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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Compilation 10580 · Sec. 155

Sec. 155. PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM FOR EMBASSIES IN CRITICAL HUMAN INTELLIGENCE THREAT COUNTRIES

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## SEC. 155 PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM FOR EMBASSIES IN CRITICAL HUMAN INTELLIGENCE THREAT COUNTRIES **[**[22 U.S.C. 4802](/us/usc/t22/s4802) nt**]** ###
(a)Special Security Program The Secretary of State shall develop and implement, within three months after the date of enactment of this Act, a special personnel security program for personnel of the Department of State assigned to United States diplomatic and consular posts in critical human intelligence threat countries and countries designated by the Under Secretary of State for Management and for any individuals performing guard functions at those posts. Such program shall include— ####
(1)selection criteria and screening to ensure suitability for assignment to critical human intelligence threat countries; ####
(2)counterintelligence awareness and related training; ####
(3)security reporting and command arrangements designed to counter intelligence threats; and ####
(4)length of duty criteria and policies regarding rest and recuperative absences. ###
(b)Report to Congress Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of State shall report to the Congress on the special personnel security program required by subsection (a). ###
(c)Country-specific Threat Training Required Personnel assigned to posts in critical human intelligence threat countries shall receive country-specific threat training informed by assessments from relevant elements of the intelligence community (as such term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))), at the appropriate classification level. ###
(d)Definition As used in subsection (a), the term “**critical human intelligence threat country**” means— ####
(1)a country listed as a Communist country in section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and ####
(2)any other country designated as a critical human intelligence threat country for purposes of this section by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of Central Intelligence, or the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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