S. CON. RES. 23

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00957A000100060014-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: May 2, 1973
• Content Type: REGULATION

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93D CONGRESS
1ST NGION S.
CON. RES. 23
IN TIIE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY '),1973
Mr. HATHAWAY submitted. the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Armed Services
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To establish a Joint Committee on Information and Intelligence.
1 Resolved by the Senate (the house of Representatives
2 concurring), That (a) there is hereby established a joint
3 congressional committee to he known as the Joint Committee
4 on Information and Intelligence (referred to in this concur-
5 rent resolution as the "joint committee") , to be composed of
6 seven Members of the Senate appointed by the President of
7 the Senate, and seven Members of the House of Representa-
8 tives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Represent?t-'
9 tives. In each instance not more than four members shall be
1o appointed from the same political party.
11 (b) Vacancies in the membership of the joint conk
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1 ntittee Shall not ;affect the power of the retraining ineinhers
eXeente the fnnetions of the joint committee, and shall
3 he tilled in the saute frtuitner ;is in the case of the original
4 :elect iim.
5 (e) The joint cone iltee Shull svlee?t a chairinuii uitcl ~~
G vice ehairnaaaii from antoiaT its naaettahers at the beginning of
7 each ('on~rre,,. `1'hr~ vice ehairanan shall act in the place and
S Steafl of the ehatirtaa,an in flit' absence of the c }aairirian. Tile
9 rhairum nship Shall altertaute I'ciwren the Senate and the
It) house fff Ittprescntarives with each Cont.rress and the chair-
11 roan Sh:fli be elveted by flit inenahers of Ow joint coininittee
12 from the 11cfatse entitled to the chuatrmanship. The vice chair-
1f naan ;hall he Aelerted in the saftae'manner as the chaairman,
14 rXeept titan the vice chairman shall be selected by the inem-
15 hers of the joint commit Ire t-011-1 the 11-wise not enti0ed to
1G tin' c?liairarifliHhip.
1.7 (d) The joint c?oimn>'tittcec hay appoint and fix the com-
18 prnsuriof' of .Stich experts, consuilaattts, tc:claiticiatis, and cler-
19 hail aaaid saeno rapine assisfttitts as if deems necessary and
ads isable.
20
21 (f') The joint committee i authorized to utilize the
22 swrVic(S, nitwiataatioat. faeihrae~-. and personnel of the exec'ta-
2t3 live dep;iritneni-, and establislaaneaits of tilt I'nitecl State .
24 (t) The joint committee is autlacfriz_ed to classify infor-
25 inalion originrit ill within the joint commit Ice iri accordance
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1 with standards used generally by the executive branch of the
2 Federal Government for classifying restricted data or defense
3 information.
4 (g) The joint committee shall keep a complete record
5 of all committee actions, including a record of the votes on
6 any question in which a. record vote Is demanded. All corn-
7 mittee records, data, charts, and files shall be the property
8 of the joint committee and. shall be kept in the offices of the
joint committee, or such other places as the joint committee
10 may direct, under such security safeguards as the .joint com-
11 mittee shall determine to be in the interest of national
12 security.
13 (h) The joint committee may make such rules respect-
14 ing Its organization and procedures as it deems advisable,
15 but no measure or recommendation shall be reported from
16 the joint committee unless a majority of the members thereof
17 assent.
18 SEc. 2. (a) The joint committee shall. make continuing
19 studies of-
20 (1) the activities of each information and intelli=
21 Bence agency of the United States,
22 (2) the relationships between information and in-
23 telligence agencies of the United States and United
24 States-based. corporations and the effect of such relation':
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1 ships nii (-iiitr d S'tatcs foreign 13i)li-?y and intc1ligence
2 olH'ratioi-'s abroad.
'' (3) ih(' pi;Icius relating to iiifu)rtnatioli and Int(.l-
4 It inane I.-rc)griitns, atltl
5 14) 1 he I-rohletlls r(=1atin.ir, to the gathering of iitf(ir-
6 tilaliuil and illtili ?('li('e AVIV,; rile Katioiial s('cttrity,
7 aii(l its r-c