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sponsibilities was made in a letter of July 1, 1973, from the Presi- 

 dent to Dr. Stever. 



July 17-24, 1973: House Committee on Science and Astronautics 

 held four days of hearings on Federal policy, plans and organiza- 

 tion for science and technology, with particular reference to how 

 Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1973 was being implemented by the 

 Director of the National Science Foundation. 



September 27, 1973: S. 2495, Technology Resources Survey and Ap- 

 plications Act, introduced by Senators Magnuson, Moss and 

 Tunney. Referred to Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sci- 

 ence and Committee on Commerce. Concepts in this bill were in- 

 corporated into S. 32 which passed the Senate October 9, 1974. 



November 7, 1973: In an address to the Nation on the energy emer- 

 gency, President Nixon requested Congress to act on the proposal 

 for an Energy Research and Development Administration apart 

 from the pending new Department of Energy and National Re- 

 sources proposal. 



December 1, 1973: AEC Chairman Dixy Lee Ray presented her 

 findings and recommendations to the President to implement a 

 five-year $10 billion national energy research and development 

 program. One of the recommendations was to establish an oper- 

 ational Energy Research and Development Administration not 

 later than July 1, 1974. 



December 4, 1973: OMB Associate Director for Natural Resources, 

 Science, and Energy John C. Sawhill was appointed Deputy Di- 

 rector of the newly-created Federal Energy Office in the Execu- 

 tive Office of the President. 



February 1, 1974: The Council of the National Academy of Sciences 

 announced the establishment of an ad hoc committee under the 

 chairmanship of James R. Killian Jr. to look broadly at the rela- 

 tionships between science and technology with a view to assuring 

 the best use of scientific and technical judgments in the develop- 

 ment of public policy and in planning and management of Feder- 

 al research and development. A report was expected within four 

 to six months. 



May 7, 1974: Federal Energy Administration was established by 

 P.L. 93-275 as an independent executive agency, replacing the 

 Federal Energy Office in the Executive Office of the President. 



May 31, 1974: The President signed S. 775 into law (Public Law 93- 

 296, Title IV) to establish a National Institute on Aging within 

 the National Institutes of Health. NIA was directed to support 

 and conduct biomedical, social, and behavioral research and 

 training in the field of aging. The Institute has the responsibility 

 of developing a national comprehensive research plan designed 

 to coordinate and promote research in the field of aging. It also 

 supports projects investigating a wide range of factors affected by 

 the aging process from psychological changes to the effects of 

 social, economic and physical dependency. 



June 20-July 18, 1974: The House Committee on Science and Astro- 

 nautics held nine days of hearings in the second phase of the 

 committee's inquiry into Federal policy, plans, and organization 

 for science and technology. Twenty-six witnesses gave testimony; 

 several other individuals submitted statements for the record. 



