    [United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 107-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 105-106]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            77             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 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

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                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.]