LETTER TO MR. JAMES M. FREY FROM OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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Office of Legislative Counsel
Mr. James M. Frey
Assistant Director for
Legislative Reference
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, D. C. 20503
We have received your office's request for views on the Department
of Stae's proposed submission to the House--Senate conferees on. H. R. 12598x.
the "Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979." Our views
on this legislation are contained in my letter and attachment containing
proposed language to you, dated 17 July 1978. I would like to offer a
few comments keyed to the Department of State's proposals.
1. Tab 28, subsection 119(2) of the Senate bill, amending
the so-called " R o l e the mbassa or e`gislation 2 U'. S:
2680a). Whi e we certainly concuur -wi.t the stated d iinzstration
position opposing subsection 119(2) in the Department of State's
proposal, I believe the proposed language contained in the
material I sent you on 17 July 1978 provides the necessary
and more appropriate substantive points in opposition to sub-
section 119(2). In particular, I think it is important that the
Administration note the potentially serious adverse effects
on the President's discretionary authority under 22 U. S. C.
2680a if the language proposed by subsection 119(2) were adopted.
2. Tabs 32A through 32E, Title V of the House bill,
"Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy. In our
view, the Administration should oppose this title. Not
only would the provisions of Title V be extremely burden-
some to implement and enforce, but the basic terms---
"science and technology" activities, initiatives and agree-
ments---are nowhere defined in the legislation; this would
present additional practical burdens.
It is our understanding that intelligence activities,
which may involve liaison activities that in turn could
concern "science or technology" matters, are not intended
to be covered by Title V of the House bill. I therefore
request that absent general opposition to this title, the
Administration position include a specific recommendation
that the title be amended as follows to make clear that
intelligence activities are not covered: [Subsection 503(c)
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