Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§272b Loyalty Check on United States Personnel
Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 272b
Summary
No one can serve as a U.S. representative, delegate, or alternate until the Director of the Office of Personnel Management has checked that the person’s loyalty and security are acceptable.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §272b
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No person shall serve as representative, delegate, or alternate from the United States until such person has been investigated as to loyalty and security by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1952—Act Apr. 5, 1952, substituted “Civil Service Commission” for “Federal Bureau of Investigation”.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
“Director of the Office of Personnel Management” substituted in text for “Civil Service Commission” pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, § 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred functions vested by statute in Civil Service Commission to Director of Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1–102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 5.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 272b
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102