Loyalty investigations; reports; revolving fund

§ 1304. Loyalty investigations; reports; revolving fund (a) The Civil Service Commission shall conduct the investigations and issue the reports required by the following statutes— (1) sections 272b, 281b(e), 290a, and 1434 of title 22; (2) section 1874(c) of title 42; and (3) section 1203 (e) of title 6, District of Columbia Code. (b) When an investigation under subsection (a) of this section develops data indicating that the loyalty of the individual being investigated is questionable, the Commission shall refer the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a full field investigation, 80 Stat. 402a report of which shall be furnished to the Commission for its information and appropriate action. (c) When the President considers it in the national interest, he may have the investigations of a group or class, which are required by subsection (a) of this section, made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation rather than the Commission. (d) The investigation and report required by subsection (a) of this section shall be made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation rather than the Commission for those specific positions which the Secretary of State certifies are of a high degree of importance or sensitivity. (e) A revolving fund of $4,000,000 is available to the Commission without fiscal year limitation for financing investigations, the costs of which are required or authorized by statute to be borne by appropriations or funds of other agencies. The fund shall be reimbursed from available funds of agencies for investigations made for them at rates estimated by the Commission to be adequate to recover expenses of operation, including provision for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment purchased by the fund. Any surplus accruing to the fund in a fiscal year may be applied to restore any impairment of the capital of the fund because of variations between the rates charged for work or services and the amount later determined by the Commission to be the cost of performing the work or service. Any surplus remaining shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts during the following fiscal year. (f) An agency may use available appropriations to reimburse the Commission or the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the cost of investigations made for them under this section, or to make advances toward their cost. These advances and reimbursements shall be credited directly to the applicable appropriations of the Commission or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (g) This section does not affect the responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate espionage, sabotage, or subversive acts.