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84TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I REPORT
1st Session No. 1407
ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENT
SECURITY
JULY 26, 1955.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. CELLER, from the committee of conference, submitted the
following
CONFERENCE REPORT
(To accompany H. J. Res. 157]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the joint resolution (H. J.
Res. 157) establishing a Commission on Government Security, having
met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and
do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of
the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amend-
ment insert the following:
DECLARATION OF POLICY
SECTION 1. It is vital to the welfare and safety Of the United States
that there be adequate protection of the national security, including the
safeguarding of all national defense secrets and public and private
defense installations, against loss or compromise arising from espionage,
sabotage, disloyalty, subversive activities, or unauthorized disclosures.
It is, therefore, the policy of the Congress that there shall exist a sound
Government program-
(a) establishing procedures for security investigation, evaluation,
and, where necessary, adjudication of Government employees, and
also. appropriate security requirements with respect to persons
privately employed or occupied on work requiring access to national
defense secrets or work afording significant opportunity for injury
to the national security;
(b) for vigorous enforcement of efective and realistic security laws
and regulations; and
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