HR 11654 · 94th Congress · Clergy
A bill to amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to prohibit expenditures for intelligence gathering by clergymen.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.(1976-02-03)
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Prohibits the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, or any other intelligence- gathering office or agency of the Department of Defense from using its funds to pay any clergyman or employee or affiliate of a religious organization for intelligence-gathering services. Prohibits anyone from soliciting or accepting the services of such persons for such agencies or offices. Provides a penalty of up to a $10,000 fine or imprisonment for up to five years or both for violations of this Act.…
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