FISCAL YEAR 1986 INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION BILL

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87M00539R000100100012-4
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 22, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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Director, Office of Legislative Liaison
22 April 1985
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D/OP and the EX DIR believe we should reclama,
namely, approving extra retirement credit
for CIARDS-carployees at unhealthful overseas
posts, I agree t at we should appeal.
o However, it is important that we move
the Authorization Bill to the Hill in order
for the Oversight Committees to consider the
other provisions: which include the defector
section (requiring coordination with the
Judiciary Committee) and the DOD proprietary
section.
o OP is preparing a reclama. After its
sign off here, clearance through 0MB might
take two weeks.
0 Thus, I suggest sign off on this package,
with the appeal to follow as aye independent
action, not tying up the whole package.
Charles A. Briggs
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22 April 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCE:
Charles A. Briggs
Director, Office of Legislative Liaison
Fiscal Year 1986 Intelligence Authorization
Bill
Memorandum to DCI and DDCI from D/OLL re
Draft Fiscal Year 1986 Intelligence
Authorization Bill dated 22 February 1985
1. The attached draft Fiscal Year 1986 Intelligence
Authorization Bill (Tab A) has been approved by the office of
Management and Budget (OMB) and other concerned Executive
Branch agencies, and is now ready for transmittal to Congress.
A brief description of the Bill is contained below. We
recommend that the attached Bill be transmitted to Congress and
have attached appropriate letters for your signature.
2. Titles 1 through 3 of the draft Bill are routine in
nature and similar in substance to comparable provisions
contained in the Fiscal Year 1985 and previous authorization
bills.
3. Title 4, 5, and 6 of the draft Bill contain six
substantive legislative initiatives which (a) raise the
Executive Schedule position levels of the Director and Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence; (b) provide for an
interlocutory appeal by the United States from any decision of
a United States court on any evidentiary or discovery matter if
the DCI certifies that the decision will have an adverse impact
upon the national security of the United States; (c) provide
for extra retirement credits for Agency employees who serve at
unhealthful posts and who qualify for CIARDs; (d) clarify the
Agency's legal authority to deal with security problems in the
area of drug and alcohol abuse without regard to the provisions
of any other law, rule or regulation; (e) provide the
Department of Defense with the authority to establish and run
proprietaries without regard to a number of existing statutory
restrictions applicable to U.S. government agencies; and (f)
provide the Agency with the authority to waive certain
requirements for naturalization for individuals who have made
significant contributions to the national security or to the
national intelligence mission.
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4. With respect to the legislative initiative regarding
extra retirement credits for service by Agency employees at
unhealthful posts, OMB deleted a provision contained in the
draft Intelligence Authorization Bill that would have provided
these same extra retirement credits for those Agency employees
who do not qualify for CIARDS. OMB's position in this matter
is that there has not been a sufficient showing that these
employees need the extra retirement credit, and that providing
these extra retirement credits would set a bad precedent since
other government employees could demand similar treatment.
Given the inequity in not providing these benefits to
similarly-situated non-CIARDS Agency employees, I believe we
should appeal this OMB decision. The Office of Personnel is
presently preparing written materials to support this appeal
and make our case for these non-CIARDS individuals. I would
recommend that we send the present OMB-approved version of the 0
bill to Congress while we await the appeal decision, so that we
can afford our oversight committees sufficient time to consider
the other provisions of the bill during the interim.
5. As you are aware, the legislative initiatives
pertaining to unauthorized disclosure of classified information
and shielding Intelligence Community personnel from tort
liability that were contained in the draft Intelligence
Authorization Bill originally sent to OMB have been dropped.
In agreeing to drop these provisions, we received assurances
that the Department of Justice will give serious consideration,
in the near future, to proposals dealing with the problem of
leaks and also to legislation shielding all government
employees from tort liability.
6. Finally, OMB has deleted a provision in Title 7 of the
Intelligence Authorization Bill, which has been included
routinely in past Intelligence Authorization Bills. That
provision provides that appropriations authorized by the Act
for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Agency
employees may be increased by such additional or supplemental
amounts as may be necessary for increases authorized by law.
OMB informs us that this provision has been deleted from
authorization bills for all other federal agencies. OMB's
position is that this provision is inconsistent with the
President's goal of reducing benefits provided to government
employees.
7. Following your review of the bill as approved by OMB,
attached at Tab B for your signature are the letters
transmitting the draft Authorization Bill to the Speaker of the
House and to the President of the Senate.
Attachments
As stated
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1986 for
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
States Government, the Intelligence Community Staff, and the
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this
Act may be cited as the "Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1986".
TITLE I - INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Authorization of Appropriations
SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal year 1986 for the conduct of the intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the following elements of
the United States Government:
(1) The Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) The Intelligence Community Staff;
(3) The Department of Defense;
(4) The Defense Intelligence Agency;
(5) The National Security Agency;
(6) The Department of the Army, the Department of the
Navy, and the Department of the Air Force;
(7) The Department of State;
(8) The Department of the Treasury;
(9) The Department of Energy;
(10) The Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
(11) The Drug Enforcement Administration.
Classified Schedule of Authorizations
SEC. 102. The amounts authorized to be appropriated under
section 101, and the authorized personnel ceilings as of
September 30, 1986, for the conduct of the intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the elements listed in such
section, are those specified in the classified Schedule of
Authorizations prepared by the committee of conference to
accompany ( ) of the Ninety-Ninth Congress. That
Schedule of Authorizations shall be made available to the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and House of
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The Honorable Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Speaker:
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2 APR BSc:
This letter transmits for the consideration of the Congress
a proposed "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1986."
Sufficient resources are needed in Fiscal Year 1986 to
continue the progress which the Executive and Legislative
Branches have taken together toward revitalization of our
nation's Intelligence Community. I am confident that the
Congress will provide the resources needed to develop and
maintain the intelligence capabilities required to protect the
national security in today's increasingly complex world.
The proposed Intelligence Authorization Act is accompanied
by a detailed section-by-section explanation. Timely
consideration of the "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1986" would be greatly appreciated. The Office of
Management and Budget has advised that enactment of this
proposed legislation would be in accordance with the
President's program.
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The Honorable George Bush
President of the Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
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2 3 APR 1985
This letter transmits for the consideration of the Congress
a proposed "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1986."
Sufficient resources are needed in Fiscal Year 1986 to
continue the progress which the Executive and Legislative
Branches have taken together toward revitalization of our
nation's Intelligence Community. I am confident that the
Congress will provide the resources needed to develop and
maintain the intelligence capabilities required to protect the
national security in today's increasingly complex world.
The proposed Intelligence Authorization Act is accompanied
by a detailed section-by-section explanation. Timely
consideration of the "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1986" would be greatly appreciated. The Office of
Management and Budget has advised that enactment of this
proposed legislation would be in accordance with the
President's program.
Director of Clentral Intelligence
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