POLYGRAPH LEGISLATION: FAILURE TO OBTAIN SENATE CONSIDERATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 2011
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• Publication Date: September 30, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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FROM: (Legislation Division
Office of Congressional Affairs
SUBJECT: Polygraph Legislation: Failure to Obtain
Senate Consideration
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1. It appears the Senate will not take up Senator Hatch's
polygraph legislation in the remaining days of this session.
This means the legislation is effectively "dead" for this
Congress.
2. You will recall that Senator Hatch had forced the
Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee which he chairs to
report out without amendment the polygraph bill which he
introduced, S. 1815. He then circulated among his colleagues
and other interested parties a version of S. 1815 which had
been modified in an attempt to gain a consensus. His intention
was to bring a consensus version to the Senate floor in the
remaining days of this Congress, either as a separate bill or,
more likely, as a rider to a "must past" bill.
3. We were advised, however, that late last week, he
failed in this effort. As a result, the bill is not likely to
see further action in this Congress.
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4. It is too early to tell what are its prospects for
the next Congress. Any bill on the subject in either House
would have to be reintroduced and begin the legislative process
anew. It would, of course, begin in the House in an
advantageous position as the House did pass its version of the
legislation this year (H.R. 1524). On the other hand, in the
next Congress the Administration is likely to express its
opposition much earlier on in the legislative process. This,
in turn, will make it much more difficult for any legislation
to move forward.
OCA/LEG
(30 Sep 86)
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