#aac? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4    
#bjfa  ,,an ,,act  ,to prev5t conflicts 
( int]e/ relat+ to contractors provid+  
backgr\nd inve/igation fieldwork s]vices
 & inve/igative support s]vices4  #a4   
,%ort title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z !   
,prev5t+ ,conflicts ( ,int]e/ )         
,contractors ,act4  #b4 ,def9itions ,9  
?is ,act-- 7#a7 ! t]m ag5cy means-- 7,a7
 an ,executive ag5cy 7z def9$ 9 section 
#aje ( title #e1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code72  
7,b7 a milit>y dep>tm5t 7z def9$ 9      
section #ajb ( title #e1 ,unit$ ,/ates  
,code72  7,c7 an elem5t ( ! intellig5ce 
community 7z t t]m is def9$ 9 section #c
 ( ! ,national ,security ,act ( #aidg   
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc772  7,d7 ! ,unit$  
,/ates ,po/al ,s]vice2 &  7,e7 ! ,po/al 
,regulatory ,commission2  7#b7 ! t]m    
backgr\nd inve/igation fieldwork s]vices
 means ! inve/igatory fieldwork conduct$
 to det]m9e ! eligibility ( an          
individual = logical & physical access  
to ,f$]ally-controll$ facilities or     
in=mation sy/ems1 suitability or fitness

 = ,f$]al employm5t1 eligibility =      
access to classifi$ in=mation or to hold
 a national security s5sitive position1 
or fitness to p]=m "w = or on behalf ( !
 ,f$]al ,gov]nm5t z a contractor or     
employee1 includ+-- 7,a7 int]views ( !  
individual1 ! employ] ( ! individual1   
=m] employ]s ( ! individual1 & fri5ds1  
family1 & o!r s\rces :o might h relevant
 k ( ! individual2 &  7,b7 reviews (--  
7i7 educational & employm5t records2    
7ii7 crim9al & o!r legal records2 &     
7iii7 cr$it hi/ory2  7#c7 ! t]m         
backgr\nd inve/igation support s]vices  
means ! cl]ical1 adm9i/rative1 &        
te*nical support s]vices provid$ to     
v>i\s functions critical to ! backgr\nd 
inve/igation process1 includ+-- 7,a7    
initial process+ & s*$ul+ ( inve/igative
 reque/s2  7,b7 in=mation te*nology &   
in=mation te*nology support2  7,c7 file 
ma9t5ance2  7,d7 imag+ or copy+ (       
inve/igation docum5ts2 &  7,e7 mail     
process+2 &  7#d7 ! t]m quality review  
process means p]=m+ ! f9al quality      

review ( a backgr\nd inve/igation to    
ensure inve/igative1 adm9i/rative1 & o!r
 requir$ /&>ds h be5 met be=e ! complet$
 backgr\nd inve/igation is deliv]$ to ! 
adjudicat+ ag5cy4  #c4 ,limitation on   
contract+ to prev5t organizational      
conflicts ( int]e/ ,not)/&+ any o!r     
provision ( law1 aft] ! date ( enactm5t 
( ?is ,act1 a contract may n be ent]$   
into1 & an ext5sion ( or option on a    
contract may n be ex]cis$1 ) a          
contractor to conduct a quality review  
process relat+ to backgr\nd inve/igation
 fieldwork s]vices or backgr\nd         
inve/igation support s]vices if !       
contractor is p]=m+ ! s]vices to be     
review$4  ,pass$ ! ,s5ate ,septemb] #ah1
 #bjad4,secret>y