U.S. Statutes of General Interest to Security Officers in the Atomic Energy Program

SUBJ: U.S. STATUTES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO SECURITY
OFFICERS IN THE ATOMIC ENERGY PROGRAM

This manual has been prepared to provide security officers in the Atomic Energy program with information concerning U.S. statutes of general in

terest.

While the manual is addressed to security officers, based on the experience of previous editions, it is felt that the manual will be of interest to many key personnel in the Atomic Energy program, whether or not they are directly employed in security functions.

This revised manual contains the presently-pertinent contents of the August 1964 issue. The August 1964 manual, as contrasted with its immediate predecessor of January 1957, had as its principal change the updating of sections of the Atomic Energy Act. This included further statutory evolution in the field of international cooperation, and the elimination of U.S. Government title to special nuclear material within or under the jurisdiction of the United States which previously obtained under section 52 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

The revisions reflected in the present issue of the manual include principally amendments of the Atomic Energy Act and the Internal Security Act as a result of Federal court decisions. The complete listing of revisions is noted in the "Table of Revisions" which follows this page.

The texts of the statutes reproduced in the manual are not intended to be an exhaustive compilation of Federal laws of interest to security officers in the Atomic Energy program, but are intended to reflect those statutes, of administrative as well as penal aspect, which have proved to be of recurrent concern and application.

This compilation does not purport to include all judicial interpretations of the statutes included or to encompass interpretations which the AEC General Counsel may have placed on provisions of the Atomic Energy Act and implementing AEC regulations.

The texts of laws contained in the manual are presented in the order indicated by the "Outline of Contents." Each text is followed, where pertinent, by cross-references to texts of other statutes, and by comments on the application of such laws to the Atomic Energy program.

For your further assistance, the manual is also provided with an "Index to Definitions and Statutory Concepts."

For the method of reporting to the FBI and AEC security channels, incidents of alleged or suspected violations of Federal criminal laws of direct security interest, see AEC Manual Chapter 2601 on "Violations of Laws of Security Interest."

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"U.S. STATUTES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO

SECURITY OFFICERS IN THE ATOMIC ENERGY PROGRAM"

Revising Issue Dated August, 1964

New material contained in this present revision, and the sections in which it occurs, are as follows:

Section II Atomic Energy Act (AEA)

B-AEA Section 11, Definitions (Amendments effected by Public Law 645, 89th Con-
gress, approved October 13, 1966).

C-AEA Section 33, Research Assistance (Amendment effected by Public Law 190, 90th
Congress, approved December 14, 1967).

D-AEA Section 41, Ownership and Operation of Production Facilities (Amendment ef-
fected by Public Law 190, 90th Congress, approved December 14, 1967).

E-AEA Section 53, Special Nuclear Material (Amendment effected by Public Law 190, 90th Congress, approved December 14, 1967).

I-AEA Section 109, Atomic Energy Licenses (Amendment effected by Public Law 645,
89th Congress, approved October 13, 1966).

L-AEA Section 161 n., General Authority (Reference changed by Public Law 190, 90th
Congress, approved December 14, 1967).

N-AEA Sections 221 through 226, Enforcement (Amendments effected by Public Law
161, 91st Congress, approved December 24, 1969, and Public Law 190, 90th Congress,
approved December 14, 1967).

N-AEA Section 234, Enforcement (This is a new AEA section added by Public Law 161, 91st Congress, approved December 24, 1969).

Section III Espionage and Information Control

B-Internal Security Act

1. Section 4 and comment thereunder. (Section 4 and Section 3, cited in the comment under Section 4, have both been amended by Public Law 237, 90th Congress, approved January 2, 1968).

2. Section 5 (Amendment effected by Public Law 237, 90th Congress, approved January 2, 1968).

Section VII Misrepresentation and Impersonation

A-Title 18, United States Code

2. Section 1621, Perjury (Amendment effected by Public Law 619, 88th Congress, approved October 3, 1964).

Section VIII Theft and Embezzlement

A-Title 18, United States Code

2. Sections 659 and 2117, Theft from Interstate Shipment (Amendments effected by Public Law 654, 89th Congress, approved October 14, 1966).

The texts of Federal laws and regulations in this manual, and index thereto, are presented

in the following order:

I. Index to Definitions and Offenses

II. Atomic Energy Act of 1954-Provisions of General Interest.

A. Secs. 1-3 inclusive-Declaration, Findings, and Purpose