QUESTIONS REGARDING PROPOSED CIA LEGISLATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00610R000100170051-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: December 21, 1948
• Content Type: MEMO

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Legislative Liaison Officer
Assistant Chief, Budget and Finance Branch
SUBJECT:_ Questions regarding proposed CIA legislation
DATE: 21 December 1948
1. In confirmation of our telephone conversation of sterday
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-the proposed CIA Bill in order that pertinent related items ma b
it is desired-to direct your attention to the following items re aiAd
a. In the appropriation portion of the language, the phrase
"penalty mail" can be eliminated since Public Law 785 (80th Congress)
amended Publi
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reports to the Post Office_Department.are required on a
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basis and reimbursement is no longer necessary.
. b, A review of the proposed language does not indicate that
,there is full coverage for the authority to hire temporary
personnel or procure services which is provided for in Section 15
of Public Law 600 only if the Department or Agency concerned has
affirmative language in an appropriation or other act. It. does
not appear to be desirable to require the procurement of such
services from funcV under the authority covered by Section 7(b)
of the proposed Act since the major portion of such. procurements
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be of a routine nature. It is possible that this coverage
is adequately provided under Section 7(a) - 2, however, it may be
advisable for a further check to be made to ascertain that such
language will adequately cover general authorizations such as
that contained in Section 15 of Public Law 600.
c. It appears that it may be advisable to slightly revise
Section 7(b) to eliminate the semicolon which appears immediately
after the word "funds" and substitute the word "or" for the word
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