2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 34 - The Peace Corps
Sec. 2519 - Security investigations
22 U.S.C. § 2519 (2020) |
§2519. Security investigations |
All persons employed or assigned to duties under this chapter shall be investigated to insure that the employment or assignment is consistent with the national interest in accordance with standards and procedures established by the President. If an investigation made pursuant to this section develops any data reflecting that the person who is the subject of the investigation is of questionable loyalty or is a questionable security risk, the investigating agency shall refer the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the conduct of a full field investigation. The results of that full field investigation shall be furnished to the initial investigating agency, and to the agency by which the subject person is employed, for information and appropriate action. Volunteers shall be deemed employees of the United States Government for the purpose of this section. |
(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, §22, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 624.) |
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 87–293, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 612, as amended, known as the Peace Corps Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2501 of this title and Tables. EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Functions of President under this section delegated to Director of Peace Corps by section 1–103 of Ex. Ord. No. 12137, May 16, 1979, 44 F.R. 29023, eff. May 16, 1979, set out as a note under section 2501 of this title. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
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Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 34 - THE PEACE CORPS Sec. 2519 - Security investigations |
section 2519 |
2020 |
January 13, 2021 |
No |
standard |
75 Stat. 624, 612 |
Public Law 87-293 |