LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS IN THE 88TH CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH A JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

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• Document Release Date: July 24, 2006
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• Publication Date: January 11, 1963
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11 September 1 V.3
Legislative Proposals in the ieth t: ress to Zstablisk a Join- C . aitteet
On Intt 11 -, pence'
-ttachad is a list of t proposals introduced to date= in -.#
th Congress calling for the estaMlislnent of a Joint Cornn-3ttee
s
Z. A close Watch has b*tffg- kept on these. proposals. T? r} rive
been no b" Zings in this Congress and we know of no plans for sue :.- ~arize s.
A number of the sponsors of them proposals have Introduced si- 4-
--labs in previous C :eases. there have been no recsaee a1 e= icaat
into with the saeseption of -`Var. i.iPsY"y#s we11?roason- d r aaecb on
the floor of the Haunt when ttr aduce d a "solution.
:3. The House leadershii t i opposed to the establishment t joint
cu niitteis at a matter of prim .s. In addit , the Chairn n a ? as
CIA Subcomnxittreee have in the -past indicated they are, satisfie-l v r, 71
present arrangements and are ai osed to the establishment of a i# it it
Committee on Intelligence..
4. In 1%O, following the Cuban Invasion: the lase Lairs lttee
inducted leariaga on gr tli g t ale to psrrilt Hour consider4ti of
the Joint Committee proposals tile" pending. It was reported in *-l -irons
that the Rules CorWrAittee had cn l?ti sd action on the numeIo &n 14 olutione
Pending before it but decided to to .a o.o action "... because thi ti=p t to
consider them seemed pr tt t . ,+ The only other congres3doz t action
on Joint Csma4tteee le*islatios o urred in 1996 when a bill spaaeasc d by
Senator Minefield was sported and ea&nee to a vote in the 9eaa e. :":tee
Vote defeating : Manaftolds resolution (59 to 27) indicate l th c teen
co-sponsors of his sso&ution ac a ly v sd against the -n asu e sin it
reached the Senate Wer.
3. In addition to the W11a, three otter proposals which ar
Interest are listed in the att& ne..r'sn .t. One is a House resolutL-rr (: _ =ion.
Res. 60) calling for an investigation of CIA and the Departrne-. ai -tte
following the Cuban crisis. The second (H. C m. es. 51) calls irw f: study
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to detor et the ... true fot t>* rurrc unding the Bay of Piet zn ion... .
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a sail isRrochtced by ienator Humphrey to Otakt-sh . Joint
on National Security ..ffaairs (including iuteUigeac-e a -t , irides ).
Coact htarinps on any of thesi TTeaeureet.
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joint Committee on Foreign
Inior nation and intelligence
Joint Committee on
Centres intelligence
NOTE: The following bills do not propose the establishment of & pier :ems
committee an intelligence:
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H. Con. Rea. Special Joint C xnittee to conduct fig: `r 1
St a lull and camplote std to deterrni
the true facts surrounding the Bay
of Fri v invasion
C:c, 4 xlittee
zed to
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1/28/63 H. Can. Res. Joist C< dx7jnittoo wick ehell
(King)
60 rnAk* 44xmti&UixL4 stu&ss and
rove sti*,ati+ s dvLriul the 88th
Congress of the orb s-tion
-otli ds Of Gpuration of the
T s -e r m a at of State and the
Centri-l intelligence Agency
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rey) 42 SecurAq Affairs .ties
11/19/63
(Morris)
H. J. Res. Joint Committee on Foreign
Information and Intelligence;
to the Committee on Rules
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