An Act to provide for certain investigations by the Civil Service Commission in lieu of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes
PL 82-298 (S.2077), enacted 04/05/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 298-APR. 5, 1952 
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Hawaiian Electric Company, Limited, situate in the City of Honolulu 
within the area bounded by Bishop, Halekauwila and Alakea Streets 
and Ala Moana Boulevard. 
SEC. 3. The land received in the exchange authorized by section 2 
shall, except as otherwise provided, have the same status and be sub-
ject to the same laws as the ceded land given in the exchange. 
Approved April 3, 1952. 
s t a t u s of ex-
changed land. 
Public Law 297 
CHAPTER 149 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish 
daylight-saving time in the District. 
AprU 4, 1952 
[S. 2667] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^ssembled, That the Board of 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance 
the standard time applicable to the District one hour for the period 
commencing not earlier than the last Sunday of April 1952 and ending 
not later than the last Sunday of September 1952. Any such time 
established by the Commissioners under the authority of this Act 
shall, during the period of the year for which it is applicable, be the 
standard time for the District of Columbia. 
Approved April 4, 1952. 
Daylight s a ving 
time, D.C. 
Public Law 298 
CHAPTER 159 
AN ACT 
To provide for certain investigations by the Civil Service Commission in lieu of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. 
April 5, 1952 
[S. 2077] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate a^id House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America i7i Congress assembled, That sections 10 (b) 
(5) (B) (i) and (B) (ii) of the Act of August 1,1946 (60 Stat. 755), 
entitled "An Act for the development and control of atomic energy"; 
section 1 (2) of the Act of May 22, 1947 (61 Stat. 103), entitled "An 
Act to provide for assistance to Greece and Turkey''; section 1 of the 
joint resolution of May 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 125), entitled "Joint resolu-
tion providing for relief assistance to the people of countries devastated 
by war"; section 3 (e) of the Act of August 5, 1947 (61 Stat. 780), 
entitled "An Act to provide for the reincorporation to The Institute 
of Inter-American Affairs, and for other purposes"; section 1001 of 
the Act of January 27, 1948 (62 Stat. 6), entitled "An Act to promote 
the better understanding of the United States among the peoples of 
the world and to strengthen cooperative international relations"; sec-
tion 110 (c) of the Act of April 8, 1948 (62 Stat. 137), entitled "An 
Act to promote world peace and the general welfare, national interest, 
and foreign policy of the United States through economic, financial, 
and other measures necessary to the maintenance of conditions abroad 
in which free institutions may survive and consistent with the mainte-
nance of the strength and stability of the United States"; section 2 of 
the Act of June 14,1948 (62 Stat. 441), entitled "Joint resolution pro-
viding for membership and participation by the United States in the 
World Health Organization and authorizing an appropriation there-
for'"; section 3 of the Act of June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1151), entitled 
"Joint resolution providing for acceptance by the United States of 
America of the Constitution of the International Labor Organization 
I n V e s t i gations 
of personnel, CSC. 
42 u s e 1810. 
22 u s e 1401. 
22 u s e 1411. 
22 u s e 281b. 
22 u s e 1434. 
22 u s e 1508. 
22 u s e 290a. 
22 u s e 272b. 
aiji 
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42 u s e 1874. 
D.C. Code 6-1203. 
65 Stat. 381. 
22 u s e 1661. 
I n v e s t ! gations 
by FBI. 
60 Stat. 755. 
42 u s e 1810. 
e o m p 1 e t ion of 
transfer. 
Subversive acts. 
Appropriations. 
Instrument of Amendment, and further authorizing an appropriation 
for payment of the United States share of the expenses of membership 
and for expenses of participation by the United States''; subsection 
(c) of section 15 of the Act of May 10, 1950 (64 Stat. 149), entitled 
"An Act to promote the progress of science; to advance the national 
health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and 
for other purposes"; section 3 (e) of the Act of August 11, 1950 (64 
Stat. 438), entitled "An Act to authorize the District of Columbia 
government to establish an Office of Civil Defense, and for other pur-
poses"; and section 510 of the Mutual Security Act of 1951, are 
amended by striking therefrom, wherever they appear, the w^ords "Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation" and inserting in lieu thereof the words 
"Civil Service Commission": Provided^ That in the event an investiga-
tion made pursuant to any of the above statutes as herein amended 
develops any data reflecting that the individual who is the subject of 
the investigation is of questionable loyalty, the Civil Service Commis-
sion 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: Provided further^ That, if the President deems 
it to be in the national interest, he may from time to time cause investi-
gations of any group or class which are required by any of the above 
statutes, to be made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation rather 
than the Civil Service Commission: Provided further^ That notwith-
standing the provisions of section 10 (b) (5) (B) (i) and (ii) of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and section 510 of the Mutual Security 
Act of 1951, as amended by this Act, a majority of the members of the 
Atomic Energy Commission, the Director of Mutual Security, or the 
Secretary of State, as the case may be, shall certify those specific posi-
tions which are of a high degree of importance or sensitivity, and upon 
such certification the investigation and reports required by such pro-
visions or by any other laws amended by the first section of this Act 
shall, in the case of such positions, be made by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation rather than the Civil Service Commission. 
SEC. 2. The transfer of investigative functions hereinbefore provided 
for shall be effectuated during the period commencing with the date 
of the approval of this Act and terminating one hundred and eighty 
days thereafter, it being the intent of the Congress that the said trans-
fer be effectuated as expeditiously within that period of time as the 
Civil Service Commission shall consider the facilities of that Commis-
sion adequate to undertake all or any part of the functions herein 
transferred: Provided^ however^ That investigations pending with 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the expiration of the one hun-
dred and eighty days shall be completed in due course by that Bureau 
and reports thereof furnished to the Civil Service Commission for its 
information and appropriate action. 
SEC. 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect in any way 
the responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for investi-
gations of espionage, sabotage, or subversive acts. 
SEC. 4. In order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this 
Act, appropriations available to the departments or agencies, on whose 
account investigations are made pursuant to the statutes amended by 
section 1 of this Act, shall be available for advances or reimbursements 
directly to the applicable appropriations of the Civil Service Com-
mission, or of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for the cost of 
investigations made for such departments or agencies. 
Approved April 5, 1952.