§ 2443. Notification of employee practices affecting national security

• (a) At or about the time that the President’s budget is submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31 , the Administrator shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of—
  • (1) the number of covered employees whose security clearance was revoked during the year prior to the year in which the notification is made; and
  • (2) for each employee counted under paragraph (1), the length of time such employee has been employed at the Administration, as the case may be, since such revocation.
• (b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the Administrator shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of each instance in which the Administrator terminated the employment of a covered employee or removed and reassigned a covered employee for cause during that year.
• (c) In this section:
  • (1) The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
    • (A) the congressional defense committees; and
    • (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
  • (2) The term “covered employee” means—
    • (A) an employee of the Administration; or
    • (B) an employee of an element of the Department of Energy (other than the Administration) involved in nuclear security.