PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 1, RECEIVED BY IC STAFF NOTE, DATED 27 FEB 76

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• Publication Date: March 2, 1976
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SUBJECT: Proposed Committee on Foreign Intelligence Directive No. 1,
Received by IC Staff Note, Dated 27 Feb 76
The following general comments are provided for CFI consideration
relative to the draft CFID No. 1.
(1) The NRO has no comments on Sections I - Purpose, II - Background,
III - Definition of the National Foreign Intelligence Program, or COMPOSI-
TION OF THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM.
(2) The following general comments are provided with respect to
the remaining sections:
IV. PROGRAM AND BUDGET PROCESS - From the standpoint of the
NRO, the recommended procedures seem to unnecessarily accelerate the
current NRP decision process, in order to provide an annual budget submis-
sion to OMB by 1 October. This seems inconsistent with the establishment
of the CFI, by Executive Order, which reports directly to the National
Security Council and should have final authority within the Executive
Department to establish the NFIP. It seems appropriate for OMB's involve-
ment to be limited to coordinating the total budget level for the NFIP,
with any unresolved differences on the total level being resolved by the
NSC and the President. It is fully understood that submission of the CFI
developed and approved budget would be through OMB to the President and
to the Congress.
The current NRP decision process could be maintained if
the requirement for a budget submission to OMB on 1 October were dropped.
A July CFI review appears to be an appropriate approval mechanism for
issuance of a PDM. Further, the November CFI review is consistent with
the timing required for finalizing the budget and issuance of the PBD.
The NRO would like to see the basic decision process and timing remain
essentially unchanged, retaining the traditional dates of July and November
for establishing a preliminary and final program, respectively.
The Intelligence Community Staff's involvement in the NRP
budget development process should be limited. The CFI will be called
upon to make difficult substantive judgments and decisions with respect
to the NRP, and the IC Staff could best serve the CFI by concentrating
on the substantive issues and the value assessment of the various program
issues which have been identified by the CFI or the DNRO.
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V. REPROGRAMMING RULES - We have no basic problem with the
rules as established. However, it would probably be advisable to include
in the CFID specific constraints on reprogramming actions requiring
Congressional approval and the approval mechanism under which Congressional
notification is to be obtained. Certainly, CFI approval would be gained
prior to submission to Congress. The additional requirement for a quarterly
review by the CFI on all reprogramming actions in excess of $1M poses
no problem to the NRO. The NRO has always reviewed all reprogramming
actions with the EXCOM as an integral part of each EXCOM meeting. However,
the quarterly requirement implies that the CFI will meet quarterly for
this purpose, which may be difficult.
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