SENATE REJECTS OUR STAFFING-LEVEL AMENDMENT TO THE DIPLOMATIC SECURITY ACT

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• Publication Date: July 2, 1986
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2 July 1986
OCA: 86-1936
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Directo
FROM.: Dave,Grie
SUBJECT: Senate Rejects Our Staffing-Level Amendment
to the Diplomatic Security Act
Our Weekly Report of 27 June informed you that the Senate
had passed the Diplomatic Security Act with language limiting
the Secretary of State's authority to "coordination of staffing
levels' abroad, rather than giving him authority for
'establishment of staffing levels' abroad. The latter is the
language of the House bill.
We wrote that in good faith having been informed by the
staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after passage of
the Senate bill that the change from "establish" to a
'coordination' had been made. On reading the Congressional
Record, we discovered to our dismay that the change had not been
made. Accordingly, the Senate bill currently gives the
Secretary of.State authority for "establishment of staffing
levels." There are many explanations of why staff misinformed
us, but the most likely is that State, in defiance of OMB and
your own assurance from Secretary Shultz, blocked our amendment
at the last moment. We have learned unofficially that Shultz
approved these tactics.
The Conference Committee on this bill will convene in.
mid-July. There are a number of steps which must be taken to
preserve our interests:
-Ask Jim Miller to: 1) indicate to Chairmen Fascell and
Lug'r that the Administration favors "coordination' rather
than "establishment"; and, 2) give 0MB clearance to a letter
to that effect from you to the conferees on the bill. We'll
provide you the appropriate letters next week.
-Bring Poindexter up to speed on our problems
and inquire whether or not he'd be willing to raise them
personally with Shultz.
-Make every effort to get Intelligence Committee cross-
over Members assigned to the Conference Committee. We can
take the action on this.
STAT
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-After conferees have been chosen inmid-July-, meet with
.or telephone key players. We will provide recommendations
in due;course.
~.Meanwhiie, there is another potential solution" tO ur.
problem `which. might. be easier to. achieve. The Horse bill,
contains a~'section which preserves. your existing atu lour" ies
areg"ardless of any otbe~r .provisions .of; the D lomat w s' t
l`tbough the House language .was modi -e ..t r is ate
Thus; if we lose the battle of coordination versus
establishment, we'may win the war if the Conference bill uses
House language about your existing authorities. If necessary,
we will use the letters and calls enumerated above to this end.
As a last ditch effort, if all else fails, we can ask for
the Intelligence Committees to insert language in the
Intelligence Authorization bill that would permit you to retain
current flexibility regarding, staffing levels abroad.
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