Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part II · Chapter 31 — The Attorney General
§ 509A. National Security Division
Statutory text
There is a National Security Division of the Department of Justice.
The National Security Division shall consist of the elements of the Department of Justice (other than the Federal Bureau of Investigation) engaged primarily in support of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, including the following:
The Assistant Attorney General designated as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security under section 507A of this title.
The Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (or any successor organization).
The counterterrorism section (or any successor organization).
The counterespionage section (or any successor organization).
Any other element, component, or office designated by the Attorney General.
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.
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
Pub. L. 109–177 title V § 506(b)(1) · 120 Stat. 192
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 509A
(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(b)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 248.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(b)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 248.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) In general.— Chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, is further amended by inserting after section 509 the following new section: “§ 509A. National Security Division “(a) There is a National Security Division of the Department of Justice. “(b) The National Security Division shall consist of the elements of the Department of Justice (other than the Federal Bureau of Investigation) engaged primarily in support of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, including the following: “(1) The Assistant Attorney General designated as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security under section 507A of this title. “(2) The Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (or any successor organization). “(3) The counterterrorism section (or any successor organization). “(4) The counterespionage section (or any successor organization). “(5) Any other element, component, or office designated by the Attorney General.” .
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(b)(1), , 120 Stat. 248.)