LETTER TO (SANITIZED) FROM DAVID S. ADDINGTON

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• Publication Date: July 11, 1985
• Content Type: LETTER

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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PERMANENT SELECT
COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
STAT
July 11, 1985
STAT
Central Intelligence Agency
Room 7B24
Washington, D.C. 20505
I thought you might find the attached
comparative summary of the House (calendar
version) and Senate (SSCI version) of the
Intelligence Authorization bills useful.
Sincerely,
David S. Addington
Counsel, Subcommittee
on Legislation
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July 11, 1985
00MPARATIVE SUMMARY OF IMS APPEARING IN INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION BILLS
(H.R. 2419/S. 1271)
(House bill as placed on calendar)
(Senate bill as reported by intelligence committee and sequentially referred)
(Differences between the House and Senate bills on
classified budget items are not reflected in this summary)
House Bill (H.R. 2419)
Authorizations: authorizes appropria-
tions and personnel end-strengths
for intelligence community elements
(various sections)
Senate Bill (S. 1271)
Authorizations: authorizes appropria-
tions and personnel end-strengths
for intelligence community elements
(various sections)
FBI Counterterrorism: authorizes an
additional amount for FBI counter-
terrorism activities (Sec. 103)
Personnel Ceiling Override: allows
DCI to authorize intelligence
elements to exceed civilian
personnel end-strengths by 2%
if necessary to performance of
important intelligence functions
(Sec. 104)
Nicaragua Prohibition: prohibits
material assistance in FY 1986
by intelligence agencies to
Nicaraguan democratic
resistance (Sec. 105)
CIA Retirement: authorizes
appropriations for CIA
Retirement System (Sec.
301)
No corresponding Senate provision
(see SSCI classified schedule of
authorizations and classified annex)
Senate bill contains provision
nearly identical to House pro-
vision (Sec. 104)
Senate bill contains no corresponding
provision (see SSCI classified
schedule of authorizations and
classified annex)
Senate bill contains provision
identical to House provision
(Sec. 301)
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House Bill (H.R. 2419)
Notice to Congress of Funds
and Arms Transfers: amends
National Security Act
(1) to require, as a precondi-
tion to an intelligence
activity, a specific auth-
orization and appropriation
for such activity by
Congress or prior notifica-
tion of the intelligence
committees; and (2) to
require prior notice to the
intelligence committees of
major covert action arms
transfers (Sec. 401)
Counterintelligence Evaluation:
requires DCI to evaluate
vulnerability of U.S.
confidential activities
abroad to foreign powers'
intelligence activities
and to report thereon to
the intelligence committees
(Sec. 402)
Routine Administrative Provisions:
provides that the authorization
of appropriations is not
authority for intelligence
activities not otherwise
authorized by law and that
authorizations may be increased
if salary, pay, retirement, and
personnel benefits are
subsequently increased by law
(Sec. 502 and 503)
No corresponding House provision
(see HPSCI classified
schedule of authorizations
and classified annex)
Senate Bill (S. 1271)
Senate bill contains provision
on use of funds corresponding
to House provision (Sec. 103),
but contains no corresponding
provision on covert arms transfers
Senate bill contains no corresponding
provision
Senate bill contains provisions
substantially similar to the House
provisions
NSA Building: authorizes
appropriations for new NSA
research and engineering
facility (Sec. 105)
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House Bill (H.R. 2419) Senate Bill (S. 1271)
No corresponding House provision Defector Citizenship: allows DCI,
Attorney General, and Commissioner
of Immigration to waive
naturalization requirements for
residency, physical presence and
non-membership in a proscribed
organization for no more than 15
intelligence sources per year who
have made an extraordinary
contribution to national security,
with prior notice to the
intelligence committees (Sec. 501)
No corresponding House provision
No corresponding House provision
DOD Double Agent Funds: permits
DOD to retain and use proceeds
of counterintelligence opera-
tions (e.g. payments received
by double agents) to offset
the cost of such operations
(Sec. 601)
CIA Retirement Benefit for
Unhealthful Post Service:
provides 1 and 1/2 years time
credit toward retirement for
1 year's service at unhealthful
post (Sec. 602)
No corresponding House provision DCI/DDCI Position Promotion: raises
status of DCI position from
Executive Level II to Executive
Level I (equivalent to Cabinet
Secretary level) and raises Deputy
DCI position from Executive Level
III to Executive Level II (Sec.
603)
No corresponding House provision U.N. Personnel Restrictions: applies
Foreign Missions Act restrictions
(e.g. travel limits) to personnel
in U.S. seconded by foreign
governments to U.N. Secretariat
(Sec. 604)
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House Bill (H.R. 2419) Senate Bill (S. 1271)
No corresponding House provision U.S. Diplomatic Reciprocity with
Soviets: establishes policy of the
U.S. that numbers of Soviet
diplomats in U.S. should not
exceed number of U.S. diplomats in
Soviet Union and requires President
to submit within 6 months to
a plan for implementing the
policy (Secs. 701-704)
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