H.R. 4845 - AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING PASSED SENATE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00446R000600050018-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: October 29, 1965
• Content Type: MFR

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29 O C T 1965
SUBJECT: H.R. 4845 - Automatic Data Processing, passed Senate
1. H. R. 4845, which adopts a centralized management concept
for automatic data processing equipment used by Federal agencies, passed
the House on 2 September 1965. It passed the Senate, without amendment
late in the afternoon on 22 October 1965, the last day of the first session.
The Senate's action was completely unexpected. The Senate Committee
did not hold hearings on the bill. Rather, Senator McClellan, Chairman
of the Government Operations Committee, resorted to a unique procedure
of polling the Committee membership in order to bring the bill out and
report it on the floor on 22 October 1965.
2. The enrolled bill vests ADP management authority in the
Administrator, GSA. It is an amendment to the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 from which the Agency enjoys
statutory exemption. For the purpose of this amendment only, however,
all exemptions under the Act are nullified. The enrolled bill authorizes
the Administrator to grant exemptions for national defense and national
security reasons. His decisions are also subject to review and decision
by the Bureau of the Budget.
3. While our views were not solicited by either BOB or the
Committee, we transmitted a report to the House Committee via BOB,
referencing the Administrator's authority to grant exceptions; citing
the Director's statutory authority to protect intelligence sources and
methods from unauthorized disclosure; and recommending a statutory
exemption for CIA to eliminate any possible statutory conflict.
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4. Although the House Committee, under the "camel's nose
under the tent" theory, was against any statutory exemption, they were
sympathetic to our problem and accordingly emphasized in their Committee
report that national security must not be compromised and that agencies
with intelligence or secret responsibilities must maintain their security
in line with appropriate Federal statutes. The Committee felt that the President
would assure that the administrative exemption authority in the bill would
be used to protect intelligence agencies.
5. The President has not yet signed the bill; however, BOB expects
that he will approve the bill. While BOB has maintained that many of the
bill's provisions are unnecessary, they are particularly pleased with the
provisions authorizing the establishment of a revolving fund to support
ADP pools and centers and authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to
initiate a research program on computer sciences and the congressional
statement of policy on the importance of improving ADP management.
6. The legislative history of the bill strongly supports an
exemption by GSA for CIA. Likewise, officials of both BOB and GSA have
indicated that this would be done. Accordingly, if the bill is approved by
the President, as expected, we shall contact GSA and BOB to work out
the exemption arrangements.
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