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Public Law 88–186
To amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act in order to increase the authorization for appropriations and to modify the personnel security procedures for contractor employees.
Approved November 26, 1963
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act in order to increase the authorization for appropriations and to modify the personnel security procedures for contractor employees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 49(a)
Arms Control and Disarmament Act, amendment.
of the Act entitled “Arms Control and Disarmament Act”, approved September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 639), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “In addition, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal years 1964 and 1965, the sum of $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out the purposes of this Act.”
Sec. 2.
Section 45 of the Act entitled “Arms Control and Disarmament Act”, approved September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 637), is amended
by redesignating subsection 45(b) as subsection 45(c) and by inserting after subsection 45(a) the following new subsection:
“(b) In the case of contractors or subcontractors and their officers or employees, actual or prospective, the Director may accept, in lieu of the investigation prescribed in subsection (a) hereof, a report of investigation conducted by a Government agency, other than the Civil Service Commission or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, when it is determined by the Director that the completed investigation meets the standards established in subsection (a) hereof: Provided, That security clearance had been granted to the individual concerned by another Government agency based upon such investigation and report. The Director may also grant access for information classified no higher than ‘confidential’ to contractors or subcontractors and their oflicers and employees, actual or prospective, on the basis of reports on less than full-field investigations: Provided, That such investigations shall each include a current national agency check.”
Sec. 3.
Section 33 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22
U.S.C. 2573) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize any policy or action by any Government agency which would interfere with, restrict, or prohibit the acquisition, possession, or use of firearms by an individual for the lawful purpose of personal defense, sport, recreation, education, or training.”
Sec. 4.
Section 49 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections:
“(c) Not more than 20 per centum of any appropriation made pursuant to this Act shall be obligated and/or reserved during the last month of a fiscal year.
“(d) None of the funds herein authorized to be appropriated shall be used to pay for the dissemination within the United States of propaganda concerning the work of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.”
Sec. 5.
In section 31(2) before the word “private” insert the words “United States”.
Approved November 26, 1963.