---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 509A"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "509A"
heading: "National Security Division"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/509A"
units:
  - "Part II — Department of Justice"
  - "Chapter 31 — The Attorney General"
---

# §509A. National Security Division

- (a) There is a National Security Division of the Department of Justice.
- (b) The National Security Division shall consist of the elements of the Department of Justice (other than the Federal Bureau of Investigation) engaged primarily in support of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, including the following:
  - (1) The Assistant Attorney General designated as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security under [section 507A of this title](/usc/28/507A.md).
  - (2) The Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (or any successor organization).
  - (3) The counterterrorism section (or any successor organization).
  - (4) The counterespionage section (or any successor organization).
  - (5) Any other element, component, or office designated by the Attorney General.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title V, § 506(b)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 248.)