10 USC § 6234 - Protection of classified information during laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges

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title: "10 USC § 6234 - Protection of classified information during laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "6234"
section_name: "Protection of classified information during laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges"
chapter_number: 605
chapter_name: "SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "CLASSIFIED INFORMATION"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), (d)(2)(B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1411, 1462.)"
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# § 6234. Protection of classified information during laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges

**(a)** **Provision of Training.—** The Secretary of Energy shall ensure that all Department of Energy employees and Department of Energy contractor employees participating in laboratory-to-laboratory cooperative exchange activities are fully trained in matters relating to the protection of classified information and to potential espionage and counterintelligence threats.

**(b)** **Countering of Espionage and Intelligence-gathering Abroad.—**

**(1)** The Secretary shall establish a pool of Department employees and Department contractor employees who are specially trained to counter threats of espionage and intelligence-gathering by foreign nationals against Department employees and Department contractor employees who travel abroad for laboratory-to-laboratory exchange activities or other cooperative exchange activities on behalf of the Department.

**(2)** The Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy may assign at least one employee from the pool established under paragraph (1) to accompany a group of Department employees or Department contractor employees who travel to any nation designated to be a sensitive country for laboratory-to-laboratory exchange activities or other cooperative exchange activities on behalf of the Department.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), (d)(2)(B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1411, 1462.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2025—, realigned margins.