APPLICATION OF HOUSE RULE XI 27(C), NOW RULE XI 2(E)(2), TO INFORMATION GATHERED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

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• Publication Date: March 26, 1975
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OLC 75-0613
26 March 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Application of House Rule XI 27(c), now Rule 12(e)(z),
to Information Gathered by the House Select Committee
on Intelligence
1. House Rule XI 2(e)(2) provides:
"(2) All committee hearings, records, data-, charts,
and files shall be kept separate and distinct from the
congressional office records of the Member serving as
chairman of the committee; and such records shall be the
property of the House and all Members of the. House -hall
have access thereto. "
2. It is believed that enactment of section 6 of H. Res. 138
(attached) establishing the Select Committee on Intelligence, at a minimum
creates a presumption that the House of Representatives has consciously
directed and granted authority to the Select Committee necessary to
overrule House Rule XI 2(e)(2) to prevent "disclosure, outside the
select committee, " (e. g., other members of the House of Representatives)
of any information relating to CIA and other intelligence activities or
which would advf rsely affect such intelligence activities abroad.
Distribution:
Orig - Hiles 138 file'
1 -DCI
I - General Counsel
1 -
1 -. OLC Chrono
Deputy Legislative Counsel
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'SEC. G. (a) The select.committae ghAll?
institute-and carryout such rules and pro-
ce d s as it may deem necessary to prevent
`(1) the disclosure, outside the select cOrn-
mittee, of any information relating. to the
activities of the Central Intelligence Agency
or any, other department or- agency of the
' Federal Government engaged In intelligence
activities, obtained by the select committee
L during the course of its study and invests.,
getion? not authorized by the select corn-
mlttee to be disclosed; and (2j the disclo-'
sure, outside- the mtect cor.nrnittee, of any
information which would adversciy affect
the intelligence aett-tHes of the Central
Intelligence Agency In foreign 'countries or:
.the Intelligence .acttvltie3 in foreign coun-
tries of any other department or agency of
the Federal Government;.
"(b) No employee of the select oorxrmtttea
or any person engaged by contract or other..'
wlse?to perform services for the select com.-`
mittee shall be given access to any classliiedd.
information by the select committee unless
such employee or person has
prop'riatq? y. received ann ap-
securit'clearauce=as ' _ deterinect .->
by the select committee. The type of r..ecurlty
clearance to be required In the case of any
.such.'employeeorperson shall, within the de-
.tennination of the select committee, he corn-
mexisuraCe vrith the sensitivity of the classi
fled information to--?hicy, such employee or
parson will b&, given' access by. the acleot
committee ?
-,-(o)'A& n condition for employment rig de-
scribed:lri pection.-5 of this-resolution, each .
person sha. -agree not to accept any honorar
sum, royalty, or other payment for a speak.-
ing engagement, magazine article; book, or
other endeavor connected with the Jnvesti-
gation and study, undertaken by?this corn-
mittee.-..?...
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