113 STAT. 958 PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 (10) Administration of contracts, including the management and operations of the nuclear weapons production facilities and the national security laboratories. (11) Intelligence. (12) Counterintelligence. (13) Personnel, including the selection, appointment, distribution, supervision, establishing of compensation, and separation of personnel in accordance with subtitle C of this title. (14) Procurement of services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. (15) Legal matters. (16) Legislative affairs. (17) Public affairs. (18) Liaison with other elements of the Department of Energy and with other Federal agencies. State, tribal, and local governments, and the public. (c) PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.— The Administrator is the senior procurement executive for the Administration for the purposes of section 16(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(3)). (d) POLICY AUTHORITY.—The Administrator may establish Administration-specific policies, unless disapproved by the Secretary of Energy. 50 USC 2403. SEC. 3213. STATUS OF ADMINISTRATION AND CONTRACTOR PER- SONNEL WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. (a) STATUS OF ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL. —Each officer or employee of the Administration, in carrying out any function of the Administration— (1) shall be responsible to and subject to the authority, direction, and control of— (A) the Secretary acting through the Administrator and consistent with section 202(c)(3) of the Department of Energy Organization Act; (B) the Administrator; or (C) the Administrator's designee within the Administration; and (2) shall not be responsible to, or subject to the authority, direction, or control of, any other officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Energy. (b) STATUS OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL. —Each officer or employee of a contractor of the Administration, in carrying out any function of the Administration, shall not be responsible to, or subject to the authority, direction, or control of, any officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Energy who is not an employee of the Administration, except for the Secretary of Energy consistent with section 202(c)(3) of the Department of Energy Organization Act. (c) CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION. —Subsections (a) and (b) may not be interpreted to in any way preclude or interfere with the communication of technical findings derived from, and in accord with, duly authorized activities between (1) the head, or any contractor employee, of a national security laboratory or of a nuclear weapons production facility, and (2) the Department of Energy, the President, or Congress.
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