H.R. 8152 - AMENDMENT TO TITLE I OF THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76M00527R000700190007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 19, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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OLC 73-0731
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Management and Services
General Counsel
SUBJECT: H. R. 8152 - Amendment to Title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
1. Attached for your information is an excerpt from yesterday's
Congressional Record covering House approval of an amendment which is
directed at CIA. The basic legislation (H. R. 8152) amends Title I of the
Omnibub Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. The floor amendment
was not considered in committee and was offered on 18 June by Miss Holtzman.
Its effect is to take away the authority of the Law Enforcement Assistance
Administration to use the available services, equipment, personnel, and
facilities of CIA in carrying out the Administration's functions under the Act.
2. The legal effect of the Holtzman amendment falls somewhat short
of the colloquy which appears to have been prepared with a broader bill in mind
H. R. 8432). The Koch bill would cut off any direct or indirect CIA assistance
to State or local government law enforcement activities and thereby prohibit
communication of foreign intelligence information through the FBI to local
government units on narcotics, terrorist bomb threats, etc. The Koch bill
has been referred to House Armed Services Committee since it is in the
form of an amendment to the National Security Act of 1947. We are currently
drafting an Agency position on the bill for submission to Chairman Hebert.
3. H. R. 8152 passed the House yesterday and should be referred to
the Senate Judiciary Committee shortly. Suggestions for an Agency position
to be taken with the Senate Judiciary Committee is herewith requested on a
priority basis. STATINTL
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