50 U.S.C. § 832 : US Code - Section 832: Full field investigation and appraisal

Search 50 U.S.C. § 832 : US Code - Section 832: Full field investigation and appraisal

(a) Conditional employment; other current security clearance;
circumstances authorizing employment on temporary basis
No person shall be employed in, or detailed or assigned to, the
Agency unless he has been the subject of a full field investigation
in connection with such employment, detail, or assignment, and is
cleared for access to classified information in accordance with the
provisions of this subchapter; excepting that conditional
employment without access to sensitive cryptologic information or
material may be tendered any applicant, under such regulations as
the Secretary may prescribe, pending the completion of such full
field investigation: And provided further, That such full field
investigation at the discretion of the Secretary need not be
required in the case of persons assigned or detailed to the Agency
who have a current security clearance for access to sensitive
cryptologic information under equivalent standards of investigation
and clearance. During any period of war declared by the Congress,
or during any period when the Secretary determines that a national
disaster exists, or in exceptional cases in which the Secretary (or
his designee for such purpose) makes a determination in writing
that his action is necessary or advisable in the national interest,
he may authorize the employment of any person in, or the detail or
assignment of any person to, the Agency, and may grant to any such
person access to classified information, on a temporary basis,
pending the completion of the full field investigation and the
clearance for access to classified information required by this
subsection, if the Secretary determines that such action is clearly
consistent with the national security.
(b) Boards of appraisal; establishment; membership; appointment;
appraisal in doubtful cases; report and recommendation;
qualifications of members; Secretary's clearance contrary to
board's recommendation
To assist the Secretary and the Director of the Agency in
carrying out their personnel security responsibilities, one or more
boards of appraisal of three members each, to be appointed by the
Director of the Agency, shall be established in the Agency. Such a
board shall appraise the loyalty and suitability of persons for
access to classified information, in those cases in which the
Director of the Agency determines that there is a doubt whether
their access to that information would be clearly consistent with
the national security, and shall submit a report and recommendation
on each such a case. However, appraisal by such a board is not
required before action may be taken under sections 7512 and 7532 of
title 5, or any other similar provision of law. Each member of such
a board shall be specially qualified and trained for his duties as
such a member, shall have been the subject of a full field
investigation in connection with his appointment as such a member,
and shall have been cleared by the Director for access to
classified information at the time of his appointment as such a
member. No person shall be cleared for access to classified
information, contrary to the recommendations of any such board,
unless the Secretary (or his designee for such purpose) shall make
a determination in writing that such employment, detail,
assignment, or access to classified information is in the national
interest.