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1998 Congressional Debate

General Debate

• House Debate on the FY1999 Intelligence Authorization Act, May 7, 1998
• H.R. 2369 - Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act OMB Statement of Administration Policy -- March 3, 1998 -- The Administration has no objection to House passage of H.R. 2369.
• SPECTER -- TRIBUTE TO MR. FRED HITZ (Senate - March 10, 1998)
• The Clinton-China Conduit: Connecting the Dots - Senator Robert F. Bennett (UT) United States Senate March 13, 1998
• GLENN --THE RETIREMENT OF CIA INSPECTOR GENERAL FRED HITZ (Senate - March 18, 1998)
• DICKS -- RETIREMENT OF FREDERICK P. HITZ, INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (Extension of Remarks - April 29, 1998)
• PORTMAN -- INTRODUCTION OF A BILL DESIGNATING THE CIA AS THE `GEORGE H.W. BUSH CENTER FOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE' (Extension of Remarks - May 11, 1998)
• GOSS - AWARD OF DIRECTOR'S MEDAL TO RICHARD G. FECTEAU AND JOHN T. DOWNEY ON JUNE 25, 1998 (House of Representatives - June 19, 1998)
• WATERS - CIA ADMITS TIES TO CONTRA DRUG DEALERS (House of Representatives - July 17, 1998)
• MCCAIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3217 - AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN CRS WEB SITE INFORMATION (Senate - July 20, 1998)
• CONVENTION ON COMBATING BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS (Senate - July 31, 1998)
• LOTT -- MEDIA CAMPAIGN HELPS INFORM CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON ENCRYPTION (Senate - July 30, 1998)
• KYL -- THE RUMSFELD COMMISSION REPORT (Senate - July 31, 1998)
• H.R. 3821 - GEORGE H.W. BUSH CENTER FOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (House of Representatives - August 03, 1998)
• ROCKEFELLER - REPORT OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT ON GULF WAR ILLNESSES (Senate - September 01, 1998)
• BYRD - GULF WAR ILLNESSES (Senate - September 01, 1998)
• FBI DERAILS CUBAN INTELLIGENCE NETWORK Federal Bureau of Investigation Press Release--Date: September 14, 1998
• FEINSTEIN - GAO STUDIES FIND MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH CUSTOMS' ANTI-DRUG ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS (Senate - September 15, 1998) [Page: S10332]
• LEAHY - ADMINISTRATION'S UPDATED ENCRYPTION POLICY (Senate - September 17, 1998) [Page: S10515]
• DISTURBING NEW DETAILS IN AFTERMATH OF U.S. EMBASSY BOMBINGS (House of Representatives - September 23, 1998)
• HON. NEWT GINGRICH - (FRANK GAFFNEY JR.) DON RUMSFELD'S HISTORIC LEGACY -- (Extension of Remarks - October 09, 1998)
• KERREY -- NATIONAL SECURITY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Senate - October 12, 1998) [Page: S12359]
• MILLER - ANNIVERSARY OF TRAGIC COUP IN CHILE AND THE ROLE OF THE CIA -- (BY SAUL LANDAU) (Extension of Remarks - September 17, 1998) [Page: E1753]
• KYL - Commercial Imagery of Israel COMMERCIAL SPACE ACT OF 1998 (Senate - October 07, 1998) [Page: S11692]
• S. Con. Res. 128 EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MEASURES TO ACHIEVE A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE CONFLICT IN THE STATE OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO (Senate - October 09, 1998)
• LOTT - 56 BIT ENCRYPTION IS A GOOD START, BUT IS NOT ENOUGH (Senate - October 09, 1998) [Page: S12151]
• WATERS - CIA IGNORED CHARGES OF CONTRA DRUG DEALING (House of Representatives - October 13, 1998)
• Remarks of the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, Center for Security Policy, October 7, 1998 (Senate - October 14, 1998) [Page: S12568]

Terrorism

• KHALISTANI DELEGATION TESTIFIES AT UNITED NATIONS -- HON. DAN BURTON (Extension of Remarks - August 07, 1998)
• WOLF - NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORISM ACT (House of Representatives - September 09, 1998) [Page: H7434]
• WOLF - NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORISM (Extension of Remarks - September 09, 1998)
• BURTON - PUNJAB PEOPLE'S COMMISSION MUST BE PRESERVED (Extension of Remarks - September 15, 1998)
• STEARNS - INFORM AMERICAN PEOPLE OF RESULTS OF ATTACKS ON TERRORISTS (House of Representatives - September 15, 1998)
• SKELTON - UNIFIED STRATEGY NEEDED TO FIGHT TERRORISM (Extension of Remarks - September 28, 1998)
• INDIA SHOULD BE DECLARED A TERRORIST STATE -- [FROM THE NEWS INDIA-TIMES, AUG. 14, 1998] (Extension of Remarks - October 06, 1998)
• PROVIDING REWARDS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO ARREST OR CONVICTION OF ANY INDIVIDUAL FOR COMMISSION OR CONSPIRACY OF AN ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, NARCOTICS RELATED OFFENSES, OR FOR SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW RELATING TO FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (House of Representatives - October 08, 1998)
• GILMAN -- H. CON. RES. 336 -- THE TALIBAN: PROTECTORS OF TERRORISTS, PRODUCERS OF DRUGS , (Extension of Remarks - October 09, 1998)

House FY99 Intelligence Authorization Bill

• H.R. 3694 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 OMB Statement of Administration Policy -- May 7, 1998 -- The Administration supports H.R. 3694.
• LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED (House of Representatives - May 05, 1998)
• ANNUAL REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COOPERATION WITH DOMESTIC FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (House of Representatives - May 06, 1998)
• DEBATE (House of Representatives - May 07, 1998)
• General Debate
• A Tangled Web: A History of CIA Complicity in Drug International Trafficking -- Institute for Policy Studies [Insert for the Record]
• AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. SANDERS - LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED
• AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. TRAFICANT ANNUAL REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COOPERATION WITH DOMESTIC FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
• AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. WELDON OF PENNSYLVANIA - PROLIFERATION REPORT
• AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MS. WATERS - REVIEW OF 1995 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REQUIRING THE CIA TO REPORT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING DRUG TRAFFICKING INVOLVING ITS FORMER OR CURRENT OFFICERS, STAFF EMPLOYEES, CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, ASSETS, OR OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY PROVIDING SERVICE TO OR ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY AGENCY WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
• Conclusion of General Debate
• MILLENDER-MCDONALD -- INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 (Extension of Remarks - May 12, 1998)

Senate FY99 Intelligence Authorization Bill

• SNOWE AMENDMENT NO. 2872 FEDERAL TASK FORCE ON REGIONAL THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. (Senate - June 22, 1998)
• COATS AMENDMENT NO. 3053 QUADRENNIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW. (Senate - June 26, 1998)
• SHELBY AMENDMENT NO. 3050 DESIGNATION OF HEADQUARTERS BUILDING OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AS THE GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH CENTER FOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (Senate - June 26, 1998)
• INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 (Senate - June 26, 1998)

FY99 Intelligence Authorization Conference

• CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3694, INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 (House of Representatives - October 07, 1998)
• OXLEY - CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3694, INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 (Extension of Remarks - October 09, 1998)
• INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999--CONFERENCE REPORT (Senate - October 08, 1998) [Page: S11902]

S. 1668 CLASSIFIED AND RELATED INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ACT

• S. 1668 CLASSIFIED AND RELATED INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ACT (Senate - March 09, 1998)
• S. 1668 - Disclosure to Congress Act of 1998 OMB Statement of Administration Policy -- March 9, 1998 -- The Administration, after consultation with the Department of Justice, has determined that S. 1668 is unconstitutional. If the bill is presented to the President in its present form, the President's senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

• THURMOND-LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 2399 TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS BY $275,000,000 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 (Senate - May 14, 1998) [Page: S4850] The amendment (No. 2399) was agreed to.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT

• KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 3430 TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR A CYBER-SECURITY PROGRAM (Senate - July 30, 1998)

MONEY LAUNDERING

• LEACH - H.R. 4005 MONEY LAUNDERING DETERRENCE ACT OF 1998 (House of Representatives - October 05, 1998) [Page: H9474]
• H.R. 1756 MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES STRATEGY ACT OF 1998 (House of Representatives - October 05, 1998)
• CRAIG - STRATEGY TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING AND RELATED FINANCIAL CRIMES (Senate - October 15, 1998) [Page: S12625]
• GRASSLEY (AND D'AMATO) AMENDMENT NO. 3828 - Money laundering and related financial crime (Senate - October 15, 1998)
• BACHUS - MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES STRATEGY ACT OF 1998 (House of Representatives - October 16, 1998) [Page: H11029]

INTERNATIONAL ANTI-BRIBERY

• DINGELL - INTERNATIONAL ANTI-BRIBERY AND FAIR COMPETITION ACT OF 1998 (Extension of Remarks - October 12, 1998)
• JEFFORDS - INTERNATIONAL ANTI-BRIBERY ACT OF 1998 (Senate - October 14, 1998) [Page: S12601]

IRAQ LIBERATION ACT

• ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM TO SUPPORT A TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ (Senate - October 07, 1998)
• IRAQ LIBERATION ACT OF 1998 (House of Representatives - October 05, 1998)
• Roll No. 482 -IRAQ LIBERATION ACT OF 1998 (House of Representatives - October 05, 1998)

HR 695 Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act

• HAMILTON -- CONGRESS AND THE INTERNET (Extension of Remarks - February 25, 1998)
• LOFGREN -- SUPPORT THE SAFE ACT, H.R. 695 (House of Representatives - March 30, 1998)
• GOODLATTE -- THE SECURITY AND FREEDOM THROUGH ENCRYPTION ACT (House of Representatives - March 30, 1998)
• SOLOMON -- AMERICA'S POLICE OPPOSE THE SAFE ACT (H.R. 695) (Extension of Remarks - March 31, 1998)
• SOLOMON -- THE AMERICAN LEGION OPPOSES H.R. 695, THE SAFE ACT (Extension of Remarks - March 31, 1998)
• SOLOMON -- VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES OPPOSES H.R. 695, THE SAFE ACT (Extension of Remarks - April 01, 1998)
• SOLOMON -- IT'S OFFICIAL, THE SAFE ACT, (H.R. 695) JEOPARDIZES ISRAEL'S SECURITY! (Extension of Remarks - May 22, 1998)
• BEREUTER -- THE UNNECESSARY LEGISLATIVE FIGHT OVER ENCRYPTION Remarks - June 04, 1998)

S. 2067 E-PRIVACY Act

• LEAHY -- WAKE-UP CALL ON ENCRYPTION (Senate - April 02, 1998)
• THE E-PRIVACY ACT - STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS ASHCROFT (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Burns, Mr. Craig, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kempthorne, Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. Hutchison) (Senate - May 12, 1998)
• CONGRESS NEEDS TO ACT ON ENCRYPTION LEGISLATION (Senate - July 15, 1998)
• LOTT / LEAHY / - S. 2067, the E-PRIVACY Act / ENCRYPTION (Senate - June 17, 1998)
• DASCHLE - ENCRYPTION LEGISLATION (Senate - July 16, 1998)