AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSED LEGISLATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00546R000500050004-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2014
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 30, 1947
• Content Type: MEMO

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30 June 1947
MEMORANDUM FOR LEGISLATIVE AND LIAISON OFFICER
Subject: Amendments to Proposed Legislation
1. A recent review of. the Appropriation section of
the proposed lezislation indicates that it would be proper to
add two specific authorities. One would provide continuing
from the last word of Section 5(b), "Expenses of travel in
connection with, and expenses incident to attendance at meetings
of professional, technical, scientific and other similar
organizations when, in the judgment of the Director, such
attendance would be of benefit in the' conduct of the work
of the agency." The Finance Office has recently informed
us that difficulties have been experienced with such expenses
which would be obviated by the above language.
2. The original Appropriation Section was drafted
prior to the Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946, and no provision
was made therein for appropriations to be used in settlement
of such claims. That Act provides in part/78 U.S.C. 921(c)7
that any award or compromise shall be paid out of appropriations
that may be made thereforiwhich appropriations are authorized.
It is suggested, therefore, that after the provision quoted
in pi ragraph 1, the following 'provision. should be added to
Section 5(b) of the proposed legislation, "award, compromise
or settlement of claims under the provisions of the Act of August
2 1946 Z-60 Stat. 843, 28 U.S.C. 9217.
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APPROPRIATIONS
Seq. 5. Appropriations:
(a) There are hereby authorized' to be appropriated such
sums as.may be.necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Act, including
(b) Personal services and rent at the seat of Government and
elsewhere; preparation and transportation of the remains of
officers and employees who die abroad or in transit, while
in performance of their official duties, to their former
homes In this country or to a place not more distant for
Interment, and for ordinary expenses of such interment;
rental of news-reporting services; purchase or rental and
operation of photographic,, reproduction, cryptographic, dupli-
cation - printing machines, equipment and devices and
radio-receiving and radio-sending equipment and devices
including telegraph and teletype equipment; purchase,
maintenance, operation, repair and hire of passenger motor
vehicles and aircraft, and vessels of all 'kinds; printing and
binding; purchase, maintenance, and .cleaning of firearms;
expenses of travel in connection with, and expenses incident
to attendance at meetings of professional, technical,
scientific and other similar organizations when, in the
judgement of the Director, such attendance would be of benefit
in the ,conduct of the work of the agency; award, compromise
or settlement of claims under the provisions of the Act of:
August 21. 2.90 (60 Stat. 843, 28 u,s.c..921).
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(c) The Acts appropriating such sums may specify portions
thereof which may be expended, (A) without regard to the,
provisions of law and regulations relating to the expenditure
of Government funds or the employment of persons in the
Government service; (B) for Objects of 4 confidential .notWO,
such expenditures to be accounted for solely. on the:certificete
of the Director and every such certificate shall be deemed
a sufficient volmher for the amount therein certified-.
SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS
Sec., 6. If any provision of this Act, or the application
of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held
invalid, the remainder of this Act or the application of
such provision to persons or circumstances other than those
as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
SHORT TITLE
Sec. 7.. This Act may be cited as "The Centro?. Intelligence
Agency Act of 1947.!'
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