The cases in the Supreme Court involved three distinct issues:

(1) the breath of party flexibility in assigning its "coordinated

expenditure" spending authority;

and

(2) the status of independent expenditures in Presidential elections;

(3) the legal status of draft committees in Presidential campaigns. The Court ruled in FEC v. DSCC that the statute did not prohibit the assigning of a Republican state party committee's spending authority to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which was being challenged by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and also upheld the Commission's authority to approve such arrangements.

The Court has not decided the status of independent expenditures in Presidential publicly financed campaigns but is expected to rule shortly in FEC v. Americans for Change, et. al.

The Supreme Court denied Cert in FEC v. Machinist Non-Partisan Political League and "Citizens for Democratic Alternatives in 1980," thereby letting stand a lower court decision holding that the Kennedy Draft Committees were not regulated by the statute other than that they were required to report their financial activity.

OFFICE OF CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION

The office provides a secure facility for hearings of committees of the Senate at which highly classified information is to be presented. In this connection, during fiscal year 1981, there were a total of 99 classified hearings and meetings (52 hearings and 47 meetings) held in the secure hearing facility. The Senate Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, Energy and Natural Resources, Environment and Public Works, Foreign Relations, Judiciary, and the Select Committees on Ethics and Intelligence utilized this facility.

This office also provides and operates a central repository for the safeguarding of classified information. For example, the proceedings of the

Senate in closed session are retained in the secure vault.

As required, this office provides support to the leadership on various classified matters including, but not limited to, NATO, SALT and military/ intelligence related matters.

This office conducts liaison on sensitive classified matters with the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and the National Security Agency.

At the direction of the Majority Leader, the Director of this office visited certain overseas installations in connection with NATO related matters. CURATOR OF ART AND ANTIQUITIES

A marked emphasis of the Senate's curatorial programs for the past year has been placed on exhibits and publications. In January, two inaugural displays were featured in the Capitol Building. The first, "Hail to the Chief," consisted of a series of woodcuts depicting Presidential inaugural festivities between 1857-1905. It was installed as part of the celebration of this year's Presidential swearing in at the Capitol and was viewed by the President, Vice President, and their party shortly after the oaths of office were administered on January 20. A second exhibit, which was mounted in the Crypt of the Capitol, commemorated the first Presidential election and inauguration. This display included original documents from the collection of Senate records on deposit at the National Archives. The most recent exhibit to open in the Capitol under the sponsorship of the Commission on Art and Antiquities is entitled "A View From the Floor: The U.S. Senate Pages." This display, which incorporates written documents and colorful memorabilia, presents a history of the page, system from the 1820's and the appointment of the first page to the present. During the past year, exhibits were also installed by the staff in Capitol offices of the leadership and officers of the Senate. The objects displayed were drawn from loan collections of the Smithsonian Institution and from holdings of the permanent collections of the Senate. The office also continued to provide curatorial assistance to Members borrowing works of art from home-state institutions for display in their Senate offices.

Publications

In the area of publications, the contributions of the past several months were numerous and varied. A guide to the Vice President's Capitol office, describing the room's history and its collections of furnishings and fine arts, was published in the spring. Shortly after, the office released a study of the Russell Senate Office Building, tracing the suite assignments from the time of the building's opening in 1909 to the present. Accompanying this monograph was a brief history of the first structure to be built specifically

for Senators' offices. The extensive research developed during this study has been entered on a computer data base and will be updated every two years. A similar project, completed in 1979, related to the assignment of desks in the Senate Chamber. This was updated during the past year.

In conjunction with the popular exhibit "Bills of Fare," the history of dining in the Senate, the office produced a brochure which further developed the exhibit's theme and provided numerous recipes of dishes served in the Senate since the 19th century. This publication, entitled Senatorial Fare, was so well received that a second edition was printed. New editions of the Commission on Art and Antiquities first publications, The Senate Chamber, 1810-1859 and The Supreme Court Chamber, 1810-1860, were also produced. These continue to be available to Capitol visitors or may be ordered from the Government Printing Office. Presently, the history of the Senate Majority Leader's Capitol suite is being researched, with the expectation that this comprehensive study will be published in the near future.

Of the several publishing efforts in which the staff participated recently, perhaps the most unusual was the printing of a series of 19th century woodcut reproductions of Presidential inaugural views. Produced as a limited edition in cooperation with the Government Printing Office and the Senate Bindery, and at the direction of the Joint Inaugural Committee, these engravings were assembled in hand-bound folios and presented to the guests at the Presidential luncheon given in Statuary Hall following the inaugural ceremony. The original engravings are in the Senate collection and were acquired by the Commission on Art and Antiquities.

Senate Collections

In recent months, appropriate 19th and 20th century engravings continued to be acquired by the Commission for the Senate's print holdings. Among those added have been 30 interior and exterior views of the Senate, 20 turn-of-thecentury cartoons, and two 19 century photographs of the Senate Chamber.

In cooperation with the Architect of the Capitol, nine busts from the Senate's collections were relocated throughout the Senate wing of the Capitol. Much of this sculpture had previously been displayed in areas with less than suitable lighting or access.

Restorations

Over the past two years, the Commission has provided funding for the restoration of the monumental canvas depicting the U.S.-Mexican engagement, "The Battle of Chapultepec."

For many years, this painting was displayed on

the west staircase of the Senate until it was replaced in the 1960's by "The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation." While the size of "The

Battle of Chapultepec" makes its exhibition in the Capitol unlikely in the near future, negotiations are presently underway for its loan to a local federal museum.

The maintenance program for the Old Senate and Old Supreme Court Chambers, which are under the direction of the Commission on Art and Antiquities, included plaster repairs to walls and ceilings, repainting of selected areas, and professional cleaning of curtains. These improvements were carried out with the cooperation of the offices of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and the Architect of the Capitol.

Other Activities

The office's other activities of the past year have been as wide-ranging as they have been challenging. They have included supporting the participation of the Executive Secretary of the Commission on Art and Antiquities as a member of the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities, registration responsibility for foreign gifts and decorations received by Senators and Senate employees, meeting with U.S. and foreign officials regarding the Commission's museum programs, and advising the President of the Senate on appropriate additions to the collections of the Vice President's House. Moreover, the staff once again was able to participate in several seminars, workshops and conferences, organized by the museum profession.

OFFICE OF PUBLIC RECORDS

Since 1981 was not an election year, and there being no major legislation relating to Office of Public Records functions, staff activities were geared towards:

(1) the establishment of a revised computerized retrieval and indexing

system designed to replace a system used since 1972;

(2) the preparation and indexing of records for transmittal to the

National Archives; and

(3) the establishment of operating procedures for the 1982 elections.

It is estimated that in excess of 1,800 individuals have been served and 41,385 copies of reports and statements sold totaling $4,138, which was turned over to the U.S. Treasury.

Senate Public Financial Disclosure

From January through October, more than 8,179 documents were received. The filing date for Public Financial Disclosure Reports is May 15. On Wednesday, May 20, these reports were released to the press and public.

Federal Election Campign Act, as Amended

Some 7,455 reports were received from January through September 1981, which involved microfilming 22,596 individual documents. Of those documents, 186 statements of candidacy and statements of organization were submitted to this office for processing.

Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act

Approximately 29,805 registrations, quarterly reports and amendments were received, processed, and made available for public inspection and copying for the period November 1980 through September 1981, as required by the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act.

Registration of Mass Mailings (Senate Rule 40)

This rule has generated the filing of reports which totaled 3,071 pages.

Expenditure of Foreign Currencies and

Appropriated Funds for Foreign Travel

The

Original reports are submitted to the Office of the Secretary and copies are provided to the Office of Public Records for public availability. reports are printed periodically in the Congressional Record.

Other Activities

During 1981, approximately 59 boxes of documents were indexed and transmitted to the National Archives. Materials sent involved lobbying activities and documents related to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

The fourth edition of the document entitled "Compilation of Reports and Statements to be Filed by Senators, Officers, Employees and Other Individuals" was revised and distribution was made to approximately 400 individuals.

Public Records staff has devoted most of their energies this year to developing and implementing a new computerized indexing system. The system will permit expansion of the campaign and public disclosure data base elements;