113 STAT. 934 PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 42 USC 7274m note. 42 USC 2165 note. Deadline. (2) Section 3162 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 2049; 42 U.S.C. 7274 note) is amended— (A) by striking "(a) IN GENERAL.— "; and (B) by striking subsection (b). SEC. 3143. BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL AT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FACILITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Energy shall ensure that an investigation meeting the requirements of section 145 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2165) is made for each Department of Energy employee, or contractor employee, at a national laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility who— (1) carries out duties or responsibilities in or around a location where Restricted Data is present; or (2) has or may have regular access to a location where Restricted Data is present. (b) COMPLMNCE. —The Secretary shall have 15 months from the date of the enactment of this Act to meet the requirement in subsection (a). SEC. 3144. CONDUCT OF SECURITY CLEARANCES. (a) RESPONSIBILITY OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.— Subsection e. of section 145 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2165) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" before "If; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2) In the case of an individual employed in a program known as a Special Access Program or a Personnel Security and Assurance Program, any investigation required by subsections a., b., and c. of this section shall be made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.". (b) COMPLIANCE.—The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall have 18 months from the date of the enactment of this Act to meet the responsibilities of the Bureau under subsection e.(2) of section 145 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as added by subsection (a). (c) REPORT. —(1) Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the committees specified in paragraph (2) a report on the implementation of the responsibilities of the Bureau under subsection e.(2) of that section. That report shall include the following: (A) An assessment of the capability of the Bureau to execute the additional clearance requirements, to include additional post-initial investigations. (B) An estimate of the additional resources required, to include funding, to support the expanded use of the Bureau to conduct the additional investigations. (C) The extent to which contractor personnel are and would be used in the clearance process. (2) The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: (A) The Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. (B) The Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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