STATUS OF S. RES. 400 SENATE DEBATE AS OF 1300 HOURS, 19 MAY 1976

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Acting Legislative Counsel.
SUBJECT a Status of S. Res. 400 Senate Debate as
of 1300 hours, 19 May 1976
Executive Registry
1. On the oversight issue we are continuing to make
some progress.
a. Senator Nunn today engaged Senator Ribicoff in
a colloquy in which Senator Ribicoff made the commitment
that there is no intent through the authorization process to
disclose CIA funds and that the funds will be disguised in an
authorization bill, as they are currently in Appropriations bills.
At this point, I don't have any details on how this will be
implemented, but at least it is a commitment to keep our budget
secret.
b. On the Budget Committee point that Senator Bellmon
spoke to you about, Senator Muskie asserted the right of the
Budget Committee to have our figures (he is previously on record
that he didn't want great detail - see attached), but has also
made a commitment that he doesn't intend to disclose them.
2. So far so good. The only remaining point uncovered so
far on which we are trying to have an impact concerns the primacy
of jurisdiction issue so that other committees could not assert their
right to information on matters which they claim is under their
jurisdiction. We have been unsuccessful in getting any buyers on
this point and if debate is closed without this clarification, we will
have to rely upon a strong chairman and committee to stand tough on
Acting Legislative Counse
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this point with their colleagues.
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CHARLES H. PERCY
s ? ILLINOIS
,ZCnifeb Sfafez 'Senate
STATFNTL.
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have had con?? 4`13-rabl ajsc'uoSiO 11 ii:.h '::Ile *icuse
1S Spending in t.21~. rae Years c nt of his time before Congress
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10 j pending business on the F? oor Do" 'S we are trying ' o reduce the
`r on L1iC. ' hies.. ea, "di a n' .epobt ng with Mr. Colby
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resolved ,( `tar question
A So, I think that there is plenty of rcc t for additional
staff co zideration.
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5 Senator Percy. Fir. Chairman, could I ask you one
7 ;.estion related but unrelated?
3 It caaa tip yesterday In discuss ion With George Bush.
o I Obviously, in the intelligence Oversight Committee,
B ae : Cow4 tt s an w4 4,-b C DO c 3lCi uI' an:+1 W,-- tnux. a - - y L.
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17 subxi v a budget for the ager_cy to the Budget Cc i ttee. What
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or preparing to CO-19 b? Q e CCU yY.~'s95 4 ul a nul itud' C..
14 l cc.:~'asttees .
We are trying to cut that dvenz .
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would be the procedure of the Budgets COTzAttee, then, in call-
Sew much detail would
..-the director of the agency before it?
they need to gat into. et cetera?
Se Bator Muskie. ^`o the extent that we get into major
items in other -'unctions- We are not a li a-item came?ttee.
He don't want to be, especially in this field.
We do have to know ho.7 rtuch is involved overall and we
do have to know how much is involved overall and we have to
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firnctioj s the du-qu:a...`'.a 's fa-I-7 , an Etc` C.2a5:ee-
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2 I1 what the major 'e:Ar t, is
it We have prepared ri.~~?rse Ives
fled information and to r
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# e n.aven e t tr e3 La nintrude ourselves in the pro-ass of writing
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C a ccw-ipro rise e We are relying on he Budg pct, which ;- osas
on a vexy comet ::;.ee an obligation to report to "Us.
others .
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rj consideration of the _s tem. F icence cs i c'.s: than we are in tizs
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Ithe~a '" "^_' ' o '"w,es r s_ n tie x.? ""t s of. ti'de'
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12 ! intel_igence effort, then it ~. that ~.. ? a r t
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Sena'- or ercy r i I Culd 'g.{the a ~~ t.
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over to My office as quickly as rossibie, I wil?
I/ jt-~-ansi it that as the bas ~.. respor- Gee can get from L. Bush at
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I thank the. Chairmazi.
Senator Glenn. -~n. ' 1,L,-. Chairman,
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Senator Percy, I tv.ink you have enough to vote it out.
Z3 l M . From. We have enough. j-Lr?:e i..-'. : ha:~ - e n ad.
Sena 4o- Percy.
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stay, and my proxy
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Comparison of S. Res. 400 and H.R. 1224 (Pike Resolution)
These two Resolutions are extremely similar. It is obvious that
Pike adopted the bulk of S. Res. 400 making the changes necessary for a
House Committee rather than a Senate Committee and changing a few sub-
stantive provisions of the Resolution. Following are the differences in the.
two:
1. The Senate Committee is labelled a "Select Committee" while the
House Committee would be a standing Committee. As a Select Committee,
the Senate Committee is not subject to the rules applicable to standing
committees. The proposed standing committee of the House would be subject
to the rules applicable to the other standing committees, including XI, 2 (e) (2)
which gives all Members access to all committee records. The Senate Committee
has other attributes of standing committees, e.g. permanency, legislative
authority, etc.
2. Membership of the House Committee would be 9 to 13 members,
with no designated seats. (Senate - 15 members, plus.2 ex-officio,
8 designated seats)
The Committee would not have a fixed majority-minority ratio, but
would reflect overall House membership. (Senate - 8 majority, 7 minority)
The House Resolution adds "the Committee membership should reflect
a broad representation of political and philosophical views. n (Senate - no
such language in the Resolution, although Mansfield expressed this intent).
There is a six-year maximum term of service. (Senate - 8 years)
Staff are limited to six years employment. (Senate - no limit)
There is no Vice Chairman. (Senate - ranking minority is
Vice Chairman)
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3. The jurisdiction of the House Committee would be identical to
the Senate Committee, except that authorization bills would not be subject
to sequential referral. (I believe this would give us greater budget
secrecy problems.)
4. The reporting responsibility of the head of each department or
agency to keep the Committee fully and currently informed and to furnish.
information or documents in the agency's possession are not labelled
"sense of the House" provisions.
5. Of the nine points to be the subject of a special study by the
Senate Committee, the House Committee would only undertake a study of
five of these and with no deadline for completion of this study. (Senate
deadline is 1 July 1977)
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OFFICER'S I COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
INITIALS to whom. Draw a line across column; offer each comment.)'
Representative Pike has
introduced a resolution':;to, establishi`
charter extremely similar to the
charter of the new Senate Select
Committee I thought .you: might be..- ,
.interested in the attached.compariso
of S . Res. '400 and thellPike resolutio