Please make this action a matter of Committee record. If any member indicates his inability to serve, please notify me. /s/ Edwin E. Willis, Chairman, Committee on Un-American Activities. The CHAIRMAN. Copies of the bill before us will now be inserted in the record, together with a summary of the court decisions to which I have referred. The full text of the court decisions will be inserted in the appendix. (See pp. 1569-1676.) (The documents referred to follow :) 90TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 15626 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 27, 1968 Mr. WILLIS (for himself, Mr. ABERNETHY, Mr. ABBITT, Mr. ASHMORE, Mr. BoGas, Mr. BURLESON, Mr. COLMER, Mr. DORN, Mr. EDWARDS of Louisiana, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. FASCELL, Mr. FISHER, Mr. GETTYS, Mr. HÉBERT, Mr. HENDERSON, Mr. ICHORD, Mr. LONG of Louisiana, Mr. MCMILLAN, Mr. PASSMAN, Mr. PoAGE, Mr. POOL, Mr. RARICK, Mr. RIVERS, Mr. Tuck, and Mr. WagGONNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Un-American Activities [H.R. 15649, introduced by Mr. Baring on February 28, 1968; H.R. 16613, introduced by Mr. Ashbrook on April 11, 1968; and H.R. 16757, introduced by Mr. Buchanan on April 24, 1968, are identical to H.R. 15626.] A BILL To amend the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Government to deny employment in defense facilities to certain individuals, to protect classified information released to United States industry, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 is 4 amended as follows: 5 (1) Paragraph (7) of section 3 of such Act is amended 6 to read as follows: I (1317). 2 1 "(7) The term 'facility' means any manufacturin 2 producing or service establishment, enterprise or legal 3 tity, any plant, factory, industry, public utility, mine, labo 4 tory, educational institution, research organization, railro 5 airport, pier, waterfront installation, vessel, aircraft, vehic 6 or any part, division, department, or activity of any of 7 foregoing. The term 'defense facility' means any facil 8 designated as such pursuant to section 5 (b)." 9 10 11 121 13 14 15 16 17 (2) Section 5(a) (1) of such Act is amended- "(C) if such organization is a Communist-act organization, to engage in any employment in any fense facility, with knowledge or notice of its designat as a defense facility; or"; and (B) by redesignating clause (E) as clause (I (3) Section 5 (b) of such Act is amended to read 18 follows: 19 "(b) Under such regulations (which shall include 20 cedures for administrative review) as shall be prescribed P 21 the President, the Secretary of Defense is authorized a 22 directed to designate as a defense facility any facility— "(1) engaged in classified military projects; "(2) engaged in the fabrication or assembly weapons, weapons or defense systems, missiles, rock 3 1 projectiles, ammunition, explosives, military aircraft, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 234 13 14 United States naval vessels, armed vehicles, specialized vehicles, and their subassemblies or components; "(3) producing common components, intermediates, basic materials and raw materials, which are essential and sensitive, or essential and in limited supply; "(4) engaged in laboratory research significant to the national defense; "(5) significantly engaged in the transportation of military personnel and supplies; or "(6) providing essential or sensitive communications, repair and warehousing services, gas, water, and electric utilities for the foregoing production or services; and whose disruption by an act of sabotage, espionage, or 15 other act of subversion would directly impair the military effectiveness of the United States, or capabilities of the United States in the production of essential defense materials and services, or would endanger the security of 16 18 19 20 military personnel. The Secretary shall promptly notify the management, and employees or employee representatives, 21 of 22 2 2 2 2 2 23 24 25 any facility which he proposes to designate a defense facility, of the right of the management, and such employees or employee representatives, to oppose such designation by written objection and oral argument. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Secretary to disclose in |