March 15, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7661 MEMORIALS relative to proposed amendments to the PETITIONS, ETC. McCarran-Ferguson Act; to the Committee Under clause 4 of rule XXII memorials on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions were presented and referred as ;follows: and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk 40. By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the and referred as follows: Legislature of the State of Idaho, relative to PRIVATE Bil.JLS AND RESOLUTIONS 59. By Mr. FUQUA: Petition of members of sugar beet market conditions; to the Com­ Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private the Gainesville Florida Campus Federal mittee on Agriculture. bills and resolutions were introduced and Credit Union, relative to the Federal Credit 41. Also, memorial of the Legislature of severally referred as follows: Union Amendments; to the Committee on the State of Washington, relative to Federal Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. regulations on pesticides; to the Committee By Mr. BARNARD: on Agriculture. H.R. 5097. A bill for the relief of Dr. Daryl 60. Also, petition of the Fifth Northern 42. Also, memorial of the Senate of the c. Johnson; to the Committee on the Judi­ Mariana Islands Legislature, Susupe, Saipan, State of Hawaii, relative to amending the ciary. Mariana Islands, Trust Terri tory of the Pa­ revenue sharing program; to the Committee By Mr. BLANCHARD: cUic Islands, relative to amending the Food on Government Operations. H.R. 5098. A bill for the relief of Mr. and Stamp Act to include the Northern Mariana 43. Also, memorial of the Senate of the Mrs. Everett Walker; to the Committee on Islands; to the Committee on Agriculture. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative the Judiciary. 61. Also, petition of the City Council, New to creation of a Department of Energy; to By Mr. MOORHEAD of California: York, N.Y., relative to designating the birth­ the Committee on IJovernment Operations. H.R. 5099. A bill for the relief of Brian Hall day of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 44. By Mr. RUDD: Memorial of the House and Vera W. Hall; to the Committee on the as a national holiday; to the Committee on of Representatives of the state of Arizona, Judiciary. Post Office and Civil Service.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS VOICE OF DEMOCRACY ESSAY What 1s the meaning of the next word ... School in Orange, Tex., and was the State WINNER FROM KENTUCKY Indivisible? Webster states it in this way, winner in the Voice of Democracy schol­ "Not capable of being divided or separated." arship program. The program is spon­ That doesn't mean just for two hundred years, that means forever. Indivisible through sored by the VFW and its ladies auxiliary HON. GENE SNYDER and is conducted annually in our Na­ OF KENTUCKY war, depression, political differences, and everything else that we have met and con­ tion's secondary schools. Upward to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quered. We stand united behind the stars 500,000 students from over 8,000 sec­ Monday, March 14, 1977 and stripes because that is the American way. ondary schools participated in this year's Realizing that other nations hold opinions 30th annual Voice of Democracy pro­ Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, would different from ours, is another uniquely gram. It is a national broadcast script­ like to shar~ with my colleagues the American concept. We do not try to force our writing program which provides an op­ thoughts of a young lady from Ludlow, belil~fs on anyone else, but we leave them open for anyone to accept. It is much the portunity for lOth, 11th, and 12th grade Ky. Joni Gail Johnson spoke these words students in our public, private, and as a contestant in the 1976-77 VFW Voice same as the open arms of our Lady of Liberty, of Democracy scholarship program, and welcoming all those in .search of refuge be­ parochial schools to think, write, and I think they deserve repeating. tween our shores. speak up for freedom and democracy. Several times others have taken advantage This is one of the most inspiring state­ Joni was asked to describe what of these open arms and tried to penetrate and ments I have yet heard about our coun­ America meant to her. The answer she destroy us. With sorry hearts, we fought back. try and it makes me proud to know that gave was judged as the best in Kentucky No one is happy with the thought of war, it came from one of our youth. It is with and I think if you read her comments you but it is sometimes necessary to retain dreams even grf>ater pride I submit this speech will see why. and ideas that others may try to take from us. As we view the flag draped coffins and to the REcORD and urge the attention of VFW VOICE OF DEMOCRACY KENTUCKY WINNER see the tears of young widows and fatherless my fellow colleagues: (By Joni Gail Johnson) children, we wonder, "Is it all worth it?" I 1976-77 VFW VotcE OF DEMOCRACY ScHOL­ One nation under God ... Indivisible. suppose we will never know what the ARSHIP PROGRAM WINNER: JEFFREY Some of us speak these words every day response would be from a young man who has BRITTON BATES and we may begin to take them for granted. given his life for his country. But I feel sure America is the land of ooportunlty, a place I believe that one of the few nations of the that his death bed will would read, "To my where the poor .can achieve ~oals unheard of world that proclaims its loyalty to God de­ family I leave all my earthly possessions. To by natives of foreign lands. It has been said serves a little more time for pondering the my fellow Americans I leave the freedom that that through the years people seem to have words of its Pledge of Allegiance. It fills I have fought to preserve for you. To genera-­ lost the appreciation for freedom they once me with such a sense of pride and respect tions yet unconceived I leave the responsi­ had. but it's only natural to take for granted when I stop to think what being an Ameri­ bility of maintaining all that we hold so dear. something you've never been without. can really means. We are not confined by Now I leave to be with my God ..• My freedom is inborn. It's just as much a iron curtains or great walls as many of our Indivisible." part of me as my arms and my legs are. And Communist neighbors are. We still stand All of these things beautifully entwined like all systems, my body and my freedom firm on the beliefs and doctrines upon which with two hundred years of red, white and are dependent on one another. My arm can't our country was built. The concepts of free­ blue pride are what my America means to ooen a door that has been locked; legs can't dom brought to this land by the pilgrims me! travel down a passageway that is inacces­ still ring out loudly in our Constitution. sible to them-perhaps, inaccessible because Freedom of speech, press and religion, the they were born into the wrong family. It ls freedom to state publicly that we are--one WINNER IN VFW CONTEST our freedom that opens these doors and pass­ nation under God. ageways for us. When I think of all the natural beauty But, the reverse is also true. The attain­ and landscape that God reserved for the HON. CHARLES WILSON ment of freedom is not something achieved American people, I can not- help but believe OF TEXAS by a lot of thought and a little action. No, that we are special to Him. Just look around­ there were a lot of American men sweating from border to border and sea to sea-its IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as British soldiers set ground to put an end breathtaking countryside. I am so lucky to Monday, March 14, 1977 to our little revolution, and sweat changed share a part of it. My children will be born to aching muscles and then to a lot of cold into this same wonderful land and, just as Mr. CHARLES WILSON of Texas. Mr. blood as the Greatest Army in the World I, they will be free to move about as they Speaker, although the cliche is overused, marched upon our small regiments. But we please and make for themselves the kind of the meaning should never be underval­ had the smell of freedom, the desire for a life that I enjoy. They will have breathing ued that the youth is the country's most change. The British were fighting because it space to reach for whatever they desire, and was Royal order. Our men were fighting for it wlll all be within their grasp, if they work valuable asset. The meaning of the their homes and for the lives of their fami­ for it. These things and many more come phrase was renewed and emphasized as lies. Attitude can be an important element in together under the wings of the American I read Jeffrey Britton Bates' speech on war We h3.d that on our sirle; and we won. eagle as we strive, hand in hand, to preserve "What America Means to Me." America, however, is not made of the our way of life. Jeff is a senior at West Orange High struggles of a few men of yesterday. It is the CXXIn----482-Part 6 7662 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 15, 1977

2 shadow of each one of us. VVe make America. WHY GET RID OF CON EDISON? Los Angeles ------­ 20.46 VVhen the President introduces a bill to give The fact is that Con Edison charges the Milwaukee ------­ 17.47 jobs to the unemployed, he makes his Amer­ highest rates of any electric utility in Minneapolis ------­ 19.88 ica. VVhen a father works into the night so 1 Nashville ------14.42 his son might have an education, he makes the civilized world -and there is no ex­ 26. 73 cuse for it. Newark ------America. Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford re­ Orlando ------­ 20.69 cently battled the issues for the Presidency; Con Edison complains about the prob­ Philadelphia ------­ 20.00 they each made America. If this speech is le::ns of supplying power to a big metro­ PittsburghSan Diego ______------_ 20.80 only once, I have made America. If you gave politan area like New York, but there are 22.01 your time to listen, you made America. a lot of other sprawling metropolitan San Francisco ______14. 16 America is our work It is whatever we areas in the Nation and their utilities St.St. PLouisaul __ ___ --______------______17.48 make it, and nothing more. It is a belief in serve them far better and more cheaply 20.98 ourselves, a dream of what we may become. Seattle 2 ------5.42 America is the day's work of the weakest than Con Edison. The com~arison of Con VVashington, D.c ______17.40 man. It is the largest dream of the most dar­ Edison's rates with those of other cities ing. VVe are important to America, because proves that the Con Edison complaint ~ Served by public power. we are America. WHY ARE CON EDISON'S COSTS SO HIGH? Our Freedom is something you can't de­ just does not hold water: scribe to someone who has never known it. RE5IDENTIAL ELECTRIC BILLS, MAJOR CITIES, Con Edison also claims that its power It's like describing the color of the morning FOR 500 KILOWATT HOURS OF SERVICE, is more expensive because it pays more sun to a person who has been blind since JANUARY 1, 1976 property and sales taxes than other birth. Americans are not blind to freedom: New York ______$44.09 utilities. The comparison below proves we see it every day. But like the morning Atlanta ------16.96 that even if you remove all the taxes that sun, it's a. pity we don't always notice. Baltimore ------23. 11 Con Edison claims it pays-25 percent of It isn't during my daily activities that I Boston------2~.84 each bill-it paid no Federal income tax think about America. or freedom, but some­ Buffalo ------17.46 times on a. quiet night--in a. warm bed­ Chicago------16.44 on 1975 income of $230,436,836-New that's when I begin to realize how important ------14.23 Yorkers and Westchesterites would still this country and its laws are to me. How Cleveland ------19. 92 pay much more for their power than resi­ much these influence my daily life and al­ Dallas ------13. 41 dents of all other major cities with the low me not only to watch the activities of Denver------17. 75 taxes they pay; in other words, Con Edi­ others, but to take part and achieve for my­ Houston------16. 95 self the goals I set: The system that allows Indianapolis------13.68 son without taxes is considerably more me to make my America. ~ansa~ City, Mo ______16.54 expensive than all other companies with Long Beach, Calif______20. 44 taxes.

KEY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Comparative prices for 500 kilowatt hours of residential service, four cities, with and ABOUT CON EDISON AND WEST- without taxes• CHESTER COUNTY Blll with Percent Tax in BUlless Ut111ty /city tax tax dollars tax HON. RICHARD L. OTTINGER OF NEW YORK Con Ed, New York______$36. 64 25 $9. 16 $27.48 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Boston Edison, Boston______$23. 84 17. 8 $4.24 $19.60 Baltimore G&E, Baltimore______$23. 11 12.2 $2.81 $20.30 Monday, March 14, 1977 PEPCO, D.C------$17.40 8.0 $1.39 $16.01 Mr. OTTINGER. Mr. Speaker, there is no more pressing challenge facing the *Without tax, Con Edison's blll still is higher than bills with taxes in Boston ($3.64 communities of this Nation than that of higher) Baltimore ($4.37 higher) and VVashington {$10.08 higher). All ut111tles in the obtaining, and wisely using, reliable Northeast with high fuel costs and tax burdens. sources of low-cost electric power. I am proud that my own community of West­ The fact is that Con Edison's high rating with the financial community chester County, N.Y., faced with the costs are the result of years of bad plan­ which Con Edison does not. In fact West­ most serious power problem in the Na­ ning and inept management, a situation chester paid 5.1 percent on its last bond tion. the outrageous power costs of Con­ that has been possible only because of issue while Con Edison paid 9.12 percent solidated Edison Co. of New York, is the monopaly Con Edison has on elec­ in 1974. Con Edison had to have the taking the lead in developing a creative tric power sales in the New York City State bail it out in the construction of solution. I should like to commend to the and Westchester area. Break that mo­ Indian Point No. 3 and Astoria No. 6 attention of my colleagues the hard nopoly, bring less expensive power into because it could not raise the money it questions and solid answers that the the area and create a sound and prudent needed to finish the plants. That four­ people of Westchester are developing in management for power distribution and point spread can mean real savings. shaping this solution. the result has to be cheaper power and Third, as a municipal system, West­ It is important that Westchester resi­ a lot less grief all around. The experi­ chester will not have to pay State and dents understand that getting rid of Con ence of other cities using public power Federal taxes-it will make payments on Edison and acquiring a public power sys­ ranging from Los Angeles and Seattle lower local taxes. tem is not just a "pie-in-the-sky" pro­ to little Sherrill in northern New York Fourth, Westchester can shop for posal. Other communities across the proves this beyond a shadow of a doubt. cheap power not produced by Con Edi­ country have done it. We can do it and it All we have to do is to follow the very son's expensive generating system. will mean real and substantial savings. In sensible provisions of New York law and Fifth, Westchester has legal claim on fact, it may be the most important single create a municipal utility service. low cost hydroelectric power from the factor in restoring the economic health HOW CAN WESTCHESTER SAVE MONEY OPERATING Power Authority of the State of New and preserving the quality of life in the ITS OWN SYSTEM? York. One area served by PASNY pays county. There are quite a number of ways. one-eighth of what you pay for elec­ We have all the necessary elements First, Westchester municipal system tricity. Even if Westchester did not get within our grasp right now. We have the would not have to pay an excess of ex­ the cheapest hydro power from P ASNY­ power, the financing, the law and now pensive top level management as does of any of the cheaper P ASNY power­ the structure, in the resolution proposed Con Edison, a liability even the company and it will, substantial savings will re­ by County Legislator Ronald Tocci of has begun to recognize. sult from regionalizing power-that ts. New Rochelle. The following are the Second, Westchester has a triple-A drawing on much less expensive genera­ most difficult questions that have been tion from other private and public com­ asked about the proposal-and the an­ 1 It used to be just the . but a panies in the immediate area. swers to them All that has to be supplied recent survey of power costs in Europe and Sixth, WestchPster does not have to now is the courage and determination to Asia. has won Con Edison this new, if unen­ make a 13-percent return on its invest­ act. viable, distinction. ment; all the county needs is the money March 15, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7663 to pay the debt service on the system­ it is just sitting there waiting to be tribution system and fit it out for West­ at the county's low rates, buy the power­ bought: chester's needs. It is only good business­ less expensive than Con Edison's, oper­ Power reserve margins in the Northeast, and experience proves that Westchester ate the system-more efficiently than inclu di ng New York State, as of Mar. 1, will be able to sell those bonds at far less Con Edison, make payments in lieu of 1977 than Con Edison. Why? We are a sound, taxes--only to Westchester communi­ (In percent) well-run, and growing entity, something ties and districts-and keep a reasonable Win- Sum- that could not be said for Con Edison. System: ter mer The only thing left is for Westchester's reserve for emergencies. New Engla nd Power Exchange_-41.8 46.2 The bottom line on the credibility of Central Hudson ______-46.3 65.8 citizens to get mad and demand that the savings through going public is the actual Con Edison ____ --- __ ------____ 81.8 35.6 resolution of Legislator Tocci be passed experience of the communities served by Long Island Lighting ______62.8 20.2 right now so that we can get to work. public power in New York State. The New York State E&G ______55.2 52.5 WHY CAN' T WE FIND THE POWER AND THEN PASS 500-kilowatt-hour bill of the average Niagara Mohawk ______l8.7 28.8 THE RESOLUTION? Orange & Rockland ______97.7 54.1 public power customer in the State is Rochester G&E ______46.9 If PASNY were being operated in the only $10.48. Con Edison's bill for the 34.7 public interest, .as it should be, and if all same quantity of power is $44.09. On top of all this, it is important to the private utilities were anxious to have WHAT HAPPENS TO LOCAL TAXES WITHOUT remember that when Westchester a big new public power entity created~ CON EDISON? creates its own utility, that does not sell cheap power, we could. But that just The answer to that is simple: Noth­ mean that Con Edison's gigantic gen­ is not the way the real world works. ing. It is perfectly normal for a public erating facilities are going to be pushed Until Westchester has a legal entity power system to make payments in lieu into the sea. Quite the contrary, those through which to pursue the power it of taxes to local communities and the generating facilities are still going to be needs, the county's municipal electric legislation proposed by County Legislator there and Con Edison or its successor is system will never get off the ground. Tocci requires that the Westchester util­ going to wait to sell the power it gen­ Look at the case of Massena, N.Y., ity system match all of Con Edison's erates; if it is Con Ed indeed, it may be which tried to get rid of its utility and property and sales taxes. so desperate to sell its power that it may acquire cheap public power as we wish to well be willing to "talk turkey" about do. Niagara Mohawk-the private up­ WHERE CAN WESTCHESTER COUNTY GET POWER? economies and cost reductions. If Con state utility like Con Ed-and PASNY Many legal authorities believe that Edison can get its prices back into the have kept that poor town running around Westchester can get most of the power realm of reality under the impact of in circles for more than 10 years, mostly it needs from the Power Authority of the competition from a Westchester public because the town put o1f creating the State of New York-PASNY. PASNY was power unit, there is no reason why West­ kind of sound legal entity that would created specifically to supply low cost chester should not buy some of its power. have enabled it to demand its rights in power to municipalities in New York, But it will be at out option, not theirs. court. Sherrill, N.Y., on the other hand, like Westchester, and now does serve 45 WHAT HAPPENS IF CON EDISON GETS MAD? which proceeded properly under the law, communities in the State, not to mention Again, the answer, is nothing. Actu­ as the Tocci resolution would have West­ the generous supply of power it makes to ally, the company is in a lot more trouble chester do, is not only running its own places outside the State like Vermont if we get mad. electric system with cheap PASNY power and the Allegheny Cooperative in Penn­ Con Edison is legally required to go at savings for its consumers of over 43 sylvania. If we do get PASNY power, the right on supplying us with all the power percent-it also won the right to supply effect on our rates would be nothing we need up to the point that we have power to the city's major industry, a short of "electric." firm contracts for alternative power badly needed economic shot in the arm. Plattsburgh, N.Y., which gets all of its and assume responsibility for the sup­ The only question is whether the people power from PASNY, pays only $5.35 for ply of power by law. Even if we create of Westchester are tired of being abused power that costs Westchesterites $44.09 a commission and make contracts for by Con Edison; whether they care enough from Con Edison. The 44 other commu­ power, Con Ed has to go right on provid­ about their community to demand that nities that get some PASNY power also ing power until we are ready to switch. the Tocci resolution be passed now, so show dramatic savings. They pay an av­ It is the law. Con Edison may have for­ that a start can be made on replacing erage of only $10.48 for the power that gotten it, but it is legally the servant of Con Edison. costs Westchester residents $44.09 and the people of Westchester and it is re­ the highest rate in the group is less than quired to meet our needs until we decide half the Con Edison rate. otherwise. Furtherwise, Con Edison can­ HOUSE RESOLUTION 287: CON­ BUT WHAT IF WE CAN'T GET ALL THE POWEB WE not try to punish us by raising our rates. GRESSMAN ERTEL COSPONSORS NEED FROM PAS~Y? Discriminatory rates are illegal. ETHICS REFORM PROPOSAL We do not need to get any power at What it all boils down to is this. There all from PASNY. Federal Power Com­ is absolutely no reason to go on enduring mission studies show that, within eco­ Con Edison's appalling rates. There is a HON. DAVID R. OBEY nomic transmission distance of West­ realistic alternative and we should pur­ OF WISCONSIN chester, there is more than eight times sue it as quickly, vigorously and responsi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES me power the county would have needed It bly as possible. is vital to our future. Tuesday, March 15, 1977 this past winter and more than five times HOW DO WE GO ABOUT BECOMING A MUNICIPAL the county's summer needs-and that ELECTRIC UTILITY? Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, on February power is far in excess of any reserve Article 14A of the New York State 16, 1977, Congressman HAMILTON intro­ needs and is available right now. municipal law spells out the clear and duced House Resolution 287, the finan­ The FederRl Power Commission says legal steps for ousting a private utility cial ethics legislation recommended by that each utility needs a power reserve like Con Edison and setting up a munici­ the House Commission on Administra­ of 18 percent. That is, each company pal system. tive Review. Mr. HAMILTON was joined by must have the capability of generating Legislator Tocci has introduced a thor­ 18 cosponsors on that resolution. Be­ about 18 percent more power than it oughly researched resolution to set up the tween the time that House Resolution needs to serve its customers during times Westchester municipal electric system ih 287 was introduced and March 2, 1977, of peak demand. Based on decades of ex­ accordance with the State law. There is when it was considered on the floor, a perience the FPC says that this is ade­ not anything questionable about this; it number of other Members sought to co­ quate to meet unexpected emergencies has been done before and other com­ sponsor the financial ethics legislation. such as the failure of a generating plant. munities have reaped great benefits. Therefore identical legislation to House The following survey from FPC statis­ Financial houses like Lazard Freres Resolution 287 was introduced as House tics shows that utilities within New York are more than willing to undertake the Resolution 331, House Resolution 332, and nearby New England have many task of selling the bonds that will be House Resolution 341, and House Reso­ times the amount of reserve necessary; necessary to acquire the Con Edison dis- lution 351, bringing the total of cospon- 7664 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 15, 1977 sors for the financial ethics package to single and simple desire for Hungary chairman of the Manufactured Housing '19. Unfortunately, the name of Con­ must remain "independence, self-govern­ Institute, serving his colleagues as chief gressman ERTEL was inadvertently left ment, and Hungarian control uf Hun­ spokesman for the manufactured hous­ off the cusponsorship list, even though he garian destinies." ing industry-an industry which today had requested the Commission on Ad­ produces 20 percent of all single family ministrative Review to include him as a dwelling units in the United States. cosponsor. Mr. Speaker, I wish to make Mr. Speaker, Bud Merta believed in the it part of the public record that the fact BUD MERTA: LEADER IN THE MAN­ American dream, and it did not let him that Mr. ERTEL was not officially listed UFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY down. As he presides over the annual as a cosponsor of this legislation was the membership meeting of the Manufac­ fault of a clerical error by the Commis­ tured Housing Institute here in Wash­ sion. HON. DON BONKER ington next week, I believe it is appropri­ OF WASHINGTON ate that his personal achievements be brought to the attention of my colleagues HUNGARIAN UPRISING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the House of Representatives as be­ Tuesday, March 15, 1977 ing a pointed example of the value of Mr. BONKER. Mr. Speaker, far too ideals to which we all aspire. HON. JAMES J. DELANEY often we, as Members of the House of OF NEW YORK Representatives, fail to look beyond the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES many pressing matters before us to see ELECTRIC UTILITY PLANNING Tuesday, March 15, 1977 just how the actions of the Congress and the ideals we uphold affect and are FRUSTRATING TASK Mr. DELANEY. Mr. Speaker, we com­ shared by our citizens. It is not rare that memorate today the 129th anniversary achievements and services of our fel­ of the Kossuth Hungarian Revolution of low Americans escape our attention. I am HON. BILL ARCHER 1848 and are again reminded of the tragic determined that this shall not be the OF TEXAS events of 1956. case with Mr. Leonard C. or structure The offshore petroleum industry and an In 1974 some 12,600 full-time New England expanded domestic fishing fleet could require fishermen landed 522 milllon lbs. of fish and is clearly oil-related. A fund to compencate fishermen for unattrlbutable, oil-related vessel services equivalent to about seven shellfish worth $122 million. This was only moderate-sized boat yards. In addition, up to 30 percent by weight of the total harvest in damages is a possibility. Indeed such a fund, albeit with a woefully small kittv. J-las al­ 700 acres of land could be needed for petro­ international waters off New England's coast. leum development. However, considerable ex­ About 27 percent of the New England catch ready been set up by a group of oil com­ was taken within the potential oil and gas panies. Steps could be taken to facilitate the cess capacity exists in ports in the region. lease area in the vicinity of Georges Bank. processing of chims for damages. to edu­ Individual ports may face management deci­ All nations in 1974 harvested 1070 million cate oilmen working offshore to the conse­ sions in the use of their land, and may need lbs. in the Georges Bank area. quences to fishermen of dumning, and to con­ to assess the economic returns on investment New England lanrling" have declined dras­ tinually inform fishermen of the locations in additional berthing facilities and dredging. Volume 1 of the study, Fishing and Petro­ tically since the late 1950s. The Industry 1s of all potentially dangerous bottom obstruc­ fragmented, poorly organized, and the char· tions. leum Interactions on Georges Bank, is an acter and success of Individual fleets vary It is also possible that offshore structures atlas of areas of interest to fisheries and pe­ widely from port to port. The price per pound will preempt areas of bottom that are V"l.lua­ troleum industries, and is available !rom the of fic;h, however, has ric:en rapidly, and de­ ble fishing grounds. If platforms were closely New England Regional Commission in Bos­ spite the industry's chronic problems, many grouped so that fishing vesselc; could not ton. Volume 2 which analyzes the interac­ fishermen bring home h!gh annual earnings. safely operate within the cluster. 50 plat­ tion and the two industries will be avail!lble The 200-mile fishing limit could bring re· forms could conceivably close off 125 square soon. 7666 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 15, 1977 MAINE AND THE INDIAN CLAIM our Federal tax money is being used against After an intense struggle, the Kossuth our best common interests. Revolution was brutally crushed and Still, while all of this is serious b u siness, the valiant Hungarians forced to ca­ the degree to which we are in harm's way is HON. WILLIAM S. COHEN hardly what it ap?ears. That is, u nless this pitulate. Americans reacteci immedlately and OF MAINE country is pre!>ared to destroy itself in the name of justice. It is m a dness t o foresee bitterly to this intervention by the Rus­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1500 or so Maine citizens. of any color , cr eed sian Bear. Just shortly before the inva­ Tuesday, March 15, 1977 or ancestral origin. gPtting l 0 or 12 million sion in Jtrr'e 1~41}. Prec::ident Zs:tchary acres of land aYld billions of dollars. Taylor had issued special instructions to Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, in the past The U.S. Constitution. as Justice Goldberg few weeks, many of my colleagues and A. Dudley Mann, an American diplo­ sai.rt, is not a suicide pact. mat then in Europe, ordering him pro­ their constituents have learned for the If Maine's Indian case h as merit , then to first time about the suit filed against the under some pretext or a n other, no land il"l ceed to Hungary and give assistance of State of Maine by the Per.obscot and any state in the country is sa!P.. I! t h is peril American recognition to the Kossuth Passamaquoddy Indian Tribes. At pres­ is, iYldeed. as real as all of the posturing government. However, the revolution was ent, the tribes are seeking return of mil­ would have us think, t hen the Feder al Gov­ cruc::hed before Mann reached Hungary. lions of acres of land in Maine, claiming ernment mllst correct this wrong. Hungarian historv. music, dance, and Token gestures s uch as reducin~ the that treaties relinquishing the land to 0 wine became popular throusmout the amount of acreage sought are of little Valtle. United States and many parades and ral­ white settlers after 1790 were in viola­ The princi!>le is still the same. Nor does t he tion of the law. Indians' offer to steer clear of t he "small lies were staged. Those who are not from Maine have landowner" haue any true comfort or re­ I join with our fellow Americans of taken differing views of the validity of deeming value. If you can take land or trib­ Hungarian descent in celebrating today the claim. But those of us who are from ute from the large landowners, it is only a that brief period of Kossuth independ­ matter ot time before you can take it m uch ence. Let us all take heed of the sobering Maine are well aware of the effects the easier in fact, from the small landowners claim on the people of our State. The exam~le of Russian imperiaJi1=;m which who won't have the means to defend them­ sought to destroy these noble aspira­ Maine reaction to recent developments selves except in numbers and force. in the case is well represented in a recent Yet we mustn't panic. It is too soon to tions. And, as Secretary of State Daniel editorial from the Bangor Daily News. talk secession and t oo soon even to march Webster expressed so well in 1851, let us I urge my colleagues to take the time to on the seat of legal 1t1nacy, the nation's make our aspirations for Hungary, for read this editorial as they study the capital from whence tax-sup!>orted lawyers the present. Maine case. seem to delight in plotting wa ys t o add t o That single and simple point--Hungar­ The editorial follows: our dally b1.1 rdens and civic an1eieties. ian self-!!overnm<>nt. . Hungarian control Maine must stay alert aYld even-t empered of Hungarian destinies. [From the Bangor Dally News, Mar. 2, 19771 throughout. If we m u st loin t h e drama and MAINE MUST COOL IT posture, we could all do worse than take our The Indian land claim suit against the behavioral cues from Messrs. Brennan and state of Maine has just begun to heat up. It Longley. SUPPORT FOR THE LIBRARY SERV­ has gotten a considerable head of steam from the recent announcement from the U.S. De­ ICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT partment of Justice that, unless there is a HUNGARIAN INDEPENDENCE "negotiated settlement" within the next 90 HON. STANLEY LUNDINE days, Justice will help Maine's Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Tribes sue Maine for land HON. JOH G. FARY OF NEW YORK and money. OF I LLINOIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In real terms, the so-called "reduction" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, March 15, 1977 in the amount of acreage in Maine to be sought in court by t h e federal government is Tuesday, Mar ch 15, 1977 Mr. LUNDINE. Mr. Speaker, I welcome practically negligible. Added up, the " reduc ­ Mr. FARY. Mr. Speaker. today marks this opportunity to ex'"'re<5s my support of tion" amounts to 10 million instead of the H.R. 3712 which would extend the Li­ original 12.5 million acres of Maine terrain. the commemoration of the Kossuth Hun­ garian Revolution of 1848 and recalls for brar y eervices and Construction Act In other words, our Just ice Department is us once again the uprising and t ragic until 1981. Title. I of this act would pro­ hinting that it wants to be reasonable, but mote broader library services and out­ not so reasonable that it will in any way massacre of 19~6. les.5en or hinder the extortive economic lev­ The year 1848 was a decisive one for reach programs for the handicapped, as er age now enjoyed by the Indians and their Hungary. Revolution had erupted in well as for institutionalized, disadvan­ legal representatives. Paris in February and when the news taged, and bilingual individuals. Title II The posturing has clearly begun. It is the reached Vienna, Pozony. and Budapest would reinstitute funding for construc­ necessary charade. the game o! politics and a series of ev~nts u?"lfold~d that carried tion and renovation of librarv buildings. big league litigation. Hungary rapidly down the road to inde­ The Subcommittee on Select Educa­ Both sides, like behemoths armed with pe:P.dence. tion of the House Education and Labor brief cases and law degrees, are crou ched, Upon hearing the news from Paris Committee held hearings on this bill last circling one another, sizing up the opposi­ month and at that time. I stressed the tion. Gov. James Longley and Maine At­ Louis Kossuth assumed leadership of th~ opposition forces in Parliament and pro­ significant benefits that this act can pro­ ~rney General Joseph Brennan are playing vide if extended. Mv statement follows: 1t just right: cool, willing to listen, but firm. ceeded to push through a program of re­ form. Counterrevolutionary forces in I am pleased to have t h is oooortunit y to We should not have expected much from submit my statement to the Education and Justice. Its veering away !rom an earlier Austria incited Croatian armies under Labor Committee in support of extension of position of pushing for a congressional reso­ Gen. Josef Jell

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , No. Pike was talking about the congres· ketable, salable somet hing that goes with Washingt on, D.C., March 14, 1977. sional code of ethics, and he was speaking being a member of this body," he said EDITOR, from the heart about the importance of out­ bluntly. Washington Star, side earned income. It is always extraordi­ Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla.., age 77, made a Washington, D.C. nary what consideration of its own interests powerful appeal to the sufferers by telling DEAR Sm: I must take strong exception does to Congress. Nothing-war, peace or how, after being driven from the Senate by to columnist Mary McGrory's version of the impeachment--generates the same passion a smear campaign, he had pulled himself out House debate on the financial ethics resolu­ and fire as peril to its pocketbook. of debt by a diligent practice of the law, tion (Star, March 4, 1977). The whole impli­ The air rang with words like "sacrifice, •• which he wished to contin ue. cation of her column was that Republlcans "injustice," "suffering," all embodied in the But of all the speeches, only one in the were trying to destroy t he reform by insist ­ heartless Obey Commission recommendation end, mattered. ing that the resolution be open to amend­ to llmit congressmen to out side income of At 9:15, the Speaker of the House, Thomas ments. Nothing could be further from the only 15 percent of their present salaries, P. O'Neill Jr., lumbered to the well. He has truth! Our Republican Poltcy Committee and which were recently increased to a. mere been, he has tol d the members at every op­ Task Force on Reform had not only endorsed $57,000. They were closing the door to the portunity, taking the "whaling of my life" most of the recommendations of the Obey Abraham Lincolns, turning the people's over the pay raise. Commission (with the exception of the $5,000 house into a. millionaires' club. His speech was not remarkable, but the increase in official expense allowances per Pike spoke with immense feeling. He had message was irresistible: You have had your Member) , but had also recommended several made a vow never to need a. political job so pay raise. Now you pay for it with a code of additional tough ethical standards which we he could feed his family. Needing the job ethics. were prohibited from offering in the House too much "is the largest single cause of polit­ A godfather strain had emerged from his due to the no-amendment procedure. These ical corruption" he knows about. He derives genial bulk during the struggle. He had lob­ amendments included requiring detailed undisclosed sums from his law practice and a bied fiercely, called for lists of Democratic public disclosure of all mass maiUngs sent by hospital directorship. defectors. Members, disclosure of Member and commit­ The members listened with aching atten­ O'Nelll was elected Speaker of the House tee expense vouchers, disclosure of Members' tion. Richard Nixon would be ethical because two months ago. Wednesday night, he be· relatives working !or the House, and inclu­ income from writing is not outlawed, while came its leader. The code of et h ics won 402- sion on the financial disclosure statements income from speeches is. 22. of positions held with any corporat ion, busi­ Pike rolled into a bravura. finish: "Is it not ness or union. Unfortunately, the column kind of funny to visualize some unethical wretch Uke me down in the well of the made no mention of the fact that these seri­ KEEP IT SWEET: DON'T BAN ous and constructive amendments were the House, being censured by the speaker for reason for our effort to open the resolution having gone home and worked during the SACCHARIN to amendment. district work period instead of going off on I am especially disturbed that Ms. Mc­ a junket the way he was supposed to?" Grory has apparently bought the Democratic The chamber gave him a standing ovation. HON. JAMES G. MARTIN leadership line that reforms wlll be destroyed Rep. Morgan Murphy, D-Ill., who earns al­ OF NORTH CAROLINA most as much as his congressional salary i! Members are permitted to offer amend­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments from the House fioor. While a. few from his Chicago law firm, said he could be Members were opposed to certain provisions accused of having some self-interest in his Tuesday, March 15, 1977 in the ethics resolution, the great majority wife, children and self-"We have grown ac­ were truly interested in passing a strong customed to eating." Mr. MARTIN. Mr. Speaker, all Mem­ ethics pack age to help restore public confi­ The Republicans said they craved a code bers of the House have been hearing from dence in the House. I cannot imagine any of ethics, but saw in the way it was being constituents regarding the proposal of frivolous or subversive amendments being handled, through a. "closed" rule, a. threat to the Food and Drug Administration to supported by a majority. That would have the whole democratic process as we know it." ban saccharin from the food supply. been polit ically suicidal. To Rep. John Anderson, R-Ill., who has five This is an especially critical issue, since Finally, I find tt ironic that Ms. McGrory chtldren and a lucrative lecture sideline, the saccharin is the last remaining, hereto­ apparently cheers the consideration of a re­ method suggested that the House was com­ fore regarded safe and legal artificial form measure under a. "closed" or no-amend­ posed of "a bunch of mischievous schoolboys, ment rule which has long been the bane of who are going to be inscribing graffiti on the sweetener available for public consump­ congressional reformers. Whatever hapoened decalogue if we are given the chance to tion. to "sunshine" and openness? Apparently they amend the work of the Obey Commission." The people are riled. must now be sacrificed !or the good of re­ Reoublican Leader John J. Rhodes, who They believe that no persuasive case form (we had to destroy the Hou!'e in order receives an amount exceeding hal! his con­ has been made that saccharin in normal to save it). We are now expected to subscribe gressional salary from an insurance com­ doses causes cancer in ·humans. They to an "ends justlfie~ the means" wav of doing pany, bemoaned the lack of courage-simi­ are puzzled and angered that FDA was things by the ma.1or1ty lea.dershtp : question­ lar, he thought, to the pay raise, which was required to "post the bans" on saccharin able and undemocratic tactics must be usP.rl! accepted without a vote. on the basis of bladder tumors in rats to produce a code of ethics. Rep. Joe Waggonner, a Democrat from Perhaos the most telUng a.soect of Ms. Plain Dealing, La., berated the press, which fed massive overdoses of saccharin by McGrorv's column wns her eaua.tion of "p:od­ was in large and gleeful attendance. He found Canadian researchers. father strain" with "leader" in referring to their presence offensive and oporess!ve. Never The people recognize that this research the manner in which the Sneaker had ram­ on hand during debates of b1lls "trat affect does not prove that normal doses of rodded the resolution through without every life and the very security of this cou n­ saccharin are unsafe. They properly in­ amendments. While Ms. McGrory had right­ try," they were adding immeasurably t<> the terpret as bizarre the analogy given by fullv condemned the "godfather strain" in complicated "emotional climate." the White House under a previous Admin­ the Acting Director of FDA that the ex­ istration. she a.ooarent now embraces the Rep. Richard Bolling, D-Mo., brought a perimental conditions are like unto a life­ new "godfather" of the House of Represent­ touch of Cromwell. time daily diet of 800 cans-12 ounces­ atives. The Republicans, he charged, were finding of diet soda. In fact, Mr. Speaker, no one Very truly yours, it "unbearable" to allow a. Democratic Con­ can swallow 800 cans of drink: the first JOHN B . ANnERSON, gress to "enact real and important reform." 50 cans would contain enough water to Member of Congress. When he w~s roundly booed, he shouted, "I don't mind their booing, let them reveal kill most of us. [From the Washington Star, Mar. 4, 1977) themselves." Put another way, one would have to RINGING WORDS DEFEND HOUSE'S OuTSIDE But the "open" rule went down by a vote gulp 1,850 half -grain saccharin tablets JOBS of 267-153. daily for life; or the same number of (By Mary McGrory) Hours later, the "earned outside income" packets of saccharin powder. That's The speaker, to judge !rom the effect on brought the whole argument to a. rolling boU nearly 4 pounds of the stuff every day. his audience, had done what every orator again. You cannot do it. dreams of, to "touch men's hearts with A younger member, Norman D'Amours, D­ glorv." In contrast with this is the more Rep. Otls Pike, D-N.Y .. leaned back from N.H .. stripped off the seven veils about moon­ reliable finding, from epidemiological the podium. as half the chamber Ieaot to H~htlng. A lawyer in civllian llfe-••no barn­ statistics of large human populations. burner," he a9pended modestly-he had its fePt a.nrt fl11Pd the "hamber with chPPrs. that saccharin is not harmful in normal Had he called on the country to march upon hie; election to the House been fiooded on Uganda~r the IRS? Had he summoned wit h offers to join other law firms. use. Yet under the present law the them to rush out and to welcome the spring· "I think the mere fact I was getting those Delaney Clause does not allow the FDA time? offers tends to indicate that there is a mar- or the Secretary of HEW to consider 7698 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 15, 1977 this evidence; the ban is automatic. It is amend the Federal Water Pollution Con­ and hearings of Senate committees, sub­ absolute prohibition with zero tolerance. trol Act. This act was designed to provide committees, joint committees, and com­ How did this happen? Mr. Speaker, it a comprehensive program to clean up our mittees of conference. This title requires happened by legislative design as the Nation's waterways and prevent further all such committees to notify the Office most cautious way evident in 1958 to pollution. Unfortunately, the Environ­ of the Senate Daily Digest-designated protect the public from hazardous ex­ mental Protection Agency, under the by the Rules Committee-of the time, posure to carcinogenic additives to the dictates of this law, has gone overboard place, and purpose of all meetings when food supply. No one today wants the in requiring the purification of bodies of scheduled, and any cancellations or public exposed knowingly and avoid­ water which were not polluted to start changes in meetings as they occur. ably to substantial risk of cancer. This with. This is being done by requiring sea­ As an interim procedure until the is further testimony to the great con­ food processors to invest in expensive computerization of this information be­ tribution of the gentleman from New technology designed to modify their comes operational, the office of the Sen­ York (Mr. DELANEY) in leading the wastewater discharges. ate Daily Digest will prepare such infor­ examination of food additives two dec­ The State of Alaska, along with other mation daily for printing in the Exten­ ades ago. coastal States, considers the fishing in­ sions of Remarks section of the CoNGRES­ The saccharin ban controversy is the dustry to be a major part of its economic SIONAL RECORD. first clear case in 19 years since its lifeblood. Congress has shown that it too Any changes in committee scheduling adoption where tl;le public benefits of an is concerned with the welfare of fisher­ will be indicated by placement of an as­ additive to be banned under the Delaney men by passing the Fisheries Conserva­ terisk to the left of the name of the clause clearly exceed the public risks of tion and Management Act and by closely unit conducting such meetings. permitting its use. reviewing foreign fishing agreements. Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Great care, however, must be exercised Yet, of what use is a revitalized fishing March 15, may be found in the Daily Di­ to be certain that proposals to amend industry if the fishermen are unable to gest section of today's RECORD. this standard are faithful to the basic sell their fish because processors cannot The schedule follows: principle of the Delaney concept to pro­ operate? MEETINGS SCHEDULED tect the public interest. There are some who will say that this MARCH 17 Accordingly, I have drafted a b111 to amendment will weaken the law. I say 9:00a.m. amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act that it will not. In fact, we may be doing Appropriations to authorize the Secretary of HEW to the aquatic environment a service by Agriculture Subcommittee make a finding regarding the public risks adding nutrients to the food change. To continue hearings on proposed budget and benefits of a food additive, taking Furthermore, charges that cannery estimates !or fiscal year 1978 !or the into account the best evidence and expert wastes are dangerous are largely un­ Department o! Agriculture. 1224 Dirksen Building judgment possible, before finding it not founded. For example, a study conducted 9:30a.m. to be safe. It is my view that such au­ by the University of Washington in Bris­ Appropriations thority is hi~;hly desirable ree-arding sub­ tol Bay and Kodiak, Alaska, showed "no Interior Subcommittee stances known from the best evidence serious or significant detrimental effect To continue bearings on proposed budget and expert judgment to have little risk on the ecology of marine organisms" in estimates !or fiscal year 1978 !or the in normal use by humans. My amend­ receiving waters in the vicinity of salm­ Bureau o! Indian A1fairs. ment preserves the Delaney clause, while on canneries. A subsequent study in 1114 Dirksen BuJ.lding 9:45a.m. adding what I hope many of its other Petersburg, Alaska, stated that "canning Appropriations supporters will regard as a useful im­ operations had little, if any, influence Defense Subcommittee provement in the light of current under­ on reducing the varieties of organisms." To consider Subcommittee portion ot standing. I am confident that similar studies in proposed supplemental appropriations While this proposal has been fashioned other States would show the same results. !or fiscal year 1977 for the defense with valuable technical assistance from Therefore, to prevent further economic establishment. FDA personnel and various public inter­ damage to this vital segment of the fish­ Room 8-128, Capitol ing industry, I introduce this legislation 10:00 a.m. est groups. I invite my collea'!Ues to assist Appropriations me in perfecting its provisions in hear­ and urge my colleagues to support it. Treasury, Postal Service and General Gov­ ings next Monday before the House Com­ The text of the bill follows; ernment Subcommittee merce Subcommittee on Health and En­ H.R. 5077 To continue bearings on proposed budget vironment. A b111 to amend the Federal Water Pollution estimates for fiscal year 1978 !or the My bill specifically includes an addi­ Control Act relating to the definition o! Committee for the Purchase o! Prod­ tional section, similar to those introduced the term "pollutant" ucts and Services !or the Blind and by other Members, to suspend the pro­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Other Severely Handicapped, General .Representatives of the United States of Services Administration . posed ban on saccharin until such time 1318 Dirksen Building as it is found, using the best judgment America in Congress assembled, That para­ graph (6) of section 502 of the Federal Appropriations contemplated under the foregoing sec­ Water Pollution Control Act is amended by District of Columbia Subcommittee tion, to constitute an unreasonable risk striking out the period at the end of the last To consider supplemental appropriations to the public. This unequivocal remedy sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof for fiscal year 1977 for the District o! for saccharin is clearly required if we are a semicolon and the following: "or (C) Columbia. to respond to the needs of millions of wastewaters resulting from commercial proc­ Room 8-126, Capitol essing of seafoods where such wastewaters Appropriations American consumers who, for reasons of District of Columbia Subcommittee health-diabetes, heart illness, age, and are discharged into bodies o! water affected by tidal action, the territorial sea, the con­ To consider supplemental appropriations metabolic problems-must restrict their tiguous zone, river currento; or the ocean, requests for fiscal year 1977 !or the use of sugar. unless the appropriate permit issuing au­ District o! Columbia. You will be hearing from them. I hope thority under section 402 ho.s found that the Room 8-126, Capitol this bill will assist you in responding to discharge of such wastewater from a partic­ Armed Services them. ular point source wm interfere with the pro­ To receive testimony on the fiscal year tection and propag3/tion o! a balanced, in­ 1978 Navy shipbuilding claims, cost growth, and other production consid­ digenous population of shellfish, fish, plants erations. and wildlife in, on, or on the floor o! the body AMENDMENT TO FEDERAL WATER 212 Russell Building POLLUTION CONTROL ACT of water into which the discharge is to be Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs made." To mark up S. 69 and 92, to amend and extend the Export Administration Act, HON. DON YOUNG and related matters. OF ALASKA SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 5302 Dirksen Building IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SCHEDULED Budget To bold hearings in preparation !or re- Tuesday, March 15, 1977 Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed porting the first concurrent resolution Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, to by the Senate on February 4, 1977, on the fiscal year 1978 budget. I am today introducing legislation to calls for establishment of a system for 357 Russell Building March 15, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7699 Commerce, Science, and Transport ation Uc Works programs, to hear testimony Commerce, Science, an d Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and on national security programs. Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space 8-146, Capitol Space To resume hearings on S. 365, authoriz­ Commerce, Science. and Transportation To resume hearings on S. 365, authoriz­ ing funds for fiscal year 1978 for the To hold hearings on bills calling for ing funds for fiscal year 1978 for the National Aeronautics and Space Ad­ more stringent oil tanker safety st and­ National Aeronautics and Space Ad­ ministration. ards (S. 682, 586, 182, 715). ministration. 235 Russell Building 5110 Dirksen Building 235 Russell Building Energy and Natural Resources 2:30p.m. MARCH 21 Subcommittee on Energy Research and Armed Services 9 :00a.m. Water Resources. To receive testimony on Naval forces and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry To hold hearings on proposed author­ requirements. Subcommit tee on Foreign Agricultural ization for fiscal year 1978 for the En­ 212 Russell Building Policy ergy Research and Development" Ad­ MARCH 18 To con tinue oversight hearings on the ministration. 9:00a.m. P .L. 480 program (overseas food aid) . 3110 Dirksen Building Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 322 Russell Building F inance Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural 9:30 a.m. To mark up H.R. 3477, to provide for a Polley Conunerce,-Science, and Transportation refund of 1976 individual income To hold oversight hearings on P.L. 480 Communications Subcommittee taxes; to reduce individual and busi­ programs (overseas food aid). To hold hearings to inquire into domes­ ness income taxes, and to simplify and Human Resources tic communications common carrier reform certain other tax provisions. Labor Subcommittee policies (i.e., telephones, computers, 2221 Dirksen BuUding To hold hearings on S. 924, to provide etc.). Foreign Relations for equal treatment of craft and in­ 1202 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on the following nomi­ dustrial workers, and to establish a Commerce, Science, ar.d Transportation nations: Gale W. McGee, of Wyoming, national framework for collective bar­ Subcommittee on Aviation to be Permanent Representative to the gaining in the construction industry. To hold hearings on bills proposing regu­ OAS, with the rank of Ambassador; Until 1 p.m. 4232 Dirksen Building latory reform in the air transportation Lucy Wilson Benson, of Massachusetts, 10:00 a.m. industry, including S. 292 and S. 689. to be Under Secretary of State of Appropriations 5110 Dirksen Building Coordinating Security Assistance pro­ Defense Human Resources grams; John J. Gilligan, of Ohio, to be To resume hearings on proposed budget Handicapped Subcommittee AID Administrator; Terence A. Tad­ estimates for fiscal year 1978 for re­ To hold oversight hearings on develop­ man, of the Virgin IslandS, to be As­ search, development, testing and mental dlsab111ties. sistant Secretary of State for Inter­ evaluation program. Room to be announced American Affairs; and Richad Hoi­ 1223 Dirksen Building 10:00 a.m. brooke, of District of Columbia, to be Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Appropriations an Assistant Secretary of State. To hold hearings on the nominations of HUn-Independent Agencies Subcommittee 4221 Dirksen Building Robert Campbell Embry, Jr., of Mary­ To resume hearings on proposed budget land, apd Lawrence B. Simons, of New estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Governmental Affairs National Aeronautics and Space To resume hearings on S. 591 and S. 826, York, each to be an Assistant Secre­ tary; and Jay Janis, of Florida, to be Adminlstra tion. to establish a Department of Energy in 1318 Dirksen Building the Federal Government to direct a Under Secretary, all of Housing and Urban Development. Appropriations coordinated national energy policy. Defense and M111tary Construction Sub­ 3302 Dirksen Building 5302 Dirksen Building Commerce, Science, and Transportation commit tees Human Resources Merchant Marine and Tourism Subcom­ To hold joint hearings on the adminis­ Labor Subcommittee mittees tration's proposal to close the Uni­ To hold hearings on S. 924, to provide To hold oversight hearings on ocean formed Services University of the for equal treatment of craft and in­ shipping practices. Health Sciences. dustrial workers, and to establish a 235 Russell Building 1223 Dirksen Building national framework for collective bar­ Foreign Relations Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions gaining in the construction industry. Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Polley Until 6 p.m. 4232 Dirksen Building To hold oversight hearings on activities To resume hearings to receive testimony of the Electronic Fund Transfer Sys­ Select Intelllgence on an overview of American foreign tem Commission. Subcommittee on Budget Authorization economic policy. 5302 Dirksen Building To hold closed hearings on proposed tis­ 4221 Dirksen Building Energy and Natural Resources cal year 1978 authorization for Gov­ 10:30 a.m. 'l:o hold hearings on S. 9, to establlsh a ernment intelllgence activities. Appropriations policy for the management of oil and 5-407, Capitol •Labor-HEW Subcommittee natural gas in the Outer Continental Shelf. 10:30 a.m. To continue hearings on proposed budget Appropriations estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the 3110 Dirksen Building To consider proposed appropriations for Governmental Affairs Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ economic stimulus programs for fiscal Health Administration, and Saint year 1977 (H.R. 4876) tions Elizabeths Hospital. To hold hearings to release a "Supple­ Room S-128, Capitol S-128, Capitol 2 :00p.m. mental Staff Study of Severance Pay­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation Life Insurance Plans Adopted by Union Appropriations To continue hearings on bllls cal11ng for Locals." Labor-HEW Subcommittee more strin~ent oil tanker safety stand­ 3302 Dirksen Building To consider its portion of proposed sup­ ards (S. 682, 586, 182, 715). 2:00p.m. plemental appropriations for fiscal 5110 Dirksen Building Appropriat ions year 1977. Human Resources Public Works Subcommitt ee Room 8-128, Capitol Health and Scientific Resources Subcom­ To resume hearings on proposed budget Appropriations mittee estimates for fiscal year 1978 for pub­ Treasury, Postal Service and General Gov­ lic works programs, to hear representa­ To consider S. 754 and 755, extending tives of Environmental Research and ernment Subcommittee through fiscal year 1978 all expiring Development Administratton. To continue hearinj!s on proposed budget health pro~rams utlder the Public Room to be announced estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Health Service Act and the Community Committee for the Purchase of Prod­ Mental Health Centers Act. MARCH 22 ucts and Services for the Blind and Until: 12:30 p.m. 6226 Dirksen Building 9:30a.m. Other Severely Handicapped, General Appropriations 2:00p.m. Interior Subcommittee Services Administration. Appropriations 1318 Dirksen Building To resume hearings on proposed budget Labor-HEW Subcommittee estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Appronria tlons To continue hearings on proposed budget office of the Secretary; the Office of Public Works Subcommittee estimates for fil'cal year 1978 for the the Sollcitor; and the Navajo-Hopl Re­ To resume hearings on proposed budget Department of HEW. location Commission. estimates for fiscal year 1978 for Pub- 8-128, Capitol 1114 Dirksen Building 7700 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 15, 1977 Commerce, Science, and Transportation to reorganize certain export functions Energy and Natural Resources Communications Subcommittee of the Federal Government so a.s to Subcommittee on Energy Research and To hold hearings to inquire into domes­ promote more efficient administration. Water Resources tic communications common carrier 6226 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on proposed authori­ policies (i.e., telephones, computers, Govern men tal Affairs zations for fiscal year 1978 for the etc.). Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Rela­ Energy Research and Development 235 Russell Building tions Administration. Commerce, Science, and Transportation To hold hearings on S. 2, to require re­ 3110 Dirksen Building Subcommittee on Aviation authorization of Government programs Governmental Affairs To hold hearings on bills proposing reg­ at least every 5 years (proposed Sunset Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Rela­ ulatory reform in the air transporta­ Act). tions. tion industry, including S. 292 and 6226 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S. 2, to require re­ s. 689. Judiciary authorization of Government pro­ 5110 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on the nomination of grams at least every five years (pro­ Human Resources Peter F. Flaherty, of Pennsylvania, to posed Sunset Act). Handicapped Subcommittee be Deputy Attorney General. 3302 Dirksen Building To receive testimony on the administra­ 2228 Dirksen Building Governmental Affairs - tion's legislative proposals for programs Select Intelllgence Energy Subcommittee tor the handicapped. · Subcommittee on Budget Authorization To hold hearings on S. 897, to strengthen Room to be announced To resume closed hearings on proposed U.S. policies on nonproliferation, and 10:00 a.m. fiscal year 1978 authorizations for Gov­ to reorganize certain export functions Appropriations ernment intelllgence activities. of the Federal Government so as to Defense Subcommittee S-407, Capitol promote more efficient administration. To continue hearings on proposed budget 2:00p.m. 6226 Dirksen Building estimates for fiscal year 1978 !or the Appropriations Select Intelllgence defense establishment, to hear officials Treasury, Postal Service, and General Gov­ Subcommittee on Budget Authorization of the Defense Communications ernment Subcommittee To resume closed hearings on proposed Agency, Mapping Agency, Nuclear To continue hearings on proposed budge1 fi!5cal year 1978 authorizations for Gov­ Agency, a..nd Supply Agency. estimates for fiscal year 1978 tor the ernment intelligence activities. 1223 Dirksen Building Department of the Treasury, the Postal S-407, Capitol Appropriations Service, and General Government, to Select Small Business Foreign Operations Subcommittee hear public witnesses. To hold hearings on S. 972. authorizing To resume hearings on proposed budget 1224 Dirksen Building the Small Business Administration to estimates for fiscal year 1978 for for­ Appropriations make grants to suoport the develop­ eign aid programs, to hear officials of Labor-HEW Subcommittee ment and ooeration of small business AID. To continue hearings on proposed budget development centers. S-126, Capitol estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Until: 1 p .m. 424 Russell Bu1ldlng Appropriations National Institute o! Education. 2:00p.m. HUn-Independent Agencies Subcommittee S-128, Capitol Aopronria tlons To continue hearings on proposed budget MARCH 23 Labor-HEW Subcommittee estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the 9:00a.m. To continue hearings on nronosed bud~et National Aeronautics and Space Ad­ Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry estimates for fisr-.8.1 vear 1978 for school ministration. To continue hearings on proposed legis­ assistance in Federallv aft'ected areas 1318 Dirksen Building lation to amend and extend the Agri­ and for emergency school ald. Appropriatlons culture and Consumer Protection Act, S-128, Capitol Labor-HEW Subcommittee to hear Secretary of Agriculture Berg­ MARCH 24 To continue hearings on proposed budget land. 9:00 a..m. estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Until: noon 322 Russell Building SelP.ct Nut.rltlon and Hnman Needs Office of the Assistant Secretary for Finance To resume heRrings to examine the rela­ Education and the Commissioner of To hold hearings on pending Depart­ tionship bP.t.ween diet and health, to Education. ments of the Treasury and HEW nomi­ receive testimony on beef consump­ S-128, Capitol nations. tion. Appropriatlons 2221 Dirksen Building Untl11 p .m. 457 Russell Bullding Treasury, Postal Service, and General Gov­ 9:30a.m. 9:30a.m. ernment Subcommittee Appropriations Aonronriatlons To continue hearing on proposed budget Interior Subcommittee Interior Subcommittee estimate for fiscal year 1978 for the To continue hearings on proposed budget To continue hearin!!'S on proposed budg­ Department of the Treasury, the estimates for fiscal year 1~7~ for the et estimates !or fiscal year 1978 for the Postal Service, and General Govern­ Bureau of Land Management. Smithsonian Institution. ment. 1114 Dirksen Building 1114 Dirksen Bulldlng 1224 Dirksen Building Commerce, Science, and Transportation Commerce, Science and Transportation Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Communications Subcommittee Subcommittee on Aviation Subcommittee on Financial Institutions To hold hearings to inquire into domes­ To hold hearings on bills pronosin~ reg­ To hold oversight hearings on activities tic communication common carrier ulatory reform ln the air transporta­ of the Electronic Fund Transfer Sys­ policies (i.e., telephone, computer, tion industry, Including S. 292, and tem Commission. etc.). s. 689. 5302 Dirksen Building Commerce, Science, and Transportation 10:00 a.m. Budget Subcommittee on Aviation Annronriations To hold hearings in preparation for re­ To hold hearings on bllls proposing regu­ Labor-HEW Subcommittee port~ng the first concurrent resolution latory reform in the air transportation To continue hearinp;s on proposed budg­ on the fiscal year 1978 budget, to re­ industry, including S. 292 and S. 689. et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for ceive testimony on U.S. Monetary 5110 Dirksen Bulldlng programs for education of the handi­ policy. 10:00 a.m. capped, and for occupational, voca­ 357 Russell Building Approprla tlons tional, and adult education programs. En~>r~y and Natural Resources Defense Subcommittee S-128, Capitol Subcommittee on Energy Research and To hold hearln~s on certain proposed Appropriations WatE'r Resources reprogramming of funds for fiscal year Foreign Ooerations Subcommittee To hold hearings on proposed authoriza­ 1977. To continue hearings on proposed budg­ tions for fiscal year 1978 for the Energy 1223 Dirksen Bulldlng et estimates !or fiscal year 1978 for Research and Development Adminis­ Approprla tlons forelP'n ald programs, to hear omclals tration. Labor-HEW Subcommittee of AID. 3110 Dirksen Building 1~18 nirksen Building Finance To continue hearings on proposed budg­ Banking. Housing, and Urban Atratrs et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for To hold hearings on legislation to extend To hold heartn2s on S. 406, the proposed the Emergency Unemployment Com­ elementary and secondary education Community ReinvE-stment Act. pensation Act (H.R. 4800). programs. 5302 Dirksen Bulld.lng 2221 Dirksen Bullding S-128, Capitol Commerce, Science and Transnortatlon Governmental Affairs Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Surface Transoortatton Subcommittee Energy Subcommittee To hold hearings on S. 406, the proposed To hold hearin{!'S on S. 9?.2 authorizing To hold hearings on S. 897, to strengthen Community Reinvestment Act funds for fiscal year 1978 for the U.S. U.S. policies on nonproliferation, and 5902 Dirksen Building Railway Association, and on funds for March 15, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7701 the Office of Ran Publlc Council MARCH 28 Appropriations within the Interstate Commerce Com­ 9:30a.m. HOD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee mission. Commerce, Science, and Transportation To resume hearings on proposed budget 235 Russell Building Subcommittee on Aviation estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings on bills proposing regu­ Department of Housing and Urban De­ To hold oversight hearings on proposal latory reform in the air transporta­ velopment. for an international petroleum trans­ tion industry, including S. 292 and 1318 Dirksen Building shipment port and storage center to s. 689. Appropriationa be located on the Palau District, West­ 5110 Dirksen Building Labor-HEW Subcommittee ern Caroline Islands, Trust Territory 10:00 a.m. To continue hearings on proposed budg­ of the Pacific Islands. Appropriations et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for 3110 Dirksen Building HOD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee the Office of Human Development. Energy and Natural Resources To resume hearings on proposed budget 8-128, Capitol Subcommittee on Energy Research and estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Appropriations Water Resources Department of Housing and Urban Transportation Subcommit tee To hold hearings on proposed authoriza­ Development. To resume hearings on proposed budget tion for fiscal year 1978 for Energy 1318 Dirksen Building estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Research and Development Adminis­ Appropriations Federal Railroad Administ ration tration. Public Works Subcommittee (Northeast Corridor). Room to be announced To continue hearings on proposed budget 1224 Dirksen Bullding Governmental Affairs estimates for fiscal year 1978 for pub­ Appropriations Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Re­ lic works projects, to hear Members Public Works Subcommittee lations of Congress and public witnesses. To continue hearings on proposed budg­ To hold hearings on S. 2, to require re­ Room to be announced et estimates !or fiscal year 1978 for authorization of Government pro­ Appropriations public works projects, to hear mem­ grams at least every five years (pro­ Transportation Subcommittee bers of Congress and public wit nesses. posed Sunset Act). To continue hearings on propoEed budget Room to be announced 6226 Dirksen Building estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Energy and Natural Resources 2:00p.m. Federal Aviation Administration. To hold hearings on proposed legislation Appropriat ions 1224 Dirksen Building dealing with utllization of coal re- Foreign Operations Subcommittee Commerce, Science, and Transportat ion sources. To continue hearings on proposed budg­ Communications Subco::nmittee 3110 Dirksen Building et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for To resume hearings to inquire into do­ Governmental Affairs mestic communications common car­ foreign aid programs, to hear officials Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Re­ of AID. rier policies (i.e., telephones, computer, lations 1318 Dirksen Building etc.). 1202 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S. 2, to require re­ Appropriations authorization o! Government pro­ Labor-HEW Subcommittee Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings on proposed legislation grams at least every five years (pro­ To continue hearings on proposed budg­ posed Sunset Act). et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for dealing with ut111zation of coal re­ sources. 6226 Dirksen Building higher education, welfare programs, Select Intelligence and for library resources. 3110 Dirksen Building 8-128, Capitol Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Budget Authorization MARCH 25 Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Rela­ To resume closed hearings on proposed 9:00a.m. tions fiscal year 1978 authorization for Gov­ Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry To hold hearings on S. 2 to require re­ ernment intelligence activities. Subcommittee on Nutrition authorization of Government pro­ 8-407, Capitol To hold oversight hearings on the food grams at least every 5 years (proposed 2:00p.m. stamp program. Sunset Act). Appropriations 322 Russell Building 3302 Dirksen Building Labor-HEW Subcommittee 9:30 a.m. 2:00p.m. Approprla tions To continue hearings on proposed budg­ Commerce, Science and Transportation et estimates !or fiscal year 1978 for Subcommittee on Aviation Public Works Subcommittee To hold hearings on b1lls proposing reg­ the National Technical Institute for To continue hearings on proposed budget the Deaf; the American Printing House ulatory reform in the air transporta­ estimates for fiscal year 1978 for public tion industry, including S. 292 and !or the Blind; Gallaudet College, and works projects, to hear Members of Howard University. s. 689. Congress and public witnesses. 8-128, Capitol 5110 Dirksen Building Room to be annqunced 10:00 a .m. Appropriations Appropriations MARCH 29 Public Works Subcommittee Defense Subcommittee 9:30a.m. To continue hearings on proposed budg­ To continue hearings on proposed budg­ Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Subcommittee on Rural Development public works projects, to hear mem­ Defense Establishment, to hear con­ To hold hearings on medicare reimburse­ bers of Congress and public witnesses. gressional witnesses. Room to be announced 1223 Dirksen Building ments for rural-health care clinics. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 322 Russell Building MARCH 30 To hold hearings on S. 406, the proposed Appropriations 9:30a.m. Community Reinvestment Act. Interior Subcommittee Appropriations 5302 Dirksen Building To resume hearings on proposed budget Interior Subcommittee Commerce, Science and Transportation Merchant Marine and Tourism Subcom­ estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the To resume hearings on proposed budget Fish and Wildlife Service. estimates for fiscal year 1978 !or the mittees 1114 Dirksen Building To hold oversi~ht hearings on ocean National Park Service. shipping practices. Commerce, Science, and Transportation 1114 Dirksen Building 235 Russell Building Subcommittee on Aviation Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings on b1lls proposing reg­ Subcommittee on Aviation Subcommittee on Energy Research and ula tory reform in the air transporta­ To hold hearings on b1lls proposing reg­ Water Resources tion industry, including S. 292 and S. ulatory reform in the air transporta­ To hold hearings on proposed authoriza­ 689. tion industry, including S. 292, and tions for fiscal year 1978 for Energy 5110 Dirksen Building s. 689. Research and Development Adminis­ 10:00 a .m. 5110 Dirksen Building tration. Room to be announced Appropriations 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Defense Subcommittee Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry •veterans' Affal.rs To resume hearings on proposed budget Subcommittee on Agriculture Production, To hold hearings to receive legislative estimates for fiscal yeu- 1978 for the Marketing and Stabilization of Prices recommendations for 1977 from offi­ Defense Establishment to hear Con­ To hold oversight hearings on problems cials of Amvets. gressional witnesses. of Flue-cured tobacco farmers. UntU Noon. 1202 Dirksen Building 1223 Dirksen Building 322 Russell BuUdlni: 7702 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 15, 1977 Appropriations 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Defense Subcommittee Appropriations Energy and Natural Resources To continue hearings on proposed budg­ Defense Subcommittee Subcommittee on Energy Research and et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the To continue hearings on propos~d Water Resources Defense Establishment, to hear con­ budget estimate for fiscal year 1978 for To hold hearings on S. 419, to test gressional witnesses. the defense establishment, to hear the commercial, environmental, and 1223 Dirksen Building public witnesses. social viability of various oil-shale Appropriations 1223 Dirksen Building technologies. Foreign Operations Subcommittee Appropriations 3110 Dirksen Building To resume hearings on proposed budget Labor-HEW Subcommitte! APRIL 4 estimates for fiscal year 1978 for for­ To continue hearings on proposed 10:00 a.m. eign aid programs, to hear officials of budget estimate for fiscal year 1978 for Appropriations the Export-Import Bank, and Over­ the Social Security Administration. HOD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee seas Private Investment Corporation. S-128, Capitol To resume hearings on proposed budgat 1318 Dirksen Building Appropriations estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the Appropriations Public Works Subcommittee Department of the Treasury, on funds Labor-HEW Subcommittee To continue hearings on proposed for New York City financing. To resume hearings on proposed budget budget estimates for fiscal year 1978 for 1318 Dirksen Building estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the public works projects, to hear Mem­ Appropriations Social and Rehabll1tation Service. bers of CO'llgress and public witnesses. Public Works Subcommittee S-128, Capitol Room to be announced To continue hearings on proposed budg­ Appropriations Appropriations et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for Public Works Subcommittee Transportation Subcommittee public works projects to hear Mem· To continue hearings on proposed budget To continue hearings on proposed bers of Congress and public witnesses. estimates for fiscal year 1978 for public budget estimates for fiscal year 1978 for Room to be announced works projects, to hear Members of National Highway Traffic Safety Ad­ Commerce Science, and Transportation Congress and public witnesses. ministration. To hold hearings on S 263, to require Room to be announced 1224 Dirksen Building Federal agencies having jurisdiction Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Commerce, Science, and Transportation Science Technology and Space Subcommit­ over transportation regulations to re­ To mark up proposed legislation on cor­ view their administrative laws. tee porate bribery and investment dis­ 235 Russell Building closure. To considerS. 365, authorizing funds for 2:00p.m. 5302 Dirksen Building fiscal year 1978 for NASA. Appropriations Energy and Natural Resources 235 Russell Building; Public Works Subcommittee Subcommittee on Public Lands a.nd Re­ Energy and Natural Resources To continue hearings on proposed budg­ sources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Re­ et estimates for fiscal year 1978 for To consider S. 7, to establish in the De­ sources public works projects to hear Mem­ partment of the Interior an Office of To consider S. 7, to establish in the bers of Congress and public witnesses. Surface Mining Reclamation and En­ Department of the Interior an Office Room to be announced forcement to administer programs to of Surface Mining Reclamation and APRIL 5 control surface coal mining operations. Enforcement to administer programs 9:30a.m. 3110 Dirksen Building to control surface coal mining opera­ Appropriatlons Governmental Affairs tions. Interior Subcommittee Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Rela­ 3110 Dirksen Building To resume hearings on proposed budget tions Foreign Relations estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the To hold hearings on S. 2, to require re­ Subcommittee on Oceans and Interna­ Forest Service. authorization of Government pro­ tional Environment 1114 Dirksen Building grams at least every 5 years (proposed Select Small Business Sunset Act). To hold hearings on S. Res. 49, favoring international agreement to a treaty Monopoly Subcommittee 3302 Dirksen Building To resume hearings on alleged restrictive Select Intelligence requiring the propagation of an inter­ national environmental impact state­ and anticompetitive practices in the Subcommittee on Budget Authorization eye glass industry. To resume closed hearings on proposed ment for any major project expected to fiscal year 1976 authorization for Gov­ have significant adverse effect on the 318 Russell Bullding physical environment. 10:00 a.m. ernment intelllgence activities. Appropriations 6--407, Capitol 4221 Dirksen Building 2:00p.m. HOD-Independent Agencies Subcommittee 2:00p.m. To continue hearings on proposed budg­ Appropriations Appropriations et estimates for fiscal year 1978 fo1' Public Works Subcommittee Labor-HEW Subcommittee the Consumer Product Safety Com. To continue hearings on proposed budget To continue hearings on proposed mission. estimates for fiscal year 1978 for pub­ budget estimates for fiscal year 1978 for Room to be announcA~l lic works projects, to hear Members of the Office for Civil Rights, Inspector Appropriations Congress and public witnesses. General, Policy Research and General Public Work Subcommittee Room to be announced Management. To continue hearings on proposed budg· MARCH 31 S-128, Capitol et estimates for fiscal year 1978 fo~ 9:00a.m. Appropriations public works projects, to hear memberu Select Nutrition and Human Needs Public Works Subcommittee of Congress and public witnesses. To continue hearings to examine the Room to be announce on oroooc;ed hou«ing 5302 Dirksen Butlding APRIL 19 and community development legisla­ tion with a view to reporting its final MAY 4 9:30a.m. 10:00 a .m. Appropriations recommendations thereon to the Budget Committee by May 15. Appropriations Interior Subcommittee Transportation Subcommittee To resume hearings on proposed budget 5302 Dirksen Building Commerce, Science, and Technology To resume hearin{!'s on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the estimates !or fiscal year 1978 for the Department of the Interior and Re­ Consumer Subcommittee To hold oversight hearings on activities Federal Highway Administration. lated Agencies, to hear public wit­ 1224 Dirksen Building Of the Consumer Product Safety nesses. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 1114 Dirksen Building Commission. To consider all proposed legislation un­ Appropriations 5110 Dirksen Building der its jurisdiction with a view to re­ Transportation Subcommittee Government Affairs porting its final recommendations to To resume hearings on proposed budget Subcommittee on Reports, Accounting and the Budget Committee by May 15. estimates for fiscal year 1978 for the , Management Federal Aviation Administration. 5302 Dirksen Building To hold hearings to examine Government MAY 5 1224 Dirksen Bullding accounting and auditing practices and Commerce, Science, and Technology 10:00 a.m. Science, Technology, and Space Subcom­ procedures. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs mittee 3302 Dirksen Building To consider all proposed legislation un­ To hold hearings on S. 126, the pro­ APRIL 22 der its jurisdiction with a view to re­ posed Earthquake Hazards Reduction 10:00 a.m. porting its final recommendations to Act. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs the Budget Committee by May 15. 6110 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on proposed housinJZ: 6302 Dirksen BuUd.iwZ -

7704 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 15, 1977 MAY 6 MAY 12 To continue hearings on proposed budget 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. estimates for fiscal year 1978 for DOT, Governmental A1fairs Banking, Housing, and Urban Mairs to hear Secretary Adams. Subcommittee on Reports, Accounting, and 1224 Dirksen Building To consider all proposed legislation un­ Management MAY 24 der its jurisdiction with a view to re­ To hold hearings to examine Govern­ porting its final recommendations to 10:00 a .m. ment accounting and auditing prac­ Governmental Affairs the Budget Committee by May 15. tices and procedures. 5302 Dirksen Building Subcommittee on Reports, Accounting, and 3302 Dirksen Building Management MAY 10 MAY 18 To hold hearings to examine Govern­ 10:00 a .m. 10:00 a.m. ment accounting and auditing prac­ Banking, Housing, and Urban A1fairs Appropriations tices and procedures. 3302 Dirksen Building To hold oversight hearings on U.S. mon­ Transportation Subcommittee etary policy. To continue hearings on proposed budget MAY 26 5302 Dirksen Building estimates !or fiscal year 1978 !or DOT, 10:00 a.m. Governmental Affairs to hear Secretary o! Transportation Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Reports, Accounting, and Adams. Subcommittee on Reports, Accounting, and Management 1224 Dirksen Building Management To hold hearings to examine Govern­ To hold hearings to examine Govern­ 2:00p.m. ment accounting and auditing prac­ ment accounting and auditing prac­ Appropriations tices and procedures. tices and procedures. Transportation Subcommittee 3302 Dirksen Building

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