JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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Journal Office of Legislative Counsel Page 8
Monday -- 13 March 1978
34.1 LEGISLATION Called the Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs to check on the status of S. 2596,
a "Presidential Papers" bill. I spoke with Chris Burnstein, who indicated
that nothing to date has been scheduled with regard to the bill. Ms. Burnstein
indicated that the person on the Committee who will be handling the bill
is Ira Shapiro.
35, LEGISLATION Called John Seivert,
at the Department of Justice, to discuss their proposed amendments to the
Federal Tort Claims Act. The amendments would establish disciplinary
procedures against employees who violated the constitutional rights of
any person. Seivert said that Justice is not enthisiastic about the
bill, but it is necessary so that the main amendments to the Federal Tort
Claims Act (those which would substitute the Government rather than the
employee as a defendant) would be passed by Congress. I outlined our
problems with the procedures for him, including comments on the
Director's summary termination power and our problems regarding
disclosure of confidential or sources and methods information during the
hearings. He said the Department of Justice had recognized this when
they drafted the legislation, and they will be responsive to our comments.
36. ) LEGISLATION Talked with Jack Perkins,
at the Department of Justice, concerning the proposed amendments to the
Federal Tort Claims Act. Mr. Perkins briefly went into the background
a propose these amendments and indicated that they
o w y Justice
were not enthusiastically supporting the amendments.
37. GISLATION Called Bob Carlstrom,
OMB, in response to their request for oral comments on the Department
of Justice proposed amendments to S. 2117, the Federal Tort Claims Act
amendments. I gave him the gist of our problems, an e a s E " t at we
forward a letter outlining our concerns.
38.1 LEGISLATION Called Bob Lockhart,
Deputy General Counsel to the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee,
to find out what witnesses were testifying tomorrow on the Civil Service
reform bill.
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