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# 42 U.S.C. § 19032 - Chief of Research Security

## Text

The Director shall appoint a senior agency official within the Office of the Director as a Chief of Research Security, whose primary responsibility shall be to manage the office established under section 19031 of this title.

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10332, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1552.)