6 U.S.C. § 591 — Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office

(a) Establishment. The Department has a Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. (b) Assistant Secretary. An Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office heads it and is appointed by the President. (c) Responsibilities. The Assistant Secretary is the Secretary's principal adviser on (1) weapons-of-mass-destruction matters and strategies and (2) coordinating the Department's efforts to counter weapons of mass destruction. (d) Details. The Secretary may ask the Defense, Energy, and State Secretaries, the Attorney General, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and heads of other federal agencies, including intelligence-community components, to arrange for personnel with relevant expertise to serve temporarily in the Office. The agencies must be reimbursed for that service. (e) Termination. The Office ends five years after December 21, 2018.