JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT

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• Publication Date: September 26, 1974
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kE 6132 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- Extensiolis of Remarks September 26, 1974
{ for progress at the United Nations Law of the 'mediation; Greece could not accept him in der a continuing resoltuion to be used by
Sea Conference this summer did not mate- that role. Instead, he should try, quietly but the CIA for purposes of destabilization of
rialize. Like many others, we had looked. incessantly, to px'rsuade Turkey not merely foreign governments.
to this international gathering for some to avoid any further provocation, but to I have already indicated my disap
agreement that would help our fishing in- oumake a t someatroopsaand by ordering at least a proval of CIA actions which interfere
dustry. ` government
. As a mat While we still would prefer an interna- limited withdrawal from the 40 per cent of aiCt foreign approve of thespurposes of the
tional solution, we must now agree with Cyprus it now occupies. Rosenthal amendment, but I voted
those in New England who -Say that our fish-
ermen Can wait no longer. Momentum to- From the Washington Post, Sept. 26, 19741 against it because I felt that since there
wards passage of the Studds-Magnuson bill ENFORCING rIr?: LAW ON AID To TURKEY was no real debate or explanation about
tion The Ford administration is in an absolute- the nature of activities that were being
'is growing. There is less and less justifica-
for further delay. ly intolerable position in. refusing to cut off prohibited, I believe that if it had been
once help to pre- military aid to 'turkey. The Foreign Assist- adopted, nobody, including the Congress
By acting now Conf our can
serve what t remains of proud d New ance Act require.. such a cutoff if aid is used or the CIA, would understand what was
England fishing fleet. The fishermen have for other than iefensive purposes. Majors- prohibited.
waited long enough, ties in both Houses of Congress believe , cor-
rectly, that Turkey has used American aid
ENFORCING THE LAW ON AID TO for improper purposes in conducting an in- prohibit the. CIA from undue interfer-
vasion of Cypru.- and in continuing a mill- ence are resubmitted, subjected to pub-
TURKEY tary occupation there, and that aid should lie hearings, carefully developed and fi-
,.n c+.,+.. -' tin, T think it is im.-
HON. PAUL S. SARBANES Henry VI issini er s owli'admissicn, State De- portant for the United States, a nation
nartment lawyers accept this reading, Yet which we expect to operate under the
IN THE HOUSE OF REPI ESENTATIVES the law. "It will have very adverse tortan
relations consequences for as important the activities of foreign goVOrnmell 5.
Thursday, September 26, 1974 any," Dr. Kissinger lamely explains, as However, I. think it is equally impor-
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, the ac- though he were free to pick and choose tant that we do not prohibit what may
ac-
at any them be necessary information-gathering ac-
was laws before ien t to obsere which
tion taken by this House on Tuesday of it among,
tivities and other legitimate duties of the
this week with respect to U.S. military time. CIA.
assistance to Turkey was a most impor- The administration argues, of course, that
tant reaffirmation of the rule of law and whatever the legal merits, it would be a My any approval no vote to ye thesterday CIA does operations not not indicdieate
to
a significant contribution to the effort to policy disaster to cut aid off. But here its case recently
rolled toe a Turk- Chile, which halt I t nk t e U have been
reveale achieve a balanced and constructive U.S. nd sbecomes
Government has no busid-
landing g force day. When
pol policy in the Cyprus crisis. In this regard some six weeks ago, it may have made some ness in that kind of activity.
Commend to my colleagues the follow- sense to hope that the mere implied threat Because of this strong feeling, I have
Ing editorials which appeared this morn- of an aid cutoff would push those troops introduced a House version of B, 4019-
ing in the Washington Post and the New back. There is no sign, however, that the
Senators BAKER an WEICKERestaAll5i1.-
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throw their weight around on Cyprus with-
TOWARn CYPRUS PEACE _
f ,cu-'ring any Taal American chal-
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he eve w
ng (.,.,. long... the House of a binding cutoff in military aid come to the present impasse. Dr. Kissinger FEDERAL SPENDING
to Turkey until "Substantial progress" is said- Monday at the United Nations that
made toward a Cyprus settlement dramatizes the real need on Cyprus IS fcr a reduction
American revulsion against the massive of "armed forces" Quite true. He neglected HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI
Turkish aggression on the island. The action only to add that one good way to bring this OF ILLINOIS
was also aimed at forcing Administration about is to follow U.S. law and turn off the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
compliance with laws that mandate such a aid with which those "armed forces" are sus-
cutoff when 'a recipient country misuses tamed. Thursday, September 26, 1974
'American military assistance. Having heard Dr. Kissinger's defense of aMr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, today,
of State Kissinger warned Con- ministration. law-winking, the House voted
gress that this move would be "destructive" 307 to 90 to suspend aid unt'..l "substantial I am introducing a resolution calling for
of his efforts to advance a solution for progress" toward a Cyprus settlement has a 120-day moratorium on Federal spend-
Cyprus, but the exact opposite seems more been made. The vote came on e:n amendment ing programs, except in the instance of
plausible. Washington will now find it very to a veto-proof appropriations bill. The a national emergency, that would be au-
difficult to maintain anything like the nor- Senate, where ementiment Is equally sharp on thorized from the date of enactment.
mal. flow of military aid unless Turkey-cur- the issue, is about to vote on the same Tpurpose of the measure is to sup-
rently the strongest party by far in the dis- amendment. Dr. Kissinger protests that a The the p President and a join in com-
pute-will demonstrate greater willingness mandated aid cutoff will undercut the Ameri- port
to order the troop and territorial withdrawals can effort to facilitate a negotiated settle- bating inflation which Mr. Ford has so
that will make fruitful negotiations possible. ment. He wouli do better to turn the cutoff accurately described as "our domestic
Mr. Kissinger is now In a stronger position to to diplomatic use as a lever in his conversa- public enemy No. 1." I need not tell the
make that point than he was before the tions with the Turks. He saiou:.d explain that Members of the fact that -inflation is
house voted. the Congress regards Turkey as a valuable very much a major concern of the Amer-
One hopeful development is an indication ally and NATO partner, and sympathize with scan public.
from the Turks that the negotiations be- Turkey's legitimate interests in safeguard- I again call the attention of the Mem-
should leaders of the two Cyprus communities tug the rights of the Turkis;a minority on .
should move 'on from, the agreement on pris- Cyprus, but that the Congress cannot ai- bers to some valuable and sobering com-
gner exchange and strictly humanitarian low its own duly enacted legislation to be ments by AFL-CIO President George
Matters to Issues of political substance, ignored at tb , whim of the Secretary of Meany which have been directed to my
These talks can continue, even while Greece State and/or the President. attention:
nA Turkey are"preocciii'iird with their ere The raging inflation that started in the
a
tier; campaigns. second half, of 1972 continues with devastat-
Prospects for it Cyprus settlement and solu JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTELLI- ing impact on workers' buying power and
tions for other combustible Greek-Turkis GENCE OVERSIGHT living standards.
uestions-including those involving oil `- Chairman Gabriel Hauge of Manufac-
rilling rfg its, territorial waters and air
saes in the Aegean=Will be greatly en- HON. BILL FRE'NZEL firers Hanover Trust also pointed out:
~iainced if "both countries. emerge from the OF MINNESOTA We see the best of our citizens, those who
elections with strong majority governments. have saved and whose savings have built our
Egeh will then be in. better position to make IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES country, suffering substantial losses in those
essions. Thursday, September 26, 1974 savings. And we see those least able to fend
esgentiai conce
-Mr. Kissinger is again offering "my direc for themselves, the poor and the elderly,
involvement," if necessary, to help produce" Mr.' FREN21;EL. Mr. Speaker, yesterday forced to suffer disproportionately more than
a Cyprus solution. But the most useful funs- I voted "nay" on. the Rosenthal amend- anyone else through the regressive taxation
tiorl he can perform at present is not that of ment to prohibit funds appropirated un- that inflation actually is.
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93D CONGRESS 16905
2D SESSION Ho . Re
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 1974
Mr. FRENZEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules
A BILL
To establish a Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be cited as the "Joint Committee on In-
4 telligence Oversight Act of 1974".
5 ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT COMMIT'CEE ON INTELLIGENCE
6 OVERSIGHT
7 SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby established a Joint Com-
8 mittee on Intelligence Oversight (hereinafter referred to as
9 the "joint committee") which shall be composed of four-
10 teen members appointed as follows:
:1-O
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1 (1) seven members of the Senate, four to be ap-
2 pointed by the majority leader of the Senate and three
3 to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;
4 and
5 (2) seven members of the House of Hepresenta-
t- fives, four to he appointed by the majority leader of the
7 house of Pepresentutives and three to be appointed by
8 the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
(h) The joint committee shall select a chairman and a
1U vice chairman from among its rneriihers at the beginning of
11 each Cinigre,s. The vice chairman shall act in the place and
12 stead of the. chairman in the absence of the chairman. The
13 chairmanship and the vice chairmanship shall alternate be-
14 tween the Senate and the, Tlouse of Representatives with each
15 Congress. The chairman during each even-numbered Con-
1(i greys shall be selected by the Members of the House of Repre-
17 sentati es on the joint committee from among their number
18 and the chairman during each odd-numbered Congress shall
lt) be selected by the Members of the Senate on the joint com-
21) niit.tee from among their number. The vice chairman during
21 each Congress shall be chosen in the same manner from that
22 House cf Congress other than the House of Congress of which
2;1 the chairman is a Member.
24 (c) A majority of the members of the joint committee
25 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
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1 except that the joint committee may fix a lesser number as
2 a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony. Vacancies
3 in the membership of the joint committee shall not affect
4 the power of the remaining members to execute the functions
5 of the joint committee and shall be filled in the same manner
6 as in the case of the original appointment.
7 (d) Service of a Senator as a member or as chairman
8 of the joint committee shall not be taken into account for the
9 purposes of paragraph 6 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules
10 of the Senate.
11 DUTIES OF THIS JOINT COMMITTEE
12 SEC. 3. (a) It shall be the duty of the joint committee
13 to conduct a continuing study and investigation of the activ-
14 ities and operations of (1) the Central Intelligence Agency,
15 (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
16 Justice, (3) the United States Secret Service, (4) the De-
17 fense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, (5) the
18 National Security Agency, and (6) all other departments
19 and agencies of the Federal. Government insofar as the activ-
20 ities and operations of such other departments and agencies
21 pertain to intelligence gathering or surveillance of persons;
22 and to consider proposals for the improvement and reorgani-
23 zation of agencies and departments of the Federal Govern-
24 ment within the jurisdiction of the joint committee.
25 (b) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,
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1 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the
2 Director of the Secret Service. the Director of the Defense
3 Intelligence Agency, and the Director of the National Se-
t curity Agency shall keep the joint committee fully and cur-
s rently informed with respect to all of the activities of their
ti respective organizations. and the heads of all other depart-
7 menth and agencies of the Federal Government conducting
g intelligence activities or operations or the surveillance of
9 persons shall keep the joint committee fully and currently
10 informed of All intelligence and surveillance activities and
11 operations carried out by their respective departments and
12 agencies. The joint committee shall have authority to require
from any department or agency of the Federal Government
14 periodic written reports regarding activities and operations
15 within the jurisdiction of the joint committee.
16 (c) (1) All bills, resolutions, and other matters in the
17 Senate or the House of Representatives relating primarily to
18 the functions of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal
19 Bureau of Investigation, the United States Secret Service,
20 the Defense Intelligence Ag~reney, the National Security
j1 Agency, or to intelligence or surveillance activities or opera-
22 tiaras of any other department or agency of the Federal
`;i Government shall be referred to the joint committee.
24 (2) No funds may he appropriated for the purpose of
25 carrying out any intelligence or surveillance activity or opera-
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tion by any office, or any department or agency of the Fed-
eral Government, unless such funds for such activity or
operation have been specifically authorized by legislation en-
acted after the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) No bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill
or resolution, and no matter contained. in any bill or resolu-
tion, in either House, dealing with any matter which is
within the jurisdiction of the joint committee shall be con-
sidered in that House unless it is a bill or resolution which
has been reported by the joint committee of that House
(or from the consideration of which such committee has been
discharged) or unless it is an amendment to such a bill or
resolution. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
deprive any committee of either House from exercising leg-
islative oversight with respect to intelligence and surveil-
lance activities and operations related to the jurisdiction
of such committee.
(4) Members of the joint committee who are Members
of the Senate shall from time to time report to the Senate,
and members of the joint committee who are Members of
the House of Representatives shall from time to time report
to the House, by bill or otherwise, their recommendations
with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of their re-
spective Houses and which are referred to the joint commit-
tee or otherwise within the jurisdiotior.L of the joint committee.
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1 ADMINTSTUATrv1 PON E`RS
2 SEC,. 4. (a) The joint committee, or any subcommittee
3 thereof. is aauthorized, in its discretion: to make expenditures;
4 to employ personnel; to adopt rules respecting its organiza-
5 tion and procedures; to hold hearings; to sit and act at any
6 time or place; to subpena witnesses and documents; with
7 the prior consent of the Federal department or agency con-
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cerned, to use on a, reimbursable basis the services of person-
nel, information, and facilities of any such department or
agency: to procure printing and binding; to procure the tem-
porary services (not in excess of one year) or intermittent
services of individual eonsnlttnts, or organizations thereof,
and to provide assistance for the training of its professional
staff, in the same manner and tinder the same conditions as
a standing committee of the Senate may procure such serv-
ices andoprovide such assistance under subsections (i) and
(j) , respectively, of section 202 of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1946; and to take depositions and other
testimony.
(b) Subpenas may be issued over the signature of the
chairman of the joint committee or by any member desig-
nated by him or the joint committee, and may be served by
such person as may be designated by such chairman or mem-
her. The chairman of the joint committee or any member
thereof may administer oaths to witnesses. The provisions
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1 of sections 102 to 104 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C.
2 192-494) shall apply in the case of any failure of any witness
3 to comply with a subpena or to testify when summoned
4 under authority of this subsection.
5 CLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION
6 SEC. 5. The joint committee may classify information
7 originating within the committee in accordance with stand-
8 ards used generally by the executive branch for classifying
9 restricted data or defense information.
10 RECORDS OF JOINT COMMITTEE
11 SEC. 6. The joint committee shall keep a complete record
12 of all joint committee actions, including a record of the votes
1.3 on any question on which a record vote is demanded. All
14 records, data., charts, and files of the joint committee shall
1.5 be the property of the joint committee and shall be kept
16 in the offices of the joint committee or such other places
17 as the joint committee may direct.
18 EXPENSES OF JOINT COMMITTEE
19 SEC. 7. The expenses of the joint committee shall be paid
20 from the contingent fund of the Senate from funds appro-
21 priated for the joint committee, upon vouchers signed by the
22 chairman of the joint committee or by any member of the
23 joint committee authorized by the chairman.
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2D H. 16905
$LNHCOA ,~ R.
A BILL
To establish a Joint Committee on Intelligence
Oversight.
By Mr. FRENZFL
SzrrEMS a 26, 1974
Referred to the f'ocnrnittee on Rnlem
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