LETTER TO MR. GEORGE CAREY FROM JOHN B. CHILDERS

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• Publication Date: January 6, 1976
• Content Type: LETTER

JOHN L. MCCLELLAAN, ARK'BI~F ~CFIARLES H, PERCY ILL.lease 2005/02/10: CIA-RDP78M02660R006362d0~3y1`5
HENRY VI. JACKSON, WASH. JACOB K. JAVITS, N.Y.
EDMUND S. MUSKIE, MAINE WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., DEL.
LEE METCALF. MONT. BILL BROCK, TENN.
JAMES B. ALLEN, ALA. LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR., CONN.
LAWTON CHILES, FLA. ~yy
SAM NUNN. GA.
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JOHN GLENN. OHIO
RICHARD A. WEGMAN
CHIEF COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR
January 6, 1976
AT
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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
AT
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
I very much appreciate the time you and your colleagues
made available for Chuck Meissner and myself last week.
The discussion was most useful in helping to develop our
thinking on some of the issues that we will be facing on
the question of Congressional oversight.
During the meeting we touched on the question of the furnish-
ing of information to Congress by executive agencies and what
guidelines or procedures could be set up.
The Government Operations Committee has had pending before
it since July S. 2170, which attempts to set up a formalized
procedure for Congressional receipt of information from
Federal agencies. I have enclosed a. copy of the bill.
The Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Govern-
ment Operations Committee has now referred the bill to the
full Committee for possible markup.
Tentative changes made to date by the Subcommittee with
regard to S. 2170 include:
1) Section 341(a) requiring that agencies keep
Congressional committees "fully and currently informed
with respect to all matters relating to that agency" was
struck
2) Various minor technical amendments.
It is unknown when this will come before the full Committee.
My preference would be to handle this after dealing with
Congressional oversight of the intelligence agencies although
Senator Muskie would like to move sooner.
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I would be interested in any comments you have on S. 2170.
Jo iii B. Childers
Ch' f Counsel to the Minority
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9-1-ma CONGRESS
1s"r SESSION
S. 2170
IN. ME SENATE OF TIIE UNITED STATES
JULY 24 (legislative day, Juir 21), 1975
Mr. llusim, (for himself, Mr. ROTH, Mr. AB0urEZK, and Mr. JAVITS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred Jo the. Con-~-
mittee on Government Operations
A I'lYL.L
To establish a procedure assuring Congress the full and prompt
cers
Production of information requested from Federal A'
and employees.
1 Be it enacted by the ..Senate and House of Representa-
2.. "lives of the United States of America in Congress,c gsembledt
31. That this Act may be cited as the "Congressional Right to,-
4 Information Act".
5 Sic. 2. (a) Title III of the Legislative Reorganization:'
6 Act of 1,170 is amend sd by adding at.the". end thereof the
7 following new part :
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