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 . (June 30, 1948, ch. 756, § 3, 62 Stat. 1152 ; Apr. 5, 1952, ch. 159, § 1, 66 Stat. 43 ; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979 , 43 F.R. 36037 , 92 Stat. 3784 .) 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 .