The bill. as you know. incorporates most of the provisions of S. 2625. the act for rewards for information concerning terrorist acts. which my distinguished colleague. Senator THURMOND. and I. introduced on May 2. 1984. and which was unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. H.R. 6311. as passed by the House. deletes two important provisions that S. 2625 contained: First. a provision that would have permitted the Attorney General. in consultation with the Secretary of State. to admit into the United States. without regard to the Immigration and Nationality Act. aliens who provide information about terrorism. and second. a provision that unquestionably would have made the Freedom of Information Act. the Privacy Act. and the Administrative Procedures Act inapplicable to S. 2625. Notwithstanding the fact that the House deleted these two important provisions. the House bill is one we can live with. The House version does grant the power to the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. when it is determined that the identity of the recipient of a reward or of the members of the recipients immediate family must be protected. to "take such measures in connection with the payment of the reward as deemed necessary to effect such protection." The way I read that language. the Attorney General or the Secretary of State could. if they deemed it necessary. withhold the identity of a reward recipient or his immediate family notwithstanding the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act to the contrary.
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