LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM BARRY GOLDWATER

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BARRY OOLDWATERARIL. CHAIRMANP'
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SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
HOWARD N. BAKER. JR., TENN.. EX OFFICIO
ROBERT C. VITRO. W, VA., EX OFFICIO WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
ROBERT R. SIMMONS, STAFF DIRECTOR
GARY J. SCHMIT. MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
August 1, 1983
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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Recently, Clair George sent me the final report of the Working
Group. on Soviet Military. Economic Analysis. In reviewing the
report- I noticed that on Page 5, it makes the following.
recommendation: .
"The finding that the CIA estimates are frequently
misunderstood as well as misused for political purposes
suggests the possible conclusion that CIA should simply
stop publishing or even preparing estimates of Soviet
military expenditures.. We recommend, in fact, the
opposite action; i.e., that the CIA itself publish
the estimates, that their meaning and limitations be.
explained more fully,.and that the CIA put restrictions
on their use by other Executive Branch agencies,
requiring that they. be quoted only with the appropriate
qualifications."
Bill, as you may recall, this recommendation corresponds with what
I have been saying for a long time now. In fact, when I wrote to
you last April on this subject, I indicated that in my view, and
in the view of most of the Members. of our Committee, these reports
are just the sort of thing that the CIA should be making available
to, the public so that they can better understand the magnitude. and
the nature of Soviet defense expenditures.
Now, I am glad to hear that this panel of distinguished experts
believes that "the CIA does an excellent job of estimating Soviet
military expenditures." I am also glad to hear that they share
our view that the products of this work should be made available to
the public.
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April 13, 1983
The Honorable William J.-Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Bill:
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Thank you for appearing before the Committee on March 24, 1983,
to discuss publication of a dollar. cost comparison of Soviet and
U.S. defense expenditures and Communist Aid Activities in Non-
Communist Less Developed Countries.
As we discussed in the hearing, I agreed to withhold any further
judgment until all the Members had an-opportunity to review your
testimony. Each Member received a*copy of your talking points as
well as :COPY of the complete statement. They were then polled
as to whether or not publication of these documents by'CIA should
continue. The response was overwhelmingly supportive of continued
publication. in an unclassified form. But'; the Vice Chairman, Pat
Moynihan, sided with you.on the issue.
Bill, Members of the Committee, including myself, were simply not
convinced by your arguments. These are just the sort of reports
that the CIA should be making available to the public so they can
better understand the magnitude and. the nature of Soviet defense
expenditures, as well as their aid activities to non-Communist
less.developed countries around the world.
that the decision to cancel dissemination of these two
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Enclosures
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P.ARRV COLOWAT;R, ARIX.. CHAIRMAN
DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, N.Y.. VICE CHAIRMAN
JAKE GARN, IJTAN` WALTER D. HUDOLESTON, KY.
JOHN 14. CHAF RE. R.I. JOSEPH R. DIOEN. JR.. DEL.
RICHARD O. LIUGAR. IND. DANIEL K. INOUYE. HAWAII
MALCOLM WALLOP. WYO. HENRY M. JACKSON. WASH.
DAVID DUREHIIEROER. MINN. PATRICK J. LEAKY, VT.
WILLIAM V. ROTH. JR.. DEL LLOYD EENTSEN. TEX.
WILLIAM S. COVEN, MAINZ
HOWARD H. BAKER. IN.. TENN., EX OFFICIO
ROBERT C. BYRD. W. VA.. EX OFFICIO
ROBERT R. SIMMONS. STAFF DIRECTOR
GARY J. SCHMITT, MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
April. 13, 1983
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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Thank you for appearing before the Committee on March 24, 1983,
to discuss publication of a dollar cost comparison of Soviet and
U.S. defense expenditures and Communist Aid Activities in Non-
Communist Less Developed Countries.
As we discussed in the hearing, I agreed to withhold any further
judgment until all the Members had an opportunity to review your
testimony. Each Member received a copy of your talking points.as
well as a copy of the complete.statement. They were then polled
as to whether or not publication of these documents by CIA should
continue. The response was overwhelmingly supportive of continued
publication in an unclassified form. But, the Vice Chairman, Pat
Moynihan, sided with you on the issue.
Bill, Members of the Committee, including myself, were simply not
convinced by your arguments. These are just the sort of reports
that the CIA should be making available to the public so they can
better understand the magnitude and the nature of Soviet defense
expenditures, as well as their aid activities to non-Communist
less developed countries around the world..
We t that the decision to cancel dissemination of these two
re or as CIA products was wrong, and we urge you to reconsider.
`,1CUUeb zMatez .senate
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTrLLIGI NCE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
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GARY J. SCHMITT. MINORITY STAR D1XMCTOW
April 6, 1983
The Honorable Barry Goldwater
Chairman
Select Committee on Intelligence
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 2051.0
Dear Barry:
Your letter on releasing unclassified versions of two CIA
reports raises important issues. Going back to Richard Helms
and continuing through William Colby, George Bush, and Stansfield
Turner, CIA regularly issued a wide variety of unclassified
analytic reports to the public. Director. Casey changed this
policy in 1981 because he thought it created too much controversy
for CIA.
Since then, the public has not had the benefit of the CIA's
objective, professional judgments not only on Soviet military
expenditures and aid to less developed countries, but. also on
such topics as Soviet agricultural developments, Chinese defense
spending, East European hard currency debt, and conditions
affecting the flow of Indo-China refugees. I am particularly
interested, for example, in a recent CIA report on "Soviet Grain.
Imports" that might have been released in unclassified form
under the previous'policy.
It seems to me that Director Casey made a mistake when. he
stopped releasing. these reports, and I think our Committee should
tell him so.' On the other hand, we have to be careful not to
encourage the practice of selective release of CIA reports either
to support or oppose particular policies. There should be objec-
tive criteria that encourage CIA to release its unclassified
findings on as many issues as possible, consistent with protec-
tion of sources and methods..
The real issue is how to avoid politicizing CIA analysis,
while giving the public the information it needs. Excessive
secrecy just breeds more politically motivated leaks, the slant-
ing of CIA data by other agencies, or the selective use of
intelligence to promote one side. For that reason, I cannot
support CIA's release of reports on only two topics. Instead,
the CIA should go back to its previous policy of releasing
unclassified analysis on a wide variety of subjects.
Walter D. Huddleston
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MALCOLM WALLOP. WYO.
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JOSEPH R. SIDEN. JR., DEL.
DANIEL K. INOUYE. HAWAII
HENRY M. JACKSON, WASH.
PATRICK J. LEANY. VT.
LLOYD EENTSII4. TEX.
-KIWARD H. BAKER. JR.. TENN.. EX OPFICID
ROBERT C. WYRD. W. VA.. EX OFFICIO
IIOBYRT R. SIMMONS. STAFF DIRECTOR
GARY J. SCMMTIT. MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
March 29, 1983
The Honorable
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Washington, I.C. 20510
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SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
Note: Sent to all Members of the SSCI
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On Thursday, March 24, 1983, the full Committee held a hearing on intelligence
Canmunity publication of unclassified reports on Soviet expenditures. The
purpose of this hearing was to have the Director of Central Intelligence, Bill
Casey, explain why the CIA will no longer make available to the public its
dollar cost canparison.of Soviet and U.S. Defense Expenditures and a document
titled Canmunist Aid Activities in Non-Communist Less Developed Countries,
Director Casey spent over an hour at this hearing explaining the decision for
terminating public dissemination of these two reports. This- decision was
apparently made several years ago. Enclosed for your information are copies of
the Director's talking points on this subject as well as a copy of his complete
statement before the Canittee.
Quite frankly, I do not believe that the decision to cancel dissemination of
these two reports was a good one. These are just the sort of reports that the
CIA should.be making available to, the public so they can utter understand the
magnitude and the nature of Soviet defense expenditures, as well as their aid
activities to non-ccnmunist less developed countries around the world. This is
especially important now when not only the Federal Government here in Washington,
D.C.,'but the whole nation is being asked to support major U.S. defense expend-
itures in the context of what we understand to be the Soviet threat.
Because of the controversial nature of this issue, I told Director Casey that
the Canittee will withhold any further judgment until all the Members had had
an opportunity to review his testimony in full. I would be most appreciative if
you could let me know by April 8,.1983, whether or not you think the CIA should
continue publication of these documents in an unclassified form. Please feel
free to contact me directly or have your staff notify the Clerk of the Committee,
Dot Roberson, about your thoughts.
Sincerely,
Barry Goldwater
Chairman
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NOTE FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Director, Office of External Affairs
you to appear.
The attached letter from Chairman Goldwater and Vice Chairman
Moynihan requests you to come to a hearing to discuss the Agency's
policy on the dissemination of unclassified materials at 10:00 a.m.
on Thursday, March 24th in 5-407, The Capitol. This request grows
out of the DDI's testimony on March 10th on analysis and production.
Chairman Goldwater is particularly interested in continuing to make
the Agency's dollar cost analysis of Soviet military expenditures
available in unclassified form, but undoubtedly will want to review
the origins of the policy and its application to other analytical
studies as well. Chairman Goldwater is specificallycasking for
Director of C antra ntelligence Date
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BARRY GOLOWATER, ARt$,..(,'HAIRMAN
P[YANIEL PATRICK LIOYNINAN. N.Y.. VICE C'/:AIRIAAN
.SAKE GAjJN; UTAH; i . :NALTFA O. HUDOLESTON, KY.
IJOHN H`. CHAFES. R.I. JOSEPH R. BIDEN. JR.. DEL
RIC14APO 0. 1.U eAH. IND. DANIEL K. INOUYE. HAWAII
MALCOLM WALLOP. WYO. HENRY M. JACKSON. WASH.
DAVIO DUNEHUE"GI R. MINN. PATRICK J. LEAHY. VT.
WILLIAM V.:IOM. IN.. DEL. LLOYD BENTSEN. TEX.
WILLIAM S. COHEN. MAINE
HOWANO H. BAKER. JR.. TS MIN.. CX OFFICIO
ROBERT C. GYRO. W. VA.. EX OFFICIO
ROBERT R. SIMMONS. STAFF DIRECTOR
GARY J. SCHMITT. MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
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March 21, 1983
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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The -March 1983 edition of -the--Armed- -Forces -Journal *state-d that `-
the CIA "will no longer publish its dollar cost comparison of
Soviet and U.S. defense activity, perhaps the most quoted work
it has ever issued." The article goes--on. to -say-that .you-have:
also ordered the elimination of "the Agency's annual estimate of
Soviet military and economic assistance to the Third World countries,
and its reporting on the number of Soviet military and economic
advisors overseas." Formerly, this information was published in
a document titled Communist Aid Activities in Non-Communist Less
Developed Countries.
On March 10, 1983, the Budget Subcommittee of the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence held hearings on Analysis and Production.
At this Subcommittee hearing,a number of our Members questioned
the advisability of ceasing publication of these documents. In
response to their questions, Mr. Gates, the Deputy Director for
Intelligence, stated that "the decision was made two years ago to
reduce the amount of unclassified analysis that the Central
Intelligence Agency was producing...," but that "what has happened
in the last few weeks will cause us to go back and revisit the
question of whether or not we ought to publish this sort of thing
on an unclassified basis." Later in the hearing, Mr. Gates indicated
that the Agency would publish classified versions of these reports
and was simply ceasing publications of the unclassified versions.
Bill, we believe that reports such as these are among the most
influential and interesting that the CIA has made public in recent
years. It concerns us that, when so few intelligence products are
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The Honorable William J. Casey
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made public, two of the most interesting and potentially useful
publications are now being taken out of the public domain.
Furthermore, this comes at a time when not only the Federal
Government here in Washington, D.C., but the whole Nation, is
concerned about U.S. defense expenditures in. the context of what
we understand to be the Soviet threat.
For these reasons, we respectfully invite you to appear before the
full Committee in closed session on this subject at 10:00 a.m. on
Thursday, March 24, 1983, in S-407 of the Capitol. If you or your.
staff have any questions with regard to this invitation, please
feel-free to contact us or Rob Simmons, Staff Di-rector,'at 224-1707.
We look forward to seeing you on the 24th.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Vice Chairman
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Mr. President, the distinguished
Senator from South Dakota has a con-
cern with reference to one of the pro-*
visions included in the report accom-
panying H.R. 1718.
Mr. ABDNOR. Mr. President, before
voting on this bill. I should like to In-
quire of my distinguished friend from
Idaho about a particular listing of a
project in my State contained in the
Department of the Interior Fish and
Wildlife Service section pertaining to
the accelerated maintenance and con-
struction programs.
In the Senate illustrative project
listing there is included a provision
designating repair of facilities at the
McNenny National Fish Hatchery
prior to the State assuming this oper-
ation. Was it the intent of the subcom.
mittee that this work be accomplished
before the South Dakota Game; Fish
and Parks Department assumes full
control of the facilities there?
Mr. McCLURE. It is my understand-
ing that your State is preparing to
take over the operations at McNenny
on July 1, 1983. It would appear un-
likely, given the abort period of time
remaining, that the needed work could
be accomplished by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service prior to that date.
However, both are currently involved
in formulating a cooperative agree-
ment so that the State could carry out
t y.
ABDNOR. Figures have bee
supplied to the subcommittee by Sea
retary Merwin of my State agency in-
dicating that they are proposing ac-
complishing this work with an expend-
iture of $150,000. far less than the
$250 to $450,000 which the FWS pro-
posed for the same work just last year.
Given this. would it then be possible
for this rehabilitation work to be car-
ried out by the State of South Dakota
under contract or agreement with the
FWS. -
Mr. McCLURE: That is correct. This
was work that was already identified
as needing -to be done by the FWS
prior to the actions taken to conclude
their operations at McNenny. Such an
agreement is consistent with both the
intent of this legislation and that of
the FWS.
Mr. ABDNOR. Mr. President, I
would .very much like to express my
deep appreciation to the chairman of
the Interior Appropriations Subcom-
mittee for his efforts to obtain a satis-
factory conclusion to this matter.
Mr. LEAKY. Mr. Chairman- I am
concerned about the applicability .of
the targeting formula in the jobs bill
as it came out of committee. My ques-
tion is this: Does the formula apply to
fish hatchery maintenance or con-
struction funds?
Mr. McCLURE. I can assure the
Senator from Vermont that fish
hatchery funds are not subject to the
targeting provisions because they are
not formula programs.
Mr. LEAR. I am especially con-
cerned about funding for work at the
Pittsford fish hatchery. Under the
work plan prepared by the Fish and
Wildlife Service, would work be done
at the Pittsford hatchery under the
funds appropriated in this bill?
Mr. McCLURE. Yes; they would. On
the basis of the list of the projects
supplied by the Fish and Wildlife
Service, funding to rehabilitate
springs, wells, and roads would be pro-
vided In this bill
ROUTINE MORNING BUSINESS
Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, I have a
request that I will put in a moment
that will embrace a number of meas-
ures, amendments, and other points
that may be dealt with by unanimous
consent. I hope.
While I try to put those on paper
and make sure we are all talking about
the same thing, I believe there is at
least one Senator-and there may be
others-who has brief morning busi-
ness he would like to transact.
Therefore, I ask unanimous consent
that for not more than 5 minutes the
senate have a period for the transac-
tion of routine morning business in
which Senators may speak.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it Is so ordered.
SELECTIVE DISCLOSURE OF NA-
TIONAL SECURITY INFORMA-
TION
Mr. HUDDLESTON. Mr. President,
for the past several years I have
become increasingly concerned about
the politicization of our country's for-
eign intelligence and national defense
operations. The problem is the selec-
tive release of national security infor-
:natiou to promote particular policies.
Sometimes this is done by unauthor-
ized leaks, sometimes as authorized
press briefings on a background basis,
and sometimes in public statements
and reports designed to sell an admin-
istration's policies.
Earlier this week, the President was
urged by supporters of his policies to
release secret data that they hoped
would persuade the American people
to back the administration on defense
issues. Today, the Defense Depart-
ment released a second edition of its
report on "Soviet Military Power," a-
shiny and illustrated document clearly
designed to promote the President's
views.
It would not be advisable for anyone
to identify which parts of this docu-
ment may have previously been classi-
fied. because we do not want to com-
pound the damage. It is enough to say
that some parts closely resemble infor-
mation that was classified . $t least
"secret" last year.
The practice of selectively disclosing
classified information in a document
that looks more like propaganda than
objective intelligence reporting puts
the Congress at a great disadvantage.
Those who may see the evidence dif-
ferently do not have the power to de-
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classify the data that might support
their point of view. The President, the
Secretary of Defense, and the Director
of Central Intelligence have the au-
thority to declassify the Congress
does not, except in the most extraordi.
nary cases. .
? Therefore, we must be very careful
when intelligence and defense infor-
mation become matters of public
debate, because the public has no way
of knowing whether the information
represents an accurate and objective
picture of the problem or a politicized
attempt to influence public opinion.
The growth of this practice is de-
Dlorable, and the-blame rests with ad-
ministrations of both parties. I recall
vividly that I was a member of the Ap-
propriations subcommittee asked to
provide the funds for the Stealth pro-
jetty and. I objected strongly to the
Carter administration's decision to dis-
close the Stealth secretin the midst of
the 1980 campaign.
Again in early 1982 the decision was
made to release classified photography
of the arms buildup in Nicaragua, and
CIA analysts were brought before the
press to describe this one selected
aspect of the complex situation in
Central America. Later a Nicaraguan
prisoner was presented to the press as
an intelligence source to corroborate
administration statements, and the
episode turned out to be less than suc-
cessful;
After Deputy CIA Director Bobby
Inman resigned last year, I raised the
issue at the confirmation hearings for
his successor. John McMahon. Mr.
McMahon said, "I think you will find
inherent in any intellegence organiza.
tion a certain reluctance to take selec.
tive events and publicize them. We
would prefer to provide intelligence
and let the policymakers treat the in-
telligence as they see fit." Mr. McMa-
hon confirmed publicly at that time
the concern that he, as a professional
intellegence officer, has had "about
the manner in which intellegence is
used" by policymakers. -
This problem arose once again last
December., when the Defense Depart-
meat selectively released classified in-
telligence on Soviet military capabili-
ties to several reporters who regularly
cover military affairs. Senators BiDm
and BYRn and I wrote the President to
ask for an explanation. As "Senator
Bmm and I,reported in statements in
the RECORD on February. 16, the re-
sponse from the White House was in-
adequate. Even the White- House ex-
planation admitted that what was
being done was "to educate the press"
on Soviet military growth. The Select
Committee on Intelligence has been
looking into this case.
Now we appear to have another ex-
ample. There may be accurate and
useful information in the Defense De-
partment's publication, but its format
and timing raise serious concerns.
We need to guard against a repeti-
tion. of this practice. It cannot be al-
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lowed to become routine, or else the
credibility or our foreign intelligence
and national defense agencies will be
seriously harmed. .I believe the at-
tempt to politicize these agencies is
getting out of hand. We will all be
losers if it goes too far.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE VICE
PRESIDENT
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
JersEN). The Chair, on behalf of the
Vice President of the United States,
and in accordance with title 14, section
194(a) of the United States Code, ap-
points the following Senators to the
Board of Visitors. of the U.S Coast
Guard Academy: .
The Senator from Oregon (Mr.
newly sworn in President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt. and is the only
Member of Congress still serving today
that voted and worked on legislation
during this critical period in our-histo-
ry. Senator JENNiNas RANDOLVH is
serving in his 25th year in the Senate
and his sage wisdom from having
served through this and other critical
periods of our Nation's history has
'guided me since I came to Washington
as young Senator in 1973.
So on this day. let me once again
honor my good friend JENNINGs RAN-
Doi.rn for his legislative service to this
Nation which spans 50 years. And may
he celebrate many more birthdays, as
he did yesterday. and be recognized
more and more for his outstanding
selfless service to-this Nation in each
accompanying papers, reports, and
documents, which were referred as in-
dicated:
EC-429. A communication from the Comp-
troller General of the United States, trans-
mitting. pursuant to law, a report entitled
The Congress Should Consider Repeal of
tee on labor and Human Resources.
EC-430. A communication from the Chair-
man of the Federal Election Commission.
transmitting, pursuant to law, a rule pro-
mulgated by the Commission governing the
inclusion of disclaimer notices in political
ant Secretary of. Defense (Manpower. Re-
serve Affair:, and Logistics), transmitting,
pursuant to law, the Defense Manpower Re-
Quirements Report for Fiscal Year 1984: to
the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-432. A communication from the Assist-
ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
transmitting. a draft of proposed legislation
to authorize appropriations for fiscal years
1984 and 1985, for the Panama Canal Com-
1-1
PACKWOOD)., the Senator from South - succeeding year.
Carolina (Mr. HoLLmGs). the Senator . ...
th
from Virginia (Mr. Tazaw. RUG
e MESSAGES FROM THE
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. DODD). ? .. PRESIDENT
The Chair,' on behalf of the Vice
President of the United States. and in Messages from the President of the
accordance with title 10, section United States were communicated to
- 6968(a). appoints the following Sena- the Senate by Mr. Saunders. one of his
tors to the Board of Visitors of the secretaries.
U.S. Naval Academy:
The Senator from Oregon (Mr. HAT-
FIE[), the Senator from South Caroli-
na (Mr. Holt tnQGS). the Senator from
Iowa (Mr. JErssN). and the Senator
from Maryland (Mr. SAaaAxss).
The Chair. on behalf of the Vice
President of the United States and
pursuant. to title-46. secttiin -?1295B(h)
of the United States Code. 'appoints
the following Senators to the Board of
Visitors of the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy. '
The Senator from Oregon (Mr.
mission to operate. and maintain the
Panama Canal and for other purposes: to
the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-433. A communication from the Comp-
troller General of the United States, trans-
witting. pursuant to law. a report entitled
"Status of Trident and SSN-688 Submarine
ESECDTIVE MESSAGES
REFERRED Construction at the Electric Boat Division
As in executive session, the Acting` of General Dynamics Corporation; to the
President pro tempore laid before the
Senate messages from the President of
the United. States submitting sundry
nominations which were referred to
the appropriate committees.
(The nominations received today are
printed at the end of the Senate pro-
ceedings.)
- PACSwooD). the Senator from Alaska DEFERRAL OF CERTAIN BUDGET
(Mr. SrsvaNs), the Senator from AUTHORITY-MESSAGE FROM
Hawaii (Mr. INou ra), and the Senator. THEpRESIENT_PM 26
from New York (Mr. MOYNIHAN). - The PRESIDING OFFICER laid
The Chof ir. the a United behalf States the and in Vice before the Senate the following mes-
acc a President with sage from the President of the United
Code. W States, together with accompanying
4355(a) of the wUnited -title e States s section
points the following g Senators to the y papers; which. pursuant to the order
points it of January 30, 1975. was referred
Board of Visitors of the U.S. rs Military jointly to the Committee on Appropri-
The the Committee on the Budget.
The Senator from Idaho (Mr. Mo the Committee on Armed Services..
(Mr. Jthe SeOHxsroN). nator the from Senator EwLouisianaen- and the Committee an Finance:
(Mr.
Georgia (Mr. NuwN). and the Senator To the Congress of the United States:
from Delaware (Mr. Rom). - . . In accordance with the Impound-
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE
NINGS RANDOLPH
FIFTY YEARS
OF JEN-
SPANS
'Mr. bOMENICL Mr. President. I
wish to honor my very good friend and
colleague from West' Virginia.. JaN-
NnaGS RAm,)oun . Senator RANDosrs'is
celebrating a special anniversary today
following his celebration of a more
personal anniversary yesterday; the
celebration of his 81st birthday. For 60
years ago on this date. JENNrwcs RAN-
DolrH was sworn into the U.S. Con-
gress as a Member of the House of'
Representatives Congressman Jzx-
NurGS RANDOLPH Was a participant in
the historic first. 100 days of then
meat Control Act of 1974. I herewith
report one new deferral of budget au-
thority totaling $50,000,000 and one
revision to a previously reported defer-
ral, increasing the amount deferred by
$1,498.389.
The deferrals affect the Department
of Energy and the Department of the
Treasury.
The details of each deferral are con-
tained in the attached reports.
RONALD RaACAw.
Tax Warns Houss, March 9, 1983.
CUTIVE AND OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS
The following communications were
laid before the Senate, together with
EC-434. A communication from the Gen--
eral Counsel of the Department of Defense, .
transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation
to amend chapter 5 of title 37. United States
Code; to extend the expiration date of the
special pay provisions for reenlistment and
enlistment bonuses: to the Committee on
Armed Services. -
EC-435. A communication from the Gen-
eral Counsel of the Department of Defense.
transmitting a draft of proposed legislation
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
1984 for the Armed Forces for procurement.
for research, development. test, and evalua-
tion. and for operation and maintenance, to
prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal
year for the Armed Forces and for civilian
employees of the Department of Defense.
and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Armed Services.
EC-436. A communication from the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, transmitting a draft of
proposed legislation to amend the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Developmept Act; to
the Committee on Agriculture. Nutrition.
and Forestry.
EC-437. A communication from the Sec e-
tary of Housing and Urban. Development.
transmitting, pursuant to law. the second bi-
ennial report on the impact of the amend-
ments to the interstate Land Sales Full Dis-
closure Act, dated March L 1983; to the '
Committee on Banking. Housing. and Urban
Affairs
EC-438. A communication from the Assist- ? .
ant Secretary of the Interior. transmitting a
draft of proposed legislation to amend sec-
tion 7 of the Earthquakes Hazards Reduc-
tion Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706) to extend
authorizations for appropriations. and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Com-
merce. Science. and Transportation. .. .
EC-439. A communication from the Secre-
tary of Transportation, transmitting a draft
of proposed legislation to authorize appro,
priations for the fiscal years 1984 and 1985
for certain maritime programs of the De-
partment of Transportation. and for other
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