Exhibit 306

S. Res. 400, 94th Cong., debate and rollcall (creation of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)

Exhibit 306 · Congressional Record

S. Res. 400, 94th Cong., debate and rollcall (creation of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)

The result was announced—yeas 72, nays 22

Congressional Record excerpt of the vote on Senate Resolution 400, 72 yeas to 22 nays.

Source: United States Senate
Date: 19 May 1976
Quoted from: Congressional Record, Senate, 19 May 1976, p. 14673, col. 1 (Rollcall Vote No. 181)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.senate.gov/about/resources/pdf/church-committee-sres400-ssci.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
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Finding DEF-6.2: Primary record The Church Committee concluded that intelligence activities undermined citizens' constitutional rights primarily because checks and balances had not been applied. Congress then created the Senate and House intelligence committees and enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, with a seven-judge court.