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PUBLIC LAW 703-AUG. 30, 1954
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to the Commission on the character, associations, and loyalty of such individual, and the Commission shall have determined that permitting such person to have access to Restricted Data will not endanger the common defense and security. "c. In the event an investigation made pursuant to subsections a. and by FBI." * ^*'*"*^^ b. of this section develops any data reflecting that the individual who is the subject of the investigation is of questionable loyalty, the Civil Service Commission shall refer the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the conduct of a full field investigation, the results of which shall be furnished to the Civil Service Commission for its information and appropriate action. "d. If the President deems it to be in the national interest, he may from time to time cause investigations of any group or class which are required by subsections a. and b. of this section to be made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation instead of by the Civil Service Commission. "e. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, a majority of the members of the Commission shall certify those specific positions which are of a high degree of importance or sensitivity and upon such certification the investigation and reports required by such provisions shall be made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation instead of by the Civil Service Commission. "f. The Commission shall establish standards and specifications in s^frJ^^^sV-fi!^*^! ..
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w n t m g as to the scope and extent of investigations to be made by the investigation!. Civil Service Commission pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this ***" * ' ' ***^" section. Such standards and specifications shall be based on the location and class or kind of work to be done, and shall, among other considerations, take into account the degree of importance to the common defense and security of the Restricted Data to which access will be permitted. " S E C 146. GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
"a. Sections 141 to 145, inclusive, shall not exclude the applicable provisions of any other laws, except that no Government agency shall take any action under such other laws inconsistent with the provisions of those sections. "b. The Commission shall have no power to control or restrict the dissemination of information other than as granted by this or any other law.
"CHAPTER i] PATENTS AND INVENTIONS
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" SEC. 151. MILITARY UTILIZATION.—
"a. No patent shall hereafter be granted for any invention or discovery which is useful solely in the utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy in an atomic weapon. Any patent granted for any such invention or discovery is hereby revoked, and just compensation shall be made therefor. "b. No patent hereafter granted shall confer any rights with respect to any invention or discovery to the extent that such invention or discovery is used in the utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy in atomic weapons. Any rights conferred by any patent heretofore granted for any invention or discovery are hereby revoked to the extent that such invention or discovery is so used, and just compensation shall be made therefor. "c. Any person who has made or hereafter makes any invention or H^*?*"^®' ^"Yr* discovery useful (1) in the production or utilization of special nuclear sion.° °'°'" material or atomic energy; (2) in the utilization of special nuclear material in an atomic weapon; or (3) in the utilization of atomic energy in an atomic weapon, shall file with the Commission a report
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