AMENDMENTS TO S.920, A BILL TO AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 AS AMENDED.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00403R000200110039-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2006
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: September 19, 1963
• Content Type: MFR

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1963
SUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Amendments to S. 920, a Bill to Amend the Communications
Act of 1934, as Amended.
1. Mr. Roy Coffin, of the Bureau of the Budget, who is
coordination of Agency views on 3. 920, called this
o advise me that on the basis of recommendations received
lour agencies the language of the proposed amendment
security and procedural aspects of the bill had been
d to read as follow.:
Provided, that when an application for authorisation is
received by the Commission it shall nvtf the appropriate
agencies of the Government of ouch fact, and such agencies
shall forthwith furnish to the Commission such information
In their possession as bears upon the compatibility Of the
request with the national security.
And provided further, that the requested authorization
may then be granted unless the Commission shall determine
that information received from such agencies necessitates
denial of they request.
2. Mr. Coffin also advised that the Federal Communication
Commission's letter to the Commerce Committee on this bill was
being changed to include a final sentence which would read a
The Commission, in acting on such
course, respect the confidential nature and sources of specific
security information coming to its attention.
. I thanked Mr. Coffin for
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