21 JULY MEETING WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ON ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE LEGISLATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R002100040025-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: July 20, 1978
• Content Type: NOTES

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NOTE FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: Frederick P. Hitz
Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT: 21 July Meeting with Republican Leadership on
Electronic Surveillance Legislation
1. On 21 July you will meet with individual members of the House
Republican Policy Committee to discuss informally with the Republican
Leadership Administration support of H.R. 7308 and S. 1566, the Electronic
Surveillance bills. Bobby Inman has also been invited to this consulta-
tion session.
2. Congressional attendees will include Representatives John B.
Anderson (R., I11.), head of the Republican Conference; Robert H. Michel
(R., Ill.), Republican Whip; and John J. Rhodes (R., Ariz.), Minority
Leader. Representative Edward P. Boland (D., Mass.), Chairman, House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Representative Morgan
F. Murphy (D., Ill.) may attend.
3. This meeting is in direct response to initiatives by Representative
McClory (R., 111.) who is attempting to garner support from members of the
House Republican Policy Committee to oppose the electronic surveillance
legislation, H.R. 7308, on the floor.
4. The House Rules Committee granted a rule for floor consideration
of the electronic surveillance legislation. The interesting aspect of this
rule, which contains no specific limitations or amendments, is that it would
require that any proposed amendment be printed in the Congressional Record
at least three days prior to its consideration on the floor. Representative
McClory introduced on 18 July 1978 an amendment in the nature of a substitute
to H.R. 7308. This substitute bill reflects the views Representative
McClory has expressed all along on electronic surveillance legislation;
his proposal essentially tracks the format of H.R. 7308 but in lieu of
requiring judicial warrants to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance
would require only a certification procedure in the Executive Branch.
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5. Representative Murphy has also introduced an amendment to
H.R. 7308; this amendment, while arguably of a technical nature, appears
objectionable because it changes the standard for the manner in which
common carriers protect the details of electronic surveillance carried
out at the request of the Government.
6. You can expect questions at tomorrow's meeting to focus on
determining just how strong the Administration support i or the bill.
It is important that you strongly reiterate your support his legislation.
7. Notwithstanding the efforts by Mr, McClory, the legislation is
still likely to pass the House. There is no word yet on a date for floor
action,. but this will likely be decided shortly by the leadership.
8. I have attached several documents which may be helpful in
indicating the way in which we have couched our support for the bill
to date.
Frederick P. Hit
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