204. Access to Sensitive Material

(a) Committee Employees. Only Committee staff members and persons engaged to perform services for the Committee who require access to sensitive material in the performance of their duties shall be granted access to it.

(1) The Chief Counsel and Deputy Chief Counsel who designates material "sensitive" shall determine which Committee employees have a "need-to-know" specified sensitive material and shall so notify the Chief of Research or his designee in writing. (2) Employees exclusively assigned to either investigation shall only have access to sensitive material that pertains to that investigation.

(b)

Committee Members. All Members of the Committee

shall have access to all sensitive material.

(c) Representatives.

Members of the House of Repre

sentatives shall have access to all sensitive material in the Committee's possession only in accordance with Rule 13 of the Select Committee (see Section 105 (c) above).

205. Examination of Sensitive Material

Sensitive material may be examined anywhere within the Committee offices by Members of the Committee and its staff. Members of the House of Representatives may examine such material in the reading room designated for such

purpose in accordance with Rule 13 of the Select Committes.

When examination is completed, or at the end of the official work day, sensitive material shall be returned to and stored in the Research Division. The Chief of Research or his designee shall maintain a record of the date, time(s) of release and return, and name(s) of the person(s) authorizing and receiving

access.

206. Retention of Sensitive Material

No sensitive material shall be destroyed while in the Committee's possession. Sensitive material will be returned to the supplier thereof when the Committee determines that retention is no longer necessary, and the Chairman authorizes its return.

207.

Removal of Sensitive Material

No sensitive material shall be removed from the Committee offices without the written authorization of the Chief Counsel or a Deputy Chief Counsel empowered to authorize access to it.

208. Reproduction of Sensitive Material

No sensitive material shall be reproduced while in the Committee's possession without the written authorization of the Chief Counsel or a Deputy Chief Counsel empowered to authorize access to it.

Upon receipt of a reproduction authorization, the

security officer in charge of reproduction shall: require the original copy of the sensitive material to be supplied when available; record in his log the date, name(s) of

the person(s) authorizing and requesting reproduction, and the number of copies to be made; and insure that each reproduction bears the mark "Sensitive", a copy number, the total number of copies made, the date and initials of the person requesting reproduction; and store the reproduction in the same manner as the original material.

209. Disposal of Sensitive Waste Material

All material such as duplicates, notes, drafts, cassettes, carbons, carbon paper, typewriter ribbons, etc., that contain or reveal the contents of sensitive material, and that is not needed, shall be deposited as waste in the receptacles designated for such purpose in each Committee

office.

At the end of the official work day, a security officer shall remove such waste material from the designated receptacles and deposit it in "burn bags" located in the Security Office. Cassettes that contain sensitive material shall be erased and degaussed before reuse.

.210. Material Generated from Sensitive Material

Material generated in the Committee offices

that

contains or reveals the contents of sensitive material
shall be treated in the same manner as sensitive material,
except as to:

(a) Marking: Material thus generated shall
bear the mark "Sensitive", date and name of the
person generating the material. The sensitive
portions of the internally-generated shall be in-
dicated by brackets or other appropriate notation.
(b) Registration: Material thus generated.
shall be delivered at the end of the official work
day to the Chief of Research or his designee, who
shall maintain a record of the date of receipt,
name of the person generating the material, a
brief description

of it, and the safe in which

the material is to be stored.

(c) Access: Material thus generated shall only be accessible to all persons authorized to examine the sensitive material contained in it.

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Part 3. GENERAL SECURITY PROCEDURES

:

301. Security Clearance

Every applicant, employee or person engaged by

contract or otherwise to perform services for the Select Committee who may require access to restricted material shall consent and be subject to a background investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(a) Investigation. The purpose of the background investigation is to supply the Committee with facts and information relevant to the individual's trustworthiness and suitability for access to restricteā information, in accordance with the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Attorney General and the Select Committee. The FBI will deliver deli the results of its investigation, without recommenda— tion, to the Committee Chairman at his office in the presence of the Security Director.

(b) Confidentiality.

The confidentiality

of the materials furnished to the Committee by
the FBI will be strictly maintained. Cnly the
Chairman, Ranking Minority Member and Chief

Counsel shall have access to the FBI materials.
a tentative decision is made to employ

When