[United States Senate Manual, 104th Congress]
[S. Doc. 104-1]
[Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
[Pages 110-111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


        76              LOYALTY CHECKS ON SENATE EMPLOYEES\1\

                Resolved, That hereafter when any person is appointed as 
            an employee of any committee of the Senate, of any

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            Senator, or of any office of the Senate the committee, 
            Senator, or officer having authority to make such 
            appointment shall transmit the name of such person to the 
            Federal Bureau of Investigation, together with a request 
            that such committee, Senator, or officer be informed as to 
            any derogatory and rebutting information in the possession 
            of such agency concerning the loyalty and reliability for 
            security purposes of such person, and in any case in which 
            such derogatory information is revealed such committee, 
            Senator, or officer shall make or cause to be made such 
            further investigation as shall have been considered 
            necessary to determine the loyalty and reliability for 
            security purposes of such person.
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                \1\This resolution has not been generally implemented 
            since the Federal Bureau of Investigation took the position 
            that it was not authorized to divulge the information 
            referred to in the resolution. However, the Bureau and the 
            Department of Defense cooperate with Senate committees and 
            offices which request security checks of specific employees 
            when it is considered necessary by a committee chairman or 
            officer of the Senate.
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                Every such committee, Senator, and officer shall 
            promptly transmit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation a 
            list of the names of the incumbent employees of such 
            committee, Senator, or officer together with a request that 
            such committee, Senator, or officer be informed of any 
            derogatory and rebutting information contained in the files 
            of such agency concerning the loyalty and reliability for 
            security purposes of such employee.

            [S. Jour. 144, 83-1, Mar. 6, 1953.]