A BILL

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CIA-RDP59-00224A000100130026-3
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5
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December 9, 2016
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September 4, 2000
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26
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January 5, 1955
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Approved For Release 2000/09/11 :CIA-RDP59-00224A000100130026-3 84?rII CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 762 IN THE HOUSE OF I~EPPtiESENTATIVES .TANUARY 5, 1955 1VIr. Fo~iatsT~~,x introduced the. following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary A SILL To authorize the admission into evidence in certain criminal proceedings of information intercepted in national security investigations, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and ~Iouse of Representa- 2 fives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, 3 That information obtained prior to the effective date of this 4 Act by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 5 of the Department of Justice; the Assistant Chief of Staff, 6 G-2 of the Army General Staff, Department of the Army; 7 the Director of Intelligence, Department of the Air Force ; 8 and the Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the 9 Navy, through or as a result of the interception of any com- 10 munication by wire or radio upon the express written Approved For Release 2000/09/11 :CIA-RDP59-00224A000100130026-3 Approved For Release 2000/09/11 :CIA-RDP59-00224A000100130026-3 2 approval of the Attorney General of the United States and iri the course of awry investigation to detect or prevent any interference with or endanger~~g of, or any plans or attempts to interfere with or endanger, the national security or de- fense of the United States by treason, sabotage, espionage, sedition, seditious conspiracy, viol~ltions of chapter 115 of title 18 of the United States Cc-de, violations of the Internal Security Act of 1950 (64 S~tat. 987) , vi:ola~tions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 755) , as amended, violations of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 919 } , and conspiracies involving any of the foregoing, sha11, not- withstanding the provisions of section 605 of the Com- munications Act c-f 1934 (48 ~~ta.t. 1103) , 1-e deemed admissible, if not otherwise inadmissible, in evidence in any criminal proceedings in any court established by Act of Congress, but only in criminal cases involving any of the foregoing violations. Sic. 2. Inforn-ation obtained after the effective date of this Act by tie Director of the Federal I3urea~u of Investiga- tion of the Department of Justice; the Assistant Chief of L1 Staff G-2 of the Army General Stafk, Del-artment of the ~,~ "~ 1'1_rmy; the Director of Intelligence., Depar~trnent of the Air ~,~> "'' I+,orce; and the Director of Nav~rl [ntrlligence, Department 24 of the Navy, through or as a ~~esult of the interception of `'5 any communication by wire or radio upon the express written Approved For Release 2000/09/11 :CIA-RDP59-00224A000100130026-3 Approved For Release 2000/09/11 :CIA-RDP59-00224A000100130026-3 3 approval of the Attorney General of the United States and in the course of any investigation to detect or prevent any interference with. or endangering of, or any plans or attempts to interfere with or endanrer, the national security or de- fense of the TJnited States by treason, sabotage, espionage, sedition, seditious conspiracy, violations of chapter 115 cif title 18 of the United States (bode, violations of the InternRl Security Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 98l) ,violations of the Atomic Energy Act .of 1954 (68 Sta.t. 919) , and conspiracies involving any of the foregoing, shall, notwithstanding the pro- visions of section 605 of the Communications Act of 1934 12 (48 Stat. 11.03) , be deemed admissible, if not otherwise 13 inadmissible, in evidence in any criminal proceedings in any court established by Act of (vongress, but only in criminal cases involving any of the foregoing violations : Provir~ed, 16 That prior to intercepting the communications from which the 17 information is obtained, an authorized agent of any one of said 18 investigatorial agencies shall have been issued an ex pane 19 order by a judge of any 1?nited States Court of Appeals o~r 20 a United States district court, authorizing the agent to inter- 21 cept such communications. Upon application by any author- 22 ized agent of any or-e of said investigato~?ial agencies to inteP- 23 cept communications in the conduct of investigations pursuant 24 to this section, a judge of any United States Court of Appeals 25 or a United States district. court may issue ~,~, ex paste order, Approved For Release 2000/09/11 :CIA-RDP59-00224A000100130026-3 Approved For Release 2000/09/11 :CIA-RDP59-00224A000100130026-3 4 1 si~;ried b~~ the judge