AMENDMENT NUMBER 186, THE 'TELEPHONE RECORD PRIVACY ACT OF 1979'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000400160001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 18, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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Approved Fo 2elease 2003/11/06: CIA-RDP85-009888R0004 0"Q09 71& y
OLC 79-1371/5
18 JUN 1979
Chief, Legislation Division, OLC
SUBJECT Amendment Number 186, the "Telephone Record
Privacy Act of 1979"
1. Attached is a proposed amendment to S. 622
(you had previously been asked to comment on S. 622, the
"Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of
1979" (OLC 79-1371/1)).
2. Amendment Number 186 provides for the confidentiality
of telephone billing records by requiring a subpoena or other
judicial order prior to the inspection of the telephone
records by an officer, employee, or agent of the U.S.
Government. This amendment would give customers of telephone
and telegraph companies the same protection Congress gave
bank depositors in 1978, and tracks very closely the Right
to Financial Privacy Act of 1978.
3. Your attention is specifically directed to Section
414, page 22, which contains an exemption for Government
authorities authorized to conduct foreign counter - or
foreign positive - intelligence activities for purposes of
conducting such activities. This exemption has a certification
(?414(a)(2)) and reporting (?421(b)) requirement. Please
advise I lof the Legislation Division as to
whether the above-cited CIA exemption fully covers your
needs by COB 26 June 1979.
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