28 USC § 507A - Assistant Attorney General for National Security

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s507A"
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title: "28 USC § 507A - Assistant Attorney General for National Security"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "507A"
section_name: "Assistant Attorney General for National Security"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "THE ATTORNEY GENERAL"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(a)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 247.)"
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# § 507A. Assistant Attorney General for National Security

**(a)** Of the Assistant Attorneys General appointed under section 506, one shall serve, upon the designation of the President, as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

**(b)** The Assistant Attorney General for National Security shall—

**(1)** serve as the head of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice under section 509A of this title;

**(2)** serve as primary liaison to the Director of National Intelligence for the Department of Justice; and

**(3)** perform such other duties as the Attorney General may prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(a)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 247.)