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Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Part II · Chapter 31 — The Attorney General

§ 507A. Assistant Attorney General for National Security

Statutory text

(a)

Of the Assistant Attorneys General appointed under section 506, one shall serve, upon the designation of the President, as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

(b)

The Assistant Attorney General for National Security shall—

(1)

serve as the head of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice under section 509A of this title;

(2)

serve as primary liaison to the Director of National Intelligence for the Department of Justice; and

(3)

perform such other duties as the Attorney General may prescribe.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005

    Pub. L. 109–177 title V § 506(a)(1) · 120 Stat. 192

    Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 507A

    (Added Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(a)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 247.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(a)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 247.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) In general.— Chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 507 the following new section: “§ 507A. Assistant Attorney General for National Security “(a) President. Of the Assistant Attorneys General appointed under section 506, one shall serve, upon the designation of the President, as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security. “(b) The Assistant Attorney General for National Security shall— “(1) serve as the head of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice under section 509A of this title; “(2) serve as primary liaison to the Director of National Intelligence for the Department of Justice; and “(3) perform such other duties as the Attorney General may prescribe.” .

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(a)(1), , 120 Stat. 247.)

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