SECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A PROPOSED BILL TO AMEND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00610R000100160010-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 21, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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21 Mrarch 1957
SECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A PROPOSID BILL,
TO AbiE~~U TAE CIIVTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
ACT- OF 1949, AS AMErmID, AND FOFt O'~iElt F'URpOSES
S~C.I'IOi3 ],.
Under Section 3(a) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act', of
19~g the Agency is authorized to exercise certain procurement
authorities contained in the Armed Services Procurement Act og 197.
r
The specific Qections of the Armed Services Procurement Act, the
authorities of which CIA Was authorized to exercise, were incor-
posted by re~'erence in Section 3{a) of the CIA Act aid 1g~9. Since
passage of the CIA Act, additional functions have been assigned to
the.Agency. This, and added e.Yperience, indicate the need to
exercise othear authorities contained in the Armed Serviced Pru-
curement Act of 1947.
Under Section 2(c) oP the Procurement Act, the Armed Services
m.ay negotiate purchases and contracts without advertising is
seventeen listed circumstances. The Ageney is nay afathoxized by
Section 3(a) of the CIA Act to negotiate in ten of these circtam--
stances. It is requested that the remaining negotiation authorities
oP Section 2(c) be given this Agency.
The Agency has subataxztial and. vitally necessary programs is
fields where research and development, standardization of equ~.pznent
and,provdsion oP neW or stand-by production facilities are necessities.
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 eazaunt ol= armuity i8 provided, not as a special re~eard foot the
type off' servico involved, but rather because ~ mots liberal
~'as~u.7.a is uaualel,y necessary to make the eaarlier retirement, aith
x~?ultant eh~rtrac service, econornicalYy feasible.
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g'e 'f:?nse ma3nr ~ro~ri, s' ~~,ri3 of .~h~ CIIt. ~ rt of ~ ~~..q ~~r`c:ich pr.-~4ride
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n~arz~l.3.y vx?futtecl ~a ro;rerrunent agencies her establ~.s~}it!~ a tyre t~E' dutYr
s1auia:~ ;ts~.ta.l.)y ,~+~aT,x-ilai~l.e to at>er ~~encl.es~. .
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the Act :I_*z lied of an ?:?:~:t.~.Z en~rcavri.~atia~:a to e~st~?b'Lish
a ?~+?:~r:t of reference to whic?? t.~e erlministrative ,d
i'isca?_ officers a~' the ~?Pnc,J s:nd other epnro~riate
afff.cex~s of the ~zaveert nay 7.~ok to detexmine ~I;~tase
e:~e:zdit:}.res ?~u?~ori~ed for ?t~e ~cti~~l.tfes of the n3?nCY~
It inc_l.ftdes s~eci~Pic at.}t~:ority i'or reitabrtr3t:i~ trens~or-
taticr? ~~r travel e:cne~:ses }}nder certain condi fior