[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 Printing 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 [[Page 106]] determine the loyalty and reliability for security purposes of such person. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.]