PROPOSED 1979 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

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• Publication Date: November 8, 1978
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NO 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM : Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT Proposed 1979 Legislative Program
REFERENCE : Memorandum to DCI from Messrs. Eizenstat,
Brzezinski and Moore, Dated 30 October 1978,
Same Subject
1. Action Requested: Reference memorandum asks that you submit
our propose t, r .L.,egislative Program (or "Agenda") by 10 November
1978. It is requested instead that you sign the attached memorandum
stating that you will be submitting this agenda by 15 November 1978 as
part of the Consolidated NFIP budget..
2. Backgro zn.d: Traditionally, we have submitted the proposed legis--
lative prog.rard T6 the CIA. as part of or subsequent to, the Agency's
budget submission. This year, that budget went to OMB on 15 September
1978.
In recogn i 4 i,:.yri of your Community responsibilities, and in an effort
to put the proposed agenda in as strong a position as possible, this year
we are preparing the agenda to submit as part of the Consolidated NFIP
budget, by 15 ,vember 1978. Your memorandum of 24 October 1978 to
Community cornponen.ts requested that they review a draft agenda,
reflecting primarily though not exclusively CIA proposals, and invited
them to submit additional proposals.
Although the response to the 24 October memorandum has been less
than overwhelm jug, we have received some productive responses. At
any rate, this agenda will be included in the budget submission on
15 November, and all Community components will have had full
opportunity to weigh in with ideas.
We could send a copy of the Agency's proposed agenda to OMB by
10 November, the deadline set in reference memorandum, and noting
that a similar agenda will be forthcoming in the 15 November budget.
The preferable course of action, in my view, is to follow through on
our original tack to submit a single Community agenda with the NFIP
budget. This. highlights your Community role, provides a vehicle for
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OLC 78-5131/B
13 NOV 1978
MEMORANDUM JOR: Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
Assistant to the President for
Domestic Affairs and Policy
Assistant to the President for
Congressional Liaison
SUBJECT: 1979 Legislative Agenda
REFERENCE: Memorandum from Addressees,
dated 30 October 1978, Same Subject
1. Reference memorandum requests that I submit the 1979 Legislative
Agenda for the DCI to OMB by 10 November 1978. Pursuant to OMB Circular
A-19 and Jim McIntyre's memorandum of 18 August 1978, requesting that
the legislative agenda accompany the budget submission, I will be
transmitting the 1979 Agenda with the Consolidated NFIP budget on or
before 15 Novoutber 1978. I believe this is important so that the agenda
reflects not ,.only the legislative concerns of the CIA, but those of other
entities of tip Intelligence Community. The appropriate vehicle for such
a submission is the Consolidated NFIP budget. I have already requested
Community components to react to a proposed 1979 Agenda and to provide
any additional proposals. My Legislative Counsel and Resource Management
Staff are finalizing this document, based on inputs from Community components.
2. I look forward to discussing this proposed agenda among us.
Distribution:
STANSFIELD TURNER
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October 30, 1978
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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE HONORABLE STANSFIELD TURNER
FROM: STU EIZENSTAT !;L FRANK MOORE ,
ZBIG BRZEZINSKI .4_ r S tptj
SUBJECT: 1979 AGENDA
The Executive Committee, chaired by the Vice President, will
shortly be preparing recommendations on priorities for the
1979 legislative agenda. We are contacting you now so that
you and your Department can be involved as fully as possible
in this process.
In preparing recommendations on priorities, we would like to
work from your legislative programs submitted through OMB
pursuant to OMB Circular A-19 and Jim McIntyre's memorandum
of August 18 (attached).
Unfortunately, OMB has not yet received a reply to that
memorandum from your Department. To permit the planning
process to proceed, it is important that OMB receive your
submissions no later than November 10th.
In addition, we would ask that you supply to me by November
10th a confidential memorandum providing your personal
recommendations concerning priority designation of your 1979
program. As we did last year, Presidential level initiatives
should be classified as "Highest Priority" or "High Priority"
and Departmental-level initiatives should be classified as
"Must Pass Secretarial" or "Secretarial" priorities. We
would like to receive your priority rankings of both new
initiatives, and carry-over proposals from the last Congress.
It would be helpful if you could. include a brief paragraph
outlining the reasons for priority designation of any
Presidential-level proposals.
After we have received your written recommendations, I hope
that we will have a chance to sit down together and discuss
them.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20SU3
August 13, 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF DEPARTMZNTS AND -AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Submission of Proposed Legislative Programs
In my letters to you setting forth Presidential policy
guidance for preparation of your fiscal year 1980
budget, I called to your attention, where appropriate,
the need to submit your proposed legislative progran,
concurrently with your budget submission to OMB.
I want to reite=ate the importance of that requirement,
which is set forth in-detail in OMB Circular No. A-19-
in addition, legislative proposals involving budget
authority and outlays must be reflected in your budget
.submission as separate decision packages. In view of
the President's' stringent budget policy for 1980 and
because it is vitally important that the Presiden`.'s
Budget present a comprehensive program for the
Government, you should be aware that legislative
proposals that are not submitted with your budget
recommendations and are not included in the President's
Budget wi?li have little chance of being approved for
submission to the Congress next year.
James T. McIntyre, Jr.
Director
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