---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 507A"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "507A"
heading: "Assistant Attorney General for National Security"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/507A"
units:
  - "Part II — Department of Justice"
  - "Chapter 31 — The Attorney General"
---

# §507A. Assistant Attorney General for National Security

- (a) Of the Assistant Attorneys General appointed under [section 506](/usc/28/506.md), 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](/usc/28/509A.md);
  - (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.

## Source credit

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