d) Forwarding to congressional committees

    Not later than 30 days after the report is submitted, the Secretary 
and the Director shall each separately forward that report, with the 
recommendations in classified and unclassified form of the Secretary or 
the Director, as applicable, in response to the findings of that report, 
to the following:
        (1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on 
    Intelligence of the Senate.
        (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select 
    Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

(e) First report

    The first report under this section shall be the report for the year 
2000. That report shall cover each of the national laboratories.

(Pub. L. 106-65, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3153, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 
940.)
