THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S VIEWS ON H. R. 2663

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00610R000100170038-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: March 11, 1949
• Content Type: MEMO

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SO EC: The Comptroller General's Views on H.R. 2663.
1. Mr. Fisher called on 10 ?? .rch to disc'.zss the lan4nr.g
of Section l0.b. of H.A. 2663 which authorizes the funds .m,vai:dable
to the Agency to be a endod :rtthoat re .rd to law, or for o . eets
of a confidential extraordinary nature which would be accounted four
solely on the Director's eertifie.ticn.
Be. said asoTeral members of the Comptroller" s office had
raised question concarning this unlimited availability and he
~ fished to "fresh. his recollection. I rehearsed the history atattnc
that vo had initial1j proposed outside control,, first in the'stional
Security Council, and their in the Bureau of the Bud et, ---ad were
still of the opinion that sud3a outside control. Gras desirable .n
principle and nzractiee.
3.. 1 stated that the control by the Bureau of the Budget hat been
specifically and intentionally eliminated by the 'Se to last year -ham
they passed our Bill, and that W.,hen we were clearing our Bill throat the
. ureau. of the 3idget for -,reaa-atation this year, the ^uestion had been
rased as to ghat lan :v-ge would be used in this Section, and it was
deter ined that the Is cage -,assed by the Senate should be uasd, if
It would not be objectionable to the Co troller General's Office.
4. I recalled my earlier cc-?v:--rsaattlon with 'fir. Fisher, --.n mach
I explained substantially the same r;3tua' ion and that he had stat+.
mt1e he could not rove the ? :=r.'.. e for the Co troller, ;,e did not
the C tral: er --twalci be fore-,= to ol-ject strongly to th- sub111don
of such lanMaj- to Congress. fir. Iii Sher a-red that oafs was., a a- ar-=~
u atenent of his position t - . n d sai~:. t 1 t r t `_ze Wa not now ? :angi. er the
--r sitio n, but = i shed to refresh his moron; an the Z a rt s for c_-^:1 amati:in
to the Cri ntroll,erI's Offics. Fe r,usated that if the ^onotroA2er' s
o ?tnion were a-sllRr?. by thra enaate, lie :could probably be forced to scats
basic -orinci-,le in such matters t:'z --t no such blanket authority
,oils- cvi>r be ;,von. I stated that a :Fa=xl.d haves no grounds or, -.raLIC.h
to oh,isct to such a statement.. :.nd Mr. FiTNer them said he th u ht is
extremely :tnl.i:e'ly that t:1otr office wou.'.d be asked fcr an-r o-,inion.
I th in si:,_ted taut if the Bill ,sere enacted as nasse d by the Jon a, _ ;:at
there ,,.pint: be na., ch.-__n in the As envy's 'inlicy to'r.rda, or u?:e of,
;t*cvouchered P=-:s anil that ii would not, in any way, tho atwiit Vic
;,rer-nent i. _ich had been in force with G, O sip ca CIA's r, ce tiou. ,
?-,),tld rather s w : -.lif-r and st he audit ^ia.:fie by their it a-,'.
Yr. Fisher otated .h-.t he hi.-uhPlf --tas not much nerturbei by ti,* la:agas- e
f the Act, "d. that he exnected no major difficulties to arise.
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