S. 3394

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00957A000100010027-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: October 1, 1974
• Content Type: REGULATION

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,) D (X)NGfESS
2D SESSION
Calendar No. 1083
S. 3394
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 1, 1974
Ordered to lie on the table mild to be printed
AMENDMENT
Intended to be proposed by Mr. IIUGIIES to S. 3394, a: bill to
amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other
purposes, viz : At the end of the bill, add the following new
section :
1 LIMITING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
2 SEC. 33. Chapter 3 of part III of the Foreign Assist-
3 ance Act of 1961, as amended by sections 17 (a) and 18 of
4 this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof
5 the following new section :
6 "SEC. 661. LIMITATIONS UPON INTELLIGENCE Ac-
7 TIVITIES.- (a) No funds appropriated under the authority
8 of this or any other Act may be expended by or on behalf
9 of the Central Intelligence Agency or any other agency of
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the United States Government- for the conduct of covert ac-
tion operations, other than operations intended solely for ob-
3. twining. necessary intelligence. Notwithstanding the fore-
4 going limitation, the .President may authorize and direct that
5 any covert action operation be resumed, or that any other
6 covert action operation be initiated, and funds may be ex-
pended therefor, if lie (1) finds that such operation is vital to
the -defense of the United States, and (2) transmits a report
of his finding, together with a detailed description of the na-
ture and the scope of such operation, to any joint committee
of Congress, or any committee of either House of Congress,
having jurisdiction to monitor and review the intelligence
13 activities of the United States Government.
14 " (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a.) of
15 this section, the President may authorize and direct the con-
16 duct of such covert action operations as he deems of im-
17 mediate need and urgency during military operations 114i-
1.8 tiated by the United States under a declaration of war by
19 Congress or an exercise of powers by the President under
20 the war powers resolution (Public Law 93-148) .".
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