JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000700040015-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: August 6, 1974
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3
Tuesday - 6 August 1974
9. Bob Clark, Minority Staff, Senate
Appropriations Committee, called noting that the Senate had rejected
Senator William Proxmire's (D., Wis.) amendment prohibiting the use of any
4funds for CIA in the HUD/NASA appropriation bill (H. R. 15572). He stated that
Proxmire is very strong in his position and that he will bring his amendment
up again when the bill is reconsidered by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee.
He offered to be of assistance to the Agency and requested that we provide him
a copy of any paper prepared which sets forth the problems the Agency would
face if this type of amendment would become law. He also offered to submit
to the Subcommittee any modifying language to the amendment that we could
live with. After a brief discussion, however, he recognized that if the
language of the amendment is modified to limit the prohibition on the use of
funds to CIA programs this might not be the best solution, since Proxmire
would then include his amendment in the appropriation bills of all other
Government agencies. He agreed that the best tactic would be to oppose the
amendment. He again offered to be of assistance and asked to be kept advised.
10.1 1 Subsequent to George Cary's discussion with the
Director see em ? a ove), called Al Taraboc.hi.a, Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee staff, and confirmed with him is had been
made fo
11. I I Called the following at AEC: Col. Benson,
Ben George, Oscar trs.tinger and John Hoyle, in an attempt to find out
whether there had ever been an award made under the Atomic Wea ons
'ewards Act of 1955, Under that Act the Director is to e ect payment of
such awards out of funds appropriated for administration of the National
Security Act of 1947. Hoyle indicated that no award has yet been made under
the Act.
12 lied Jan Fox, OMB, to inform her that we
would be sending the Director's response to OMB's request for comments on
S..,3669 which amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Atomic Weapons
. 1.ewards Act of 1955, by special courier tomorrow. I also briefly outlined
the gist of our letter.
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