(a) In generalThe Administrator shall maintain within the Administration sufficient staff to assist the Administrator in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Administrator.
(b) ResponsibilitiesThe staff of the Administration shall perform, in accordance with applicable law, such of the functions of the Administrator as the Administrator shall prescribe. The Administrator shall assign to the staff responsibility for the following functions:(1) Personnel.
(2) Legislative affairs.
(3) Public affairs.
(4) Liaison with the Department of Energy’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.
(5) Liaison with other elements of the Department of Energy and with other Federal agencies, State, tribal, and local governments, and the public.
(Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3218, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 960; Pub. L. 109–364, div. C, title XXXI, § 3117(e), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2508.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments2006—Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 109–364 added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.
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