1980 AGENDA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00156R000300040015-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2005
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 1, 1979
• Content Type: AG

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MEMORANDUM FOR: ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER
FROM: THE VICE PRESIDENT
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI
SUBJECT: 1980 AGENDA
In order to expedite planning for the 1980 Agenda, your
assistance is needed in identifying major legislative and
non-legislative priorities of your Department for the
coming year. We are requesting that all agencies use the
same format for their submissions, and that m,4.
u*o wed not later than close of busjQ,,es,~4,Mo, day,
Nov~ e. ber2i. Sample formats for submission of
legislative and non-legislative priorities are provided.
Please address your submission to the Vice President,
Attention: Gail Harrison, 286 Old Executive Office
Building.
Note: The materials requested in this memorandum in no
way supercede or take the place of information which has
separately been requested by Ambassador McDonald concerning
priority events for the remainder of 1979.
I. Legislative Priorities
For each legislative initiative your department plans to
submit to the Congress in calendar year 1980, please
supply the following information.
1. Short title
2. Brief description with notation of whether it is a
new proposal or a carry-over from the 1.979 session of
Congress.
3. Target date for submission to Congress (allowing at
least 10 days for White House/OMB clearance).
4. Recommended priority ranking
5. Brief explanation of basis for priority recommendation.
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Priorities. recommendations should be based on the
following categories and criteria for selection:
1. Highest Presidential Priority. Will probably include
not more than five items on a government wide basis.
May group more than one legislative proposal under a
single issue heading as was the case in 1979 with
Inflation/Economy. Should include only initiatives
of sufficient national importance to warrant a substantial
commitment of Presidential time, high media visibility
and creation of a special White House-Departmental
Task Force to coordinate legislative, press and public
outreach strategy. 1979 illustrations include: SALT,
Energy, and Hospital Cost Containment.
2. Strong Presidential Interest. Will probably include
not more than a dozen initiatives on a government wide
basis. Should include only items warranting a modest
but continuing commitment of Presidential time, strong
media visibility and creation of a White House-Departmental
Task Force to coordinate legislative, press and public
outreach strategy. In addition, should include only
initiatives for which there is a reasonable chance of
securing Congressional enactment in the 1980 session of
Congress and for which your Department is prepared to
commit major share of its analytic, Congressional and
other resources. 1979 examples include urban policy,
welfare reform and regulatory reform.
3. Must Pass Departmental. Will probably include two
dozen or more initiatives which for programmatic,
budgetary or policy reasons must be passed in the 1980
Congressional session. Initiatives may be of equal or
greater priority for 1980 approval than those recommended
for Strong Presidential Interest. However, initiatives
in this category generally do not lend themselves to
high national media visibility, do not require task
forces for coordination of strategy and fall within
the exclusive jurisdiction of a single department.
Lead responsibility will be assigned to designated
Cabinet Members, with Presidential involvement on an
as needed basis. 1979 illustrations include debt
limit extension, and school lunch program reforms.
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4. Departmental Priority. Will include the bulk of the
Administration's 1980 legislative program. Should
require very little if any commitment of Presidential
time. Other criteria applicable to Must Pass Departmental
are applicable to this category with the primary
distinction based upon the degree to which Congressional
action is desirable rather than essential in the 1980
session. 1979 illustrations include criminal code
reform, small business amendments and drug law reform.
Explanatory Notes:`
o For purposes of this submission it is not necessary
to display routine and technical initiatives of strictly
departmental interest involving no new policy and for
which no Congressional difficulties are anticipated.
No written explanation is needed of the basis for
your recommendations to assign initiatives to the
Departmental Priority category. Simply provide the
title, brief description and whether it is a carry-over
or new proposal, and the target date for submission
to Congress.
? The agenda planning process in no way supercedes normal
White House/OMB clearance functions.
II. Non-Legislative Priorities
Beyond legislative priorities, we are also requesting
that all departments identify significant non-legislative
initiatives which may warrant White House attention and
involvement during the course of the year. Examples
include:
1. White House Conferences on matters falling within the
jurisdiction of your department.
2. Nationally important or potentially controversial
regulatory actions which may result in Congressional or
other pressures for White House intervention.
3. Significant management initiatives to reduce paperwork,
improve efficiency and curb waste, fraud and abuse.
4. Major. achievements in program implementation.
5. Foreign Travel/Foreign Leaders' visits to Washington.
6. International Contingencies.
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For initiatives falling in the Non-Legislative Priorities
category please include only matters you judge to be of
sufficient importance to justify White House attention or
of such potential controversy that they are likely to
generate appeals for White House intervention. For each
such initiative please provide the following information:
1. Title
2. Brief Description
3. Date upon which action will occur
4. Your recommendation regarding the desirability and
nature of White House involvement.
Explanatory Note:
? Please exclude any matters which for legal or other
reasons are inappropriate for White House involvement.
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LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
RATIONALE FOR
NEW OR CARRY-OVER TARGET DATE RECOMMENDATION
.Initiative/Brief Description
STRONG PRESIDENTIAL INTEREST
Initiative/Brief Description
Initiative/Brief Description
I&ARTMENTAL PRIORITY (No Rationale
Initiative/Brief Description Necessary)
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NON-LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
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Title/Brief Description
Title/Brief Description
D. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACHIEVEMENTS
Title/Brief Description
NATURE/DESIRABILITY OF
DATE/TIMETABLE WHITE HOUSE INVOLVEMENT
E. FOREIGN TRAVEL/FOREIGN LEADERS' VISITS TO WASHINGTON
Title/Brief Description
F. INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCIES
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Title/Brief Description
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