CONSIDERATION OF S. 779 THE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL AND PROBATION OFFICER S PROTECTION ACT BY HOUSE JUDICIARY

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• Document Release Date: November 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: January 17, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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OLL 84-0201
17 January 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Office of Legislative Liaison
Deputy Director, Office of Legislative Liaison
Legisiation ivision
STAT
Office of Legislative Liaison
SUBJECT: Consideration of S. 779, the "Intelligence
Personnel and Probation Officer's Protection
Act," by House Judiciary
1. S. 779, which passed the Senate at the end of the first
session, has been referred to House Judiciary. Last week there
appeared to be some confusion as to whether the bill had been
referred to the Subcommittee on Crime or the Subcommittee on
Criminal Justice. As of today, the House computer print-out,
as well as Legis, show the bill going to the Criminal Justice
Subcommittee chaired by Representative John Conyers (D.,MI).
2. At the suggestion of Debbie Owen, General Counsel to
the Senate Judiciary Committee and the individual responsible
for steering the bill through the Senate, I spoke with Tom
Hutchison, Counsel to the Criminal Justice Subcommittee.
Mr. Hutchison indicated that the Subcommittee is considering
combining this bill with provisions of a similar nature
contained in the omnibus Crime Bill and then holding hearings
on the newly packaged bill. In the alternative, they may hold
one hearing on a batch of bills, including S. 779. In any
event, it seems clear that there will be a hearing on this
legislation and that we will be invited to testify. The
Subcommittee is hoping to schedule a hearing shortly after the
Lincoln and Washington Birthday Recess (February 10-21).
Mr. Hutchison said he would call and let me know the date as
soon as it is set.
3. To date the Agency has never formally testified on this
legislation. The Senate Report on S. 779 does include our
views letter to Chairman Thurmond on the bill. This is a
noncontroversial bill and our testimony will be rather short
and should include the latest figures on the number of acts or
threats of violence aimed at intelligence personnel. I will
begin a draft of this testimony very shortly.
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