REVISED GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF COMPARTMENTED APPROVALS TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 2005
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• Content Type: REGULATION

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REVISED GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ISSUANCE
OF COMPARTMENTED APP RWALS TO THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
At the direction of the Director of Central Intelligence, to centralize
the issuance of compartmented access approvals to the Legislative Branch,
including staff employees of Congress, and employees of the General Accounting
Office and the Library of Congress, thereby assuring the uniform and strict
application of need-to-know and personnel security criteria, and to provide
for an accurate, up to date, centralized record of holders of such approvals,
the following guidelines and procedures are established effective immediately.
A. The DCI's Director of Congressional Affairs shall serve as the
Intelligence Community focal point for assuring the proper exercise of
need-to-know pertaining to access by employees of the Legislative Branch to
intelligence maintained and controlled within the SI, TK or BYE systems of
compartmentation. The DCI's Director of Congressional Affairs, acting on
behalf of the DCI, shall oversee the processing of all such requests and shall
validate. the need-to-know. The DCI's Director of Security shall review such
requests to-assure proper uniform application of security criteria for access
under the provisions of DCID 1/14.
B. All requests received by departments and agencies to grant employees
of the Legislative Branch access to intelligence controlled within the SI, TK,
or BYE systems of compartmentation will be submitted by the recipient with its
decision, to the DCI's Director of Congressional Affairs for review and concur-
rence. Requests must clearly describe the nominee's need-to-know. Issues
arising in regard to particular requests will be referred to the Director of
Central Intelligence for resolution.
C. All requests for approvals of access to intelligence controlled within
any system of compartmentation for any employees of the General Accounting
Office or the Library of Congress will be submitted to the DCI's Director of
Congressional Affairs and will be personally approved by the DCI. Such
requests must be at the direction of a Congressional committee and by letter
from the committee chairman to the department or agency involved, fully
stating the Congressional requirement.
D. Access to compartmented information will be approved only for
permanent staff persons of Congressional committees designated by committee or
subcommittee chairmen, and to selected Members of the Leadership staffs as
designated by the President and President Pro-Tempore of the Senate, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority and Minority Leaders
of both Houses respectively. Personal staff of Members of Congress shall not
be granted compartmented approvals.
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E. The following criteria will be used to establish need-to-know:
1. Direct involvement in authorization legislation pertaining to
Intelligence Community agencies;
2. Direct involvement in appropriations legislation for Intelligence
Community agencies;
3. Direct involvement in reviews authorized by law of activities of
Intelligence Community agencies;
4. Direct involvement in oversight responsibilities carried out by
the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence;
5. Direct involvement in other legislative matters which of
necessity require direct access to compartmented intelligence.
In most cases, the need for substantive intelligence can be fulfilled
without disclosing the source or method of acquisition. Therefore, every
effort will be made to satisfy Congressional requirements for information by
providing noncompartmented or sanitized material which does not reveal the
manner of collection or acquisition. Direct access to compartmented
information will not be approved unless sanitization or the provision of
noncompartmented information is shown to be inadequate to meet the
Congressional requirement.
F. All requests for approvals of access to intelligence which is
controlled within any system of compartmentation for any personnel designated
under paragraphs C and D above must be at the direction of a committee or
subcommittee Chairman and submitted by letter from that Chairman to the
department or agency involved. Such a letter must include the following
information:
1. Name of person requiring access
2. Date of birth
3. Social Security number
4. Position held on staff of committee or subcommittee
5. Justification for access (cite as appropriate items 1 through
5 of paragraph E above). If 5 is cited, specify nature of requirement
6. Date of last background investigation and by what department
7. Specific clearance required
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G. Access approvals will be valid only so long as they are necessary, and
approvals granted for particular requirements will be terminated when those
requirements have been met. All approvals will be included in the central
data base maintained by the Special Security Center under the direction of the
DCI's Director of Security.
H. All persons, excluding Members of Congress, granted access to
compartmented intelligence information shall have been the subject of a prior
investigation meeting the criteria set forth in DCID 1/14. Security
investigations of Congressional staff persons. may be conducted under agreed
upon arrangements with chairmen of committees or subcommittees, as
appropriate. Investigations generally will be conducted by the Department of
Defense, the FBI, or office of Personnel Management, depending upon the
particular arrangements. The agency or department sponsoring the clearance
will assume responsibility for assuring the conduct of an appropriate
investigation. Security determinations made by sponsoring agencies or
departments will be reviewed by the DCI's Director of Security to assure the
proper uniform application of security criteria under DCID 1/14.
I. No materials controlled within a system of compartmentation will be
provided to any Legislative Branch requester for retention without the
approval of the DCI's Director of Congressional Affairs and unless maintained
in storage facilities which meet prescribed physical security requirements and
are so certified by the Special Security Center.
is! William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
All Portions of This Document are Unclassified
2 9 MAY 1986
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