STATEMENT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS BILL

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -HOUSE June 26, 1975
Emergency Employment Appropriations
(H.R. 4481)-Would have provided $5.3 bil-
lion for public service jobs, manpower train-
ing programs, and acceleration of existing
federal programs and projects to stimulate
employment. (Veto Sustained; DSG Vote
Nos. 29, 153, 188)
Increasing the Federal Share of Highway
Projects (H.R. 3786) -Increased the federal
matching share for federal-aid highways and
certain public mass transportation projects.
(PL 94-30)
Amtrak Improvement Act of 1975 (H.R.
4975) -Authorized funds to the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in-
cluding emergency supplemental funds with-
out which Amtrak officials claimed the rail-
road would have to be shut down. (PL 94-25;
DSG Vote Nos. 110-111)
Health Revenue Sharing & Health Services
Act of 1975 (H.R. 4925; S. 66)-Revised and
extended certain basic health services pro-
grams and authorized funds for FY 1976 and
FY 1977, and established new programs for
home health services and project grants for
the treatment of hemophilia. (Passed House
& Senate; DSG Vote No. 196)
National Health Service Corps Amendments
of 1975 (H.R. 4114; S. 66)-Extended the
authorization for the National Health Serv-
ice Corps Program (NHSC) and continued
the National Advisory Council on the NHSC
and provided for representation from medi-
cally underserved populations on the Council.
(Passed House & Senate; DSG Vote No. 135)
Nurse Training Act of 1975 (H.R. 4115; S.
66)-Extended the Public Health Service
Act nurse training authorities including
construction, financial distress grants, train-
eeships, and student loans, as well as special
project grants and contracts for schools of
nursing. (Passed House & Senate; DSG Vote
No. 136)
NASA Authorization, FY 1976 (H.R. 4700)-
Authorized funds for the National Aeronau-
tics and Space Administration for FY 1976
and the transition quarter. (PL 94-39; DSG
Vote No. 71) "
National Science Foundation Authoriza-
tion, FY 1976 (H.R. 4723) -Authorized funds
for the National Science Foundation in FY
1976 and the transition period for scientific
research and programs. (Passed House & Sen-
ate; DSG Vote Nos. 72-75)
Emergency Compensation & Special Unem-
ployment Assistance Extension Act of 1975
(H.R. 6900)-Continued the 26 benefit weeks
under the Federal Supplemental Benefits pro-
gram and increased the maximum number of
benefit weeks under the Special unemploy-
ment Assistance program to 39. (Passed
House & Senate; DSG Vote No. 176)
Military Procurement and R&D Authoriza-prppriated. funds in FY 1976 and the
tion (H.R. 6674) -Authorized funds in FYf`` transition period for public works for water
1976 and the transition period for new weap- and power development, the Energy Research
ons and research and development oil new and Development Administration, and inde-
No. 163)
National School Lunch Act (H.R.
the special food service program for
and the school breakfast program I
civi-
Vote
ment
rized
Mates
;tion,
local
Vote
2)-
and
Appalachian Regional Developntnt Act
(H.R. 4073)-Extended the Appalachian Re-
gional Development Act of 1965 and in-
creased the authorizations for highway pro-
grams and provided funds for health centers,
vocational schools, sewer treatment facilities
and other projects. (Passed House; DSG Vote
No. 156)
Developmental Disabilities Amendments of
1975 (H.R.. 4005)-Extended programs for the
developmentally disabled and provided new
authority and made substantive revisions in
the programs (Passed House & Senate; DSG
Vote No. 78)
Education Appropriations. (H.R. 5901)-
Provided funding for FY 1976 for education
programs administered within the Education
Division of HEW, and for certain private
educational institutions which receive direct
federal support. (Passed House)
Surface Mining & Reclamation. Act (H.R.
25)-Established a federal-state program. to
regulate coal strip mining and reclamation,
and prohibited strip mining in certain areas.
(Veto Sustained; DSG Vote Nos. 32-35, 37-
39, 133, 200)
Emergency Farm Price Support for 1975
Crops (H.R. 4296) -Increased the target
prices and loan rates established in the 1973
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act for
the 1975 crops of wheat, feed grains, and
cotton on an emergency basis for one year.
(Veto Sustained; DSG Vote Nos.. 42-48, 91,
144)
Emergency Middle-Income Housing Act
(H.R. 4485)-Provided for subsidized mort-
gages for middle-income housing to spur
the housing construction industry and in-
cluded those provisions of H.R. 5398 dealing
with payments to homeowners unable to
meet their mortgage payments. (Veto Sus-
tained; DSG Vote Nos. 56, 193)
Parole Reorganization Act of 1975 (H.R.
5727) Restructured the U.S.. Parole Board
as an independent agency with specified
statutory powers within the Justice Depart-
ment and set new standards regarding parole.
(Passed House; DSG .Vote No. 175)
ERDA Authorization (H.R. 3474)-Author-
ized funds for the Energy Research and De-
velopment Administration for further devel-
opment and conservation of energy resources.
(Passed House; DSG Vote Nos. 237-239)
Emergency Homeowners Relief Act (H.R.
5398; H.R. 4485)-Provided for mortgage re-
lief payments to homeowners who cannot
meet their mortgage payments due to the
economic recession. (Passed House & Senate;
DSG Vote No. 79)
HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations
(H.R. 8070) -Appropriated funds for the
Department of HUD and twelve independent
agencies including NASA, Veterans Admin-
istration, Environmental Protection Agency,
and the Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion for FY 1976 and the transition period.
(Passed House; DSG Vote Nos. 250-252)
pendent agencies including the Federal Power
Commission, TVA, and the Nuclear Regula-
tory Commission. (Passed House; DSO Vote
Nos. 254--258)
STATEMENT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS BILL
(Mr. EDWARDS of California asked
and was given permission to extend his
remarks at this point in the RECORD and
to include extraneous matter.)
Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr.
Speaker, yesterday I introduced H.R.
8227, a new and comprehensive piece of
legislation to regulate and control the
collection and dissemination of criminal
justice information throughout the coun-
try. This bill represents the culmination
of years of persistent investigation by
the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitu-
tional Rights of the House Committee on
the Judiciary to develop a reasonable and
balanced solution to the issue of personal
privacy within the criminal justice sys-
tem. It also represents a compromise to
two different approaches to this issue of
privacy that have evolved in two bills
now pending before my subcommittee,
H.R. 61, which was drafted by. the De-
partment of Justice, and H.R. 62, which
was introduced by Senator Sam Ervin
last year before retiring.
I think that it can be said that this bill
draws the best features from both of
these pieces of legislation in an honest
attempt to ameliorate the legitimate
concerns articulated by both civil liber-
tarians and the law enforcement com-
munity. There have been numerous criti-
cisms of H.R. 61 and H.R. 62, that we
have tried to eliminate within the struc-
ture of this new and"far-reaching piece
of legislation.
The bill drafted by the Department of
Justice has been criticized for not going
far enough to protect individual privacy
in our complex society., This bill left
many areas without regulation and,
therefore, great potential for future
abuse. H.R. 6,2, originally introduced by
Senator Ervin, has also been criticized as
being too complicated by trying to an-
ticipate every possible future abuse by
criminal justice agencies. This was inter-
preted as being too restrictive on efficient
law enforcement practices. We do not
want to propose or support a bill that
would have the effect of tying the hands
of our law enforcement personnel, espe-
cially in a time of rising crime in our
country.
This legislation has a long history be-
ginning in the 92d Congress. I have dis-
cussed this history with my colleagues in
previous statements on this pressing is-
sue, but I feel it is only appropriate at
the moment to highlight again the work
of the Subcommittee on Civil and Con-
stitutional Rights over the past two Con-
gresses.
In the 92d Congre,,s, I introduced H.R.
13315, which dealt simply with the secu-
rity and privacy of arrest records as they
were disseminated by law enforcement
agencies between themselves and with
other organizations that have no law en-
forcement responsibilities. This bill was
aimed at a particular abuse of this kind
of information of which we had become
aware through numerous statistical stu-
dies. The abuses were widespread and
involved the denial of such things as em-
ployment, housing, and credit because of
prior contact with the law enforcement
system. At the beginning of the 93d Con-
gress, H.R. 13315 was reintroduced as
H.R. 188. It was during the lengthy hear-
ings in consideration of H.R. 188 that my
colleagues and I on the subcommittee be-
came aware of the National Crime In-
formation Center-NCIC. We were all
impressed with the efficiency with which
the FBI could disseminate and retrieve
information from many local law en-
forcement agencies throughout the coun-
try. Through our observations of the
workings of NCIC, we came to realize that
the abuse through dissemination of in-
complete and inaccurate information was
not limited to arrest records but included
the extensive body of all types of crimi-
nal justice information' which the NCIC
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Presidential Protection Assistance Act
H.R. 1244).
Parole Reorganization Act (H.R. 5727).
Executive Protective Services (H.R. 12).
Alien Child Adoptions (H.R. 568).
Expedite Highway Projects (H.R. 3787).
Prope:-rty Exchange U.S.-Egypt (H.R.
4510).
Indian Claims commission (H.R. 3979).
U.S. -'ostal Service Saf&ty Programs (H.R.
4559)
('ran.;ition Period Authorization (H.R.
1892). a
Pacif-?: Trust Territories kAuthorizatlon
'H-R. 7688).
Exchange of Medical Information (H.R.
.3348).
Small Business Loan Program (H.R. 4888).
Emp;oyment of Foreigners on Seafrepze At-
lantic (II.R. 5197).
E1LDA Authorization (H.R. 3474).
Federal Exemptions for State Lotteries
(H.R. Id07).
Foreign Service Buildings (H.R. 5810).
rWucration Appropriations (H.R. 5901).
Office of Environmental Quality (H.R.
1054).
Equal Credit Opportunity Amendments
(3.R. 6016).
Legislative Branch Appropriations (H.R.
;)950) .
Voting Rights Extension (H.R. 6219).
Emergency Homeowners Relief Act (HR.
):398; H_R.4485).
Flnervy Conservation and Conversion Act
5H.R.6860),
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (H.R.
1799).
Peace Corps Act ( H.R. 6334).
State Department Authorization, FY 1976
H.R.7500).
DUD-independent Agencies Appropria-
tions, FY 1976 (H.R. 8070).
Public Debt Limit Increase (H.R. 8030).
Public Works Appropriations, FY 1976
8122).
.'.sate, Justice/ Commerce Appropriations,
`Y (970 (H.R. 8069).
labor-HEW Appropriations. FY 1976 (H.R.
1069).
hilts Suspending Duty on Imports (H.R.'s
7706, 7?09, 7710. 7715, 7716, 7727, 7728, 7731).
tfeeasures reported
'louse committees have reported the fo1-
towing significant bills and resolutions which
await House action:
Emergency Health Insurance Extension
Act (H R. 5970: H. Rept. 94-171).
National Emergencies Act (H.R. 3884; H.
ttgpt. 94-238) .
Petroleum Reserves on. Public Lands (H.R.
49; H. Rept. 94-81).
Winite House Employees (H.R. 6706; H.