scholarships, and scientific research and development. 2 (In January 

 1975, the committee was renamed the Committee on Science and Tech- 

 nology and was given additional jurisdiction over civil aviation 

 research and development, environmental research and development, 

 all energy research and development except nuclear research and 

 development, and the National Weather Service. At this time, the 

 committee was also given general and special oversight functions of 

 reviewing and studying, on a continuing basis, all laws, programs, 

 and Government activities dealing with or involving nonmilitary re- 

 search and development.) 



Apart from the dramatic impacts of atomic energy and space explo- 

 ration, science and technology subjects have been incorporated in the 

 jurisdictions of many standing committees of both Houses of Congress. 

 In her study of "Congressional Organization for Science and Tech- 

 nology, 95th Congress," Mauree W. Ayton lists 10 Senate Committees, 

 10 House Committees, and 2 Ad Hoc Committees with such concerns. 3 

 Among those that apparently combine the concerns of science and 

 technology with foreign affairs are the following : 



SENATE 



Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 



Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural Policy 

 Committee on Appropriations 



Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 

 Committee on Armed Services 



Subcommittee on Research and Development 

 Committee on the Budget 



Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation 

 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

 Committee on Environment and Public Works 

 Committee on Foreign Relations 

 Committee on Governmental Affairs 



Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal 

 Services 

 Committee on Human Resources 



Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research 



HOUSE 



Committee on Appropriations 



Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 

 Committee on Armed Services 

 Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs 



Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary 

 Policy 



- Taking note of the scope given to the House committee, Speaker McCormack later 

 observed that "The importance attached to science and technology by the House leader- 

 ship in 1958 was signaled by the fact that as majority leader I was chairman of the select 

 committee and the minority leader of that period was ranking minority member of this 

 committee." (Statement of Hon. John W. McCormack, Speaker, U.S. House of Representa- 

 tives In U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. ' Applied 

 Science and World Economy : Panel on Science and Technology, Ninth Meeting." Pro- 

 ceedings before the * * * Jannarv 23, 24. and 25. 1968, 90th Congress, second session 

 (Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968), page 11.) 



3 Mauree W. Ayton, "Congressional Organization for Science and Technology, 95tn 

 Congress : A listing of congressional committees and subcommittees having jurisdiction 

 over scientific and technological activities." (Scheduled for publication in November 1977.) 



