28 PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE PROJECT ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES PRICE NEWSLETTER FIRST PRINCIPLES: National Security and Civil Liberties, Back issues available while they last BOCKS LITIGATION UNDER THE AMENDED FEDERAL FREEDOM OF INFOR- Sample copy free Student: $10,'yr. $1/copy Descriptive Regular rate: $20 (attys, govt., li- Special rate: $6 Mr. MANSFIELD (for Mr. RIBICOFF) (for himself, Mr. CHURCH, Mr. PERCY, Mr. BAKER, Mr. BROCK, Mr. CHILES, Mr. GLENN, Mr. HUDDLESTON, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. MATHIAS, Mr. METCALF, Mr. MONDALE, Mr. Morgan, Mr. MUSKIE, Mr. NUNN, Mr. RоTH, Mr. SCHWEIKER, and Mr. WEICKER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations MARCH 1, 1976 Reported by Mr. MANSFIELD (for Mr. RIBICOFF), without amendment MARCH 1, 1976 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration for a period extending no later than March 20, 1976 MARCH 18, 1976 Reported by Mr. MANSFIELD (for Mr. CANNON), without amendment MARCH 18, 1976 Referred simultaneously to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Rules and Administration with instructions that the Committee on the Judiciary make its recommendations to the Committee on Rules and Administration no later than March 29, 1976, and that the Committee on Rules and Administration files the report no later than April 5, 1976 APRIL 1, 1976 Committee on Rules and Administration authorized to report no later than April 30, 1976, by unanimous consent APRIL 29, 1976 Reported by Mr. CANNON, with an amendment, and an amendment to the title MAY 19, 1976 Considered, amended, and agreed to [Strike out all after "Resolved," and insert the part printed in italic] RESOLUTION To establish a Standing Committee of the Senate on Intelligence, and for other purposes. 1 2 Resolved, That it is the purpose of this resolution to 2 establish a new select committee of the Senate, to be known 3 as the Select Committee on Intelligence, to oversee and make 4 continuing studies of the intelligence activities and programs 5 of the United States Government, and to submit to the Sen6 ate appropriate proposals for legislation and report to the 7 Senate concerning such intelligence activities and programs. 8 In carrying out this purpose, the Select Committee on Intel9 ligence shall make every effort to assure that the appropriate 10 departments and agencies of the United States provide in11 formed and timely intelligence necessary for the executive 12 and legislative branches to make sound decisions affecting the 13 security and vital interests of the Nation. It is further the 14 purpose of this resolution to provide vigilant legislative over15 sight over the intelligence activities of the United States to assure that such activities are in conformity with the Con17 stitution and laws of the United States. 16 18 SEC. 2. (a) (1) There is hereby established a select 19 committee to be known as the Select Committee on Intelli20 gence (hereinafter in this resolution referred to as the "select 21 committee"). The select committee shall be composed of 22 fifteen members appointed as follows: 23 24 (A) two members from the Committee Appropriations; on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 (B) two members from the Committee on Armed Services; (C) two members from the Committee on Foreign Relations; (D) two members from the Committee on the Judiciary; and (E) seven members to be appointed from the Senate at large. 9 (2) Members appointed from each committee named in 10 clauses (A) through (D) of paragraph (1) shall be evenly 11 divided between the two major political parties and shall be 12 appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon 13 the recommendations of the majority and minority leaders 14 of the Senate. Four of the members appointed under clause (E) of paragraph (1) shall be appointed by the President 16 pro tempore of the Senate upon the recommendation of the 17 majority leader of the Senate and three shall be appointed 18 by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon the recom19 mendation of the minority leader of the Senate. 15 20 (3) The majority leader of the Senate and the minority 21 leader of the Senate shall be ex officio members of the select 22 committee but shall have no vote in the committee and shall 23 not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum. 24 (b) No Senator may serve on the select committee for 4 1 more than eight years of continuous service, exclusive of 2 service by any Senator on such committee during the Ninety3 fourth Congress. To the greatest extent practicable, one-third 4 of the Members of the Senate appointed to the select com5 mittee at the beginning of the Ninety-seventh Congress and 6 each Congress thereafter shall be Members of the Senate 7 who did not serve on such committee during the preceding 8 Congress. 9 (c) At the beginning of each Congress, the Members 10 of the Senate who are members of the majority party of 11 the Senate shall elect a chairman for the select committee, 12 and the Members of the Senate who are from the minority 13 party of the Senate shall elect a vice chairman for such 14 committee. The vice chairman shall act in the place and 15 stead of the chairman in the absence of the chairman. Neither 16 the chairman nor the vice chairman of the select commit17 tee shall at the same time serve as chairman or ranking mi18 nority member of any other committee referred to in para19 graph 6 (f) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the 20 Senate. 21 (d) For the purposes of paragraph 6(a) of rule XXV. 22 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, service of a Senator as 23 a member of the select committee shall not be taken into 24 account. 25 SEC. 3. (a) There shall be referred to the select com |