CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE

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I so who has beefs eubpenaed to apt
11111"t We
all. uatfon In which, fn tie leglslaUve brace
of the Government, we have what wagyq
r legislative privilege? We do not allow
,rd- employees to testify I. efs,re .....___
om Senate, Ywe -have
to pass a resoluti1,
!ley Mr. GRIrrrly. That Is what we el
Yu- illative privilege, even though we do
icy like to talk about the tact that they
such a thing
.
Ili- Mr. MAGNUSON. But there 1s, and
dl- is merely a routine matter asking
m The resolution (S. Rea. 417) was VAMd_
The resolution, with its- pr
in reads as follows:
der the control and in the pwaaMan of
senate of the United etat.. can by
such testimony may, Involve deem,
meats, conununlcauone. converaat.lade_ sad
oo it, the poscvt.slon of the Senate or the
11 "tied States, the Senate of the United.
Slates will take such order thereon asNOO
In response to a subpena daces teeam LrIed,
by the United States District court for 41a
District of Columbia, to appear as a wltn$W
and give testimony by deposition in ooaned-
11nn with the case of Lyons v. Potlaemanti
`a"l ':'tl or ibc District of Columbia (Cl
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October 2, 1974 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 33,199
Action No. 74-441). but shall not, except as an amendment at the desk. I ask for its to use with the unprecedented gift of
otherwise provided in this resolution. take immediate consideration.
with him any letters. records, correspond- The PRESIDING OFFICER for VIP r s Sikorsky hel from
documents, communications, or other . The former Presi dent Nixon to to Egyptian
amendment will be slated
writing s on ate In his once or upper their The legislative clerk read as follows: Nixon's President June visit Anwar Sadat
Control or in his fmsae.~lon as an employee of sl
to Egypt
file Senate.
Sec. 5. If the court determines that (1) any
of the letters, records, correspondence, docu-
ments, communications, or other writings
Called for In such subparts daces tecum have
become part of the otactal transcripts of
public proceedings of the Senate by virtue of
their Inclusion In the official minutes and
official transcripts of such proceedings for
dlaseminatlon to the public upon order of
the senate Or pursuant to the rules of the
Senate, and (2) such letters, records, oorre-
apeodenoe, documents, communications, or
other wrltmgs are material and relevant to
the Issues pending before the court, then
that court, through any of Its officers or
agents, has fill permission to attend with
sit proper parties to the proceeding, and
then always at any place under the orders
and control of the Senate, and make copies
of such letters, records, correspondence,
documents, communications, or other writ-
ings in the possession or control of the said
W. Donald Gray. However, no other letters,
records, correspondence. documents, core-
munlcations, or other writings shall be made
avaiable or copied except by permission of
the Se note.
Sec. 6. In response to such subpena, the
said W. Donald Gray may (1) testify to any
matter determined by the court to be me-
let tat and relevant for the purposes of identl-
flcatinn of copies of materials made under
salon 5. and (2) !nay make available for
inspection slid copying at such deposition,
sa,d testify with respect thereto, galley
procle of the heartngs of the Committee on
Conunerce during the second session of the
92d Congress on the "Effects of Organized
Criminal Activity on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce- and that portion of his desk
calendar with respect to the period February
26. 1974, through March 13. 1974. However,
the said W. Donald Grey sham return those
galley proofs and that portion of the desk
calendar to the Senate upon completion of
the deposition, and he shall respectfully
decline to testify concerning any and all
other matters that may be based on knowl-
edge acquired by him In his Official capacity
either by reason of letters, records, corre-
s;>ondeuce, documents, communications, or
other writings appearing fu the ales of the
Senate or by virtue of cumversatiolls or Cons-
n unicatlons with ally person or persons
relating to those duties.
Sec. 7. A Copy of this resolution shall he
trausmltted to the representative of the
party named In such subpena requesting the
is uauce of the subpena, and to the United
States District Court for the District of
CnlUmbla, ss an answer to such subpena.
new section: -- `?' ?'-"--' a - i+ launlt)Ii for tills
crrzs zo ra'eons or roasn:w covrrarn anddDe ut was defended by the President
Sec. 33. Chapter 3 of part III of the Fore! n S. Ingersoll all Secretary complying State Robert
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by sec- 451(a), section 620(p), and section section
tions 17(a) and 19 of this Act. L further of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
amended by adding at Use end thereof the Among other things, the $3 million
following new section:
'Sec. 661. Ores. To eseons or charged to the Agency for International
Covrrntue.--Plot Fewer Development Contingency later then fifteen days rot- Fund was said
lowing the end of each saws year, the Vise to be "essential to the national Interest
President and the head or each agency of the of the United States." The helicopter
United States Government When each sub- was "to support or promote economic 01'
mit to the President a statement describing military stability,"
fully and completely an property having a The White House and the Department
%?aloe of more than $50 purchased with ap- of State felt that the gesture of this
propriated funds which was given by him,
or any Officer or employee under his author- helicopter Provided one tangible piece
ity. to may foreign country or any person of of evidence of the United States- corl-
soy foreign country during such decal year, tinning commitment to a long-standing,
Not litter than thirty days following the end cooperative relationship with President
of each Illegal year, the president shall trans- Sadat's government.
nail to Congress a report containing the In- If this is the type of tangible evidence
formation Included In such statements for upon which we must base our most dell-
that year and information describing fully
Mr. PROXMIRE. Mr. President, the
recent reports of extravagant gift giving
among U.S. and foreign heads of State
have aroused serious misgtvfngs among
the American taxpayers. I think it Is
time that the Congress and the Ameri-
can public learn where our tax dollars
are going In this atmosphere of "Banta
Claus" diplomacy.
Amendment 1873, which I call the For-
eign Gifts Reporting Amendment, would
direct the President of the United
States to report annually all properties
of $50 or more purchased with appro-
priated funds which were given by him
or any officer in the Federal Government,
to any person of any foreign country.
The $50 limitation Is the same as the
Provisions of the Foreign Gifts and Dec-
oration Act of 1966. That act states that
any gift of more than $50 given to a U.S.
official from a foreign state, must be
turned over to the Chief of Protocol,
State Department. for disposal as public
Property. Obviously the Department of
State and the Congress feel that -
receiving should be subject to some con- The Office of Protocol at the State De-
trol. The same should be the case with nartnlen $900.000 per year operation
gifts given by U.S. ()Metals. that handles, among other things, the
It is not the intention of thi......elid_ screening and selection of teoi
hti'-ic-
F'J A.tft Iti.1'APIC ACT OF 1974 111, Lie ne v t I nor to ham reel the o cogs to $2.5 million In on Emergencies in
will
The Se TlfaCmy bbee genera b ? t n~eseg~s the Dilalomatic and Consular Seri!,,
Senate continued with the con- from a
r fund. GAO reports indicate thrt 'i?,
~'idetatiml of the bill IS. 33141 to azllend of . ore s 1957. over 7.'1 Y)
the I?Oreli;n Assistance Act of !Dui, and of tiEtcnte f teacclh the reesijen a tokens GiClz: hate been in !,
the or $3 pillion mark- Out of this fund.
oilier purposes. as in the case of the VH3A Sikorsky hell- Dlr. Nichohis L. Ruwe. ti C'
\1r. I)DhMPHREY. Mi. President, the copier to Egyptian President Anwar of Protocol for ceremonial iiairs,
Smelter froth Iowa had his amendment :;aci t it. is time Lo take a dose look at recently that Rift giving has Quadru 111116:141, ohd it e as noted on in substance the whole process of . mumlt gift RI,._ over the last 25 years and that lily dn-
Yesterdav. I see no reason to have a re- ing. 'life executive branch should be ties include checking out customs.
play on rte rolh?all vote. Therefore. held accountable is to where these gifts venting duplication of gifts, end h.,,,-
speaking for tine culumiLtee I .hall ae- are golhg. where the funds come fro'n, dung Lift orders from not only the Pred
cept it. and how they d."at bit the Vice President. Secretar'.
Ml'. CLARK. I yield back my time. amcadulellt will ,allo ctthe Azueilemin pee} of State and often the first lady is
let
.
Tile PIIESID1NG OFFICER. 111e clue, - ple and the Congress to examine these Th9 Question here, Is "what do t:
lieu Is on agreeing to the amcudnze:;t e: pcndi Lures without any neg't.h'e iii- gifts buy for the United State':?" -..
of the Senator floln Iowa. r
The amendment was al-reed to. 111'lvi t' Isla le ion 110 amc~lrnetit of tlis theirimoneytspent for thiscFederalOvei-
Mr. PROXMII1E. Af .Pre: id"ni, 7 iuice t>l,r ii"i'C'.aryl Public eFCl;rca s h-g' it Tien ni the ?;lirgel catalog? If so. I t' ;r 'c
American people must surely ask is,
this how we conduct foreign policy?"
The Sadat helicopter kicked-off fur-
ther investigations of the diplomatic
gift-giving activity In the Federal Gov-
ernment, revealing some rather vague.
open-ended authorizations and some
Questionable contingency funds among
Federalagencies.
For example, under chapter 5, :.sellers
451 of the Foreign Assistance Act ltp-
i,ropriations of $30 million are given to
the President to "provide assistance au-
thorized by this Part primarily for dis-
aster relief purposes, in accordance with
Provisions applicable to the furnishing
of such assistance." As I previously men-
tioned, the President's defense for the
Sadat helicopter pointed to this section
as providing funds for the.gift althougll
it clearly could not be considered as dh+-
aster relief for Egypt. Although section
451 authorized the funds, the justiflca-
tion language was contained in other sec-
tions including 531. The flexibility o:
this Presidential Contingency Fund en';-
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they ought to know about It and see move to reconsider the vote by which the
where their money Is going. amendment was agreed to.
Back in February of this year, Prest- Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
dent Nixon, under the authority of that move to lay that motion on the table.
all-purpose contingency Act of the For-
ei;;n Assistance Act of 1961, permitted
the granting of $10 million in excess
Egyptian pounds to the Wafaa wa'1
Amal-Royal and Hope Society-an
Egyptian charitable organization headed
by the wife of President Anwar Sadat.
This grant was made one day before
the United States restored diplomatic
relations with Egypt and left the Nixon
administration open for even more con-
troversy. In order to make the grant
legal, the President had to waive restric-
tions contained under section 620 of the
act and fulfill two conditional waiver
rights.
The Comptroller General of the United
States later confirmed that the Presi-
dent's grant satisfied the legal require-
ments of the act.
The point I wish to make is this. It is
not the legality or illegality of these gifts
that causes concern. It appears that
everything Is in order in many of the
larger gifts that I have mentioned. How-
ever, at a time when inflation Is at a
record high. I feel very strongly that the
taxpayer should know exactly how much
of his money is being spent, where it
comes from, where it Is going, and for
what purpose. I would be very surprised
if 10 percent of the American people
knew that $10 million was given to Mrs.
Sadat's charity or that so much of their
money was tied up in diplomatic gift-
giving.
Mr. President, I want to reiterate that
my amendment in no way means to In-
hibit the progress of detente with Egypt
or any other nation. Nor do I mean to
challenge the legality of these gifts to
foreign heads of state. The sole pur-
pose of the amendment is to provide in-
formation-that Ingredient which will
allow us to take corrective action, if nec-
essary, at a later time.
One final point should be made, Mr.
President. This amendment would in-
clude all agencies of government. It
would apply to the Defense Department
and the State Department or any other
agency receiving appropriated funds.
The amendment is intended to be com-
prehensive In nature.
The language "property ... given by
the President or any officer or employee
under his authority" shall be taken in
the traditional American context of a
gift; an object or thing of value that is
given, donated or presented to another
party.
Mr. llummiRr:Y. \ir. President. that
Is a good amendment. I hope that the
Senate will see fit to adopt it.
I yield back any time I nine have
rrmafniug.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the
nator yield back his time?
Mr. PROXMIRE. I yield back my title.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time
i. yielded back. The question is on agree-
in to the amendment of the Senator
l riots Wisconsin, as modified.
The amendment No. 1873, as modified,
was agreed to.
Mr. PROXM)RE. Mr President, I
The motion to lay on the table was
agreed to.
Mr. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. Mr. Presi-
dent, may I have the attention of the
distinguished manager of the bill?
I ask the manager of the bill: On page
12. a change has been made In the ap-
propriate authorization for international
organizations and programs. It has been
increased by $36,900,000. Which agen-
cies are Included in that increase?
Mr. HUMPHREY. Let me see the dif-
ferent ones that we added here.
The President had asked for $153,900,-
000. The committee, on the suggestion
of Senator MCGEE, added an additional
$30 million. The sum added by the com-
mittee is to be distributed as follows:
U.N. development program, $20 million;
U.N. Relief and Works Agency, $10 mil-
lion; and the U.N. Children's Fund, $3
million.
That represents the increase In Inter-
national organizations and programs.
Mr. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. And all
that increase goes to the United Na-
tions?
Mr. HUMPHREY. That is right, it goes
to these three agencies.
There is a reason for this. There was,
I believe, some delay In our proper fund-
ing. I read from the committee report.
on page 24:
By providing an additional $20,000,000 for
the UNDP, the United States will be able to
make a 9110.000,000 contribution for calendar
year 1975, rather than the $100.000,000 pro-
posed by President Nixon. The additional
$20,000,000 available to UNDP would be used
to end split-year funding for the UNDP
which has been undertaken since calendar
Year 197:3 when only $70,000,000 was provided.
In other words, it is a budgetary mat-
ter, in which we are trying to catch up
for a period of time in which our funding
was different from that of the United
Nations.
I want to be sure about this. I do not
think all of this represents an addi-
tionalincrease.
There Is a $10 million increase, and
the other $10 million is a catchup on the
basis of what we call split-year funding.
So, in terms of real dollars, the in-
crease in our commitment is $10 million.
Mr. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. The total
commitment, then, to the United Na-
tions is $110 million?
Mr. HUMPHREY. That is correct.
Mr. HARRY F BYRD, JR. May I ;1,1s
the Senator, on that same page, page 12.
section 7, the figures are increased front
$512,500,000 to $550 million. What is the
t ntrpose of that increase?
Mr. HUMPHREY. This is beeanse in
the new authorization no required that
v hen the Defense Department permits
e91at it calls excess military property to
be used, as had been the case In previous
authorizations, that excess military
property will be deducted front the
amount authorized. Prior to that it was
not.
So to t((ally tie are drain; a hoc's 11(0's,
honest job of bookkeeping. We h:?ve. on
the nlatlei' of tllllilai s as.51.k(flnce refill, -
tions, cut a to'.0 of ~8'0 , alit".) 17('11(
I,t'l(pbc1' !, 19;4
the request of the 01 11111nlet.ratlon in all
the categories. hut I repeat that the
reason for that nltalest increase here in
this line Item wain beilittse we now re-
quire that when tie I)ofeune Department
decides It has sill-illtc" tanks, which it
had given away, 11 ehnrge them oR,
and the amount has la la' deducted from
this amount.
Mr. HARRY I". ll 'ht.11. ,tli. I thank the
Senator. Now another queeti0n. On page
54 of the bill. secthnt 01, Is an Item to
authorize a pcrmanoul annual appropri-
atlon for the malntrustlea and operation
of the Gorges Metn0110l'
Mr. HUMPHREY. t)h, ye"'
Mr. HARRY F. ttYllh, JR. That has 1
been Increased L?nnt inun,oo9 to $1 mll-
lion.
Mr. HUMPHREY. Vu's
Mr. HARRY F. ItY1tU.'fit. In the first
place, what is the (1019"" Memorial, and
in the second Place. wig`' ito we want to
double the appropl'Iati'atl'
ll th
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en-
Mr. HUMPHREY. 1 a il
ator what It Is. Asailt, tltl was sponsored
by our distinguished e0licaguc from Wy-
oming (Mr. McGee?
The Gorges Ment)rllll is tut institute of
tropical and pretelitive utritklne in the
Republic of Panania. '1Nht aas a rting (Mh s
a
operated since Its inch
cal Institution conuttillrt to conduct re-
search In the bitune,1111W "(truces on din-
eases of the trout's Its ot'ieclives are to
help prevent dlsablltt 5?. d; A"?t, and death
from these tropical dt p"`*l t`tlyIlse
This laboratory. 4, 11" been
the central point for tvth North and
South America" att"tt,'iu? on tropical
diseases, and is a vital earl 0f our medi-
cal research pros""" 11
How
JR
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much
Mr. HARRY F. RYN1\
was appropriated Ilw't ~rar for that item?
Mr. HUMPHREY, t+l" sear, I do not
recall. $500,000.
Mr. HARRY F. p\-R11, JR. And we
are doubling that this `.r
Mr. HUMPHREY. \+~ fast year they
had some contrasts tP.tvttsh Health.
Education, and N'elfa'A hhich added to
the amounts of f110ditz< that we were
giving them. JR. Are tMr. HARRY I'. It\'NI\ tl, JRAre there
smis coming feu" Education.
and Welfare this peal.
Mr. HUMPHREY. 1 wu?t inquire, If
the Senator will W1w`lt, t informed, Is
The funding, I lnsiv~n, R 5tth, Educa-
tion, led n\
tion, and Welfare. some, but
Mr.MAGNU~N a
I do not know how
Mr. HUMPHFF\ ct"'^? Put not eery
nnh?h.
Mr. HARRY JR. Is there
funding front o.:, of the Gov-
ernment?
Mr. HUMPIS}'t'
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Mr. HARRY I VIN question in ref:~1 t, ...1y.. On Page I
40, I note that th " ti.
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