Sec. 3111. Security clearance for dual nationals employed by National Nuclear Security Agency
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The National Nuclear Security Administration Act ( 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 3236 the following new section: In the case of an individual described in paragraph (3), the Secretary of Energy shall develop a process to review foreign preference in accordance with the adjudicative guidelines issued pursuant to section 710.7 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, or such successor regulation, before approving a security clearance for such individual. The Secretary shall designate an official of the Administration to be responsible for adjudicating any derogatory information of an individual described in paragraph
(3)concerning foreign preference that is discovered after the security clearance of the individual is approved. An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who is— a national of the United States (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 )) and also a national of a foreign state; and an employee or contractor of the Administration who requires access to classified information. In the case of an individual who is a national of the United States and also a national of a foreign state identified under section 1564b(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary may waive the requirement under subsection (a). . The table of contents at the beginning of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3236 the following new item: Sec. 3237. Security clearance for dual nationals. . Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and to any other appropriate congressional committee upon request, a briefing on— the process developed under paragraph
(1)of section 3237(a) of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act, as added by subsection (a); and the official designated under paragraph
(2)of such section 3237(a). In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means the following: The Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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Security clearance for dual nationals employed by National Nuclear Security Agency
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