PERFORMANCE OF PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EMPLOYEES IN SENSITIVE PROGRAMS.

SEC. 3131. PERFORMANCE OF PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION EMPLOYEES IN SENSITIVE PROGRAMS.(a) Performance by FBI at Direction of DOE or NRC.—Subsection f. of section 145 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2165) is amended to read as follows:117 STAT. 1750 “f. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a., b., and c. of this section, but subject to subsection e. of this section, a majority of the members of the Commission may direct that an investigation required by such provisions on an individual described in paragraph (2) be carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation rather than by the Civil Service Commission.“(2) An individual described in this paragraph is an individual who is employed—“(A) in a program certified by a majority of the members of the Commission to be of a high degree of importance or sensitivity; or“(B) in any other specific position certified by a majority of the members of the Commission to be of a high degree of importance or sensitivity.”.(b) Repeal of Requirement for Performance by FBI for Personnel Security and Assurance Programs.—Subsection e.(2) of such section is amended by striking “or a Personnel Security and Assurance Program”.