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LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 70-54 SP 0106" PUI151 oaton 9 rI H LIBRARY OF CONGRESS A. _ ? 1 {f t s K? ~ \ ~ - 2 WASHING TON, D. C. % EFERt, p CONGRESSIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE O11 1 IRY AND TECHNOLOGY, 91ST CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION A listing of Congressional committees and subcommittees having jurisdiction over scientific and technological activities, (' D Mauree W. Ayton Science Information Analyst Science Policy Research Division March 2, 1970 IDEAERSLUX 4J' ORNIA APR i 1970 GOVT'. P'UBLICAToIOS DEPT. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction v Senate Committees Aeronautical and Space Sciences 1 Agriculture and Forestry 2 Appropriations 3 Armed Services 4 Commerce 6 Foreign Relations 7 Government Operations 9 Interior and Insular Affairs 10 Judiciary 11 Labor and Public Welfare 12 Post Office and Civil Service 14 Public Works 15 Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs 16 Select Committee on Small Business 16 Special Committee on Aging 17 House Committees Agriculture 19 Appropriations 20 Armed Services 22 Education and Labor 23 Foreign Affairs 25 Government Operations 26 Interior and Insular Affairs 27 Interstate and Foreign Commerce 29 Judiciary 30 Merchant Marine and Fisheries 31 Post Office and Civil Service 33 Public Works 34 Science and Astronautics 35 Veterans' Affairs 36 Select Committee on Crime 37 Select Committee on Small Business 38 Joint Committees Atomic Energy 39 Economic 41 Library 40 iii -u INTRODUCTION This report is a listing of Senate, house, and Joint Committees which show a relation to scientific and technological matters. The following information is given for each committee listed: (1) committee jurisdictions which relate to scientific and technological activities; (2) committee members; (3) committee counsel and/or staff director; (4) subcommittees and the chairmen of the subcommittees. Information for this report was obtained from the 1969 Congressional Staff Directory; Congressional Directory, 91st Congress, 1st and 2nd Sessions, March 1969 and January 1970, respectively; the Congressional Record; and the calendars of the various committees. v r CONGRESSIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 91ST CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION SENATE COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES Room 231, Old Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510 Tel: (202) 225-6477 JURISDICTION 1. Aeronautical and space activities, as that term is defined in the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, except those which are peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. 2. Matters relating generally to the scientific aspects of such aeronautical and space activities , except those which are peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. 3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 4. Jurisdiction to survey and review, and to prepare studies and reports upon, aeronautical and space activities of all agencies of the United States, including such activities which are peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. MEMBERSHIP - 15 Clinton P. Anderson (D.-N.Mex.), Chairman MAJORITY (9 D) MINORITY (6 R) Clinton P. Anderson - N.Mex. Margaret C. Smith - Me. Richard B. Bussell - Ga. Carl T. Curtis - Neb. Warren G. Magnuson - Wash. Mark 0. Hatfield - Ore. Stuart Symington - Mo. Barry M. Goldwater - Ariz. John C. Stennis - Miss. William B. Saxbe - Ohio Stephen M. Young - Ohio Ralph T. Smith - Ill. Thomas J. Dodd - Conn. Howard W. Cannon - Nev. Spessard L. Holland - Fla. James Gehrig, Staff Director and Chief Clerk 225-6477 - 4 - SEJAVE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY Room 324, Old Senate Office Building WashingL,-il D. C. 20510 Tel: (202) 225-2035 JURISDICTION 1. Inspection of livestock and meat products. 2. Animal industry and diseases of animals. 3. Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves. 4. Agricultural colleges and experiment stations. 5. Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain. 6. Agricultural economics and research. 7. Agricultural and industrial chemistry. 8. Dairy industry. 9. Entomology and plant quarantine. 10. Human nutrition and home economics. 11. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering. 12. Agricultural educational extension services. 13. Extension of farm credit and farm security. 14. Rural electrification. 15. Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products. 16. Crop insurance and soil conservation. MEM4BERSHIP - 13 Allen J. Ellender (D.-La.), Chairman and Ex-Officio member of all subcommittees MAJORITY - (7 D) MINORITY (6 R) Allen J. Ellender - La. George D. Aiken - Vt. Spessard L. Holland - Fla. Milton R. Young - N. D. James 0. Eastland - Miss. Jack R. Miller - Iowa Herman E. Talmadge - Ga. Carl T. Curtis - Neb. Benjamin E. Jordan - N. C. Robert J. Dole - Kan. George S. McGovern - S. D. Henry Bellmon - Okla. James B. Allen - Ala. Coty M. Mouser, Chief Clerk 225-2035 - -- ~_- I -3- SUBCOMMITTEES Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification - Herman E. Talmadge (D.-Ga.), Chairman Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of Prices, Spessard L. Holland (D.-Fla.), Chairman Agricultural Research and'General Legislation - B. Everett Jordan (D.-N.C.), Chairman Soil Conservation and Forestry - James 0. Eastland (D.-Miss.), Chairman Watershed Projects - Herman E. Talmadge (D.-Ga.), Chairman SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Room 1235, New Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510 Tel: (202) 225-3471 JURISDICTION All matters relating to appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government. MEMBERSHIP - 24 Richard B. Russell (D.-Ga.), Chairman and Ex-Officio member of all subcommittees of which he is not a regular member MAJORITY (14 D) MINORITY (10 R) Richard B. Russell - Ga. Milton R. Young - N.D. Allen J. Ellender - La. Karl E. Mundt - S.D. John L. McClellan - Ark. Margaret C. Smith - Me. Warren G. Magnuson - Wash. Roman L. Hruska - Neb. Spessard L. Holland - Fla. Gordon Allott - Colo. John C. Stennis - Miss. Norris Cotton - N.H. John 0. Pastore - R.I. Clifford P. Case - N.J. Alan Bible - Nev. Hiram L. Fong - Hawaii Robert C. Byrd - W.Va. James C. Boggs - Del. Gale W. McGee - Wyo. James B. Pearson - Kan. Michael J. Mansfield - Mont. William W. Proxmire - Wis. II~ I _ - 4 - Ralph W. Yarborough - Texas Joseph M. Montoya - N.Mex. Thomas J. Scott, Chief Clerk 225-7241 SUBCOaMIITTEES Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies - Spessard L. Holland (D.-Fla.), Chairman Department of Defense - Richard B. Russell (D.-Ga.), Chairman Deficiencies and Supplementals - Robert C. Byrd (D.-W.Va.), Chairman District of Columbia - William W. Proxmire (D.-Wis.), Chairman Foreign Operations - Gale W. McGee (D.-Wyo.), Chairman Independent Offices - John 0. Pastore (D.-R.I.), Chairman Department of the Interior and Related Agencies - Alan Bible (D.-Nev.), Chairman Legislative Branch - Joseph M. Montoya (D.-N.Mex.), Chairman Military Construction - Michael J. Mansfield (D.-Mont.), Chairman Public Works - Allen J. Ellender (D.-La.), Chairman Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, The Judiciary and Related Agencies - John L. McClellan (D.-Ark.), Chairman Transportation - John C. Stennis (D.-Miss.), Chairman Treasury, Post Office, and Executive Office - Ralph Yarborough (D.-Texas), Chairman SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES Room 121, Old Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510 Tel: (202) 225-3871 JURISDICTION 1. Co;L on defense generally. , - I- 1 -5S- 2. The Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force generally. 3. Selective service. 4. Conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil shale reserves. 5. Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense. 6. Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. 7. Other related matters. MEMBERSHIP - 18 John C. Stennis (D.-Miss.), Chairman MAJORITY (10 D) MINORITY (8 R) John C. Stennis - Miss. Margaret C. Smith - Me. Richard B. Russell - Ga. Strom Thurmond - S.C. Stuart Symington - Mo. John G. Tower - Texas Henry M. Jackson - Wash. Peter H. Dominick - Colo. Sam J. Ervin, Jr. - N.C. George Murphy - Calif. Howard W. Cannon - Nev. Edward W. Brooke - Mass. Stephen M. Young - Ohio Barry M. Goldwater - Ariz. Daniel K. Inouye - Hawaii Richard S. Schweiker - Pa. Thomas J. McIntyre - N.H. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. - Va. T. Edward Braswell, Chief of Staff 225-3871 SUBCOMMITTEES Central Intelligence Agency - John C. Stennis (D.-Miss.), Chairman Military Construction - Henry M. Jackson (D.-Wash.), Chairman National Stockpile and Naval Petroleum Reserves - Stuart Symington (D.-Mo.), Chairman Prepardness Investigation - John C. Stennis (D.-Miss.), Chairman Status of Forces - Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (D.-N.C.), Chairman 0 P1 - U Ad Hoc Subcommittees Bomber Defense - John C. Stennis (D.-Miss.), Chairman Research and Development - Thomas J. McIntyre (D.-N.H.), Chairman Tactical Air Power - Howard W. Cannon (D.-Nev.), Chairman Treatment of Deserters from Military Service - Daniel K. Inouye (D.-Hawaii), Chairman SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE Room 5202, New Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510 Tel: (202) 225-5115 JURISDICTION 1. Interstate and foreign commerce generally. 2. Regulation of interstate railroads, busses, trucks, and pipelines. 3. Communication