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field hearings were held as the subcommittee broadened the net of its 

 inquiry. 



INTERGOVERNMENTAL SCIENCE POLICY 



Down through the years, various subcommittee members and staff 

 have met from time to time with science advisers to Governors, State 

 legislatures or their local counterparts, to stimulate greater interest 

 in and provide guidance for science and technology at the State and 

 local level. For example, Miller served as the Honorary Chairman and 

 delivered opening remarks at the National Action Conference on 

 Intergovernmental Science Policy held at Harrisburg, Pa., in June 

 of 1972. Symington and Davis also addressed the conference, at which 

 representatives of a number of States were present. In his remarks, 

 Miller graphically sketched the stark contrast between his early days 

 when "those of us who lived in the Bay area didn't know much or 

 care much about what was going on in Fresno, or Los Angeles or 

 San Diego" and the interdependence of the modern world in which 

 science and technology had played a major role. Miller and the sub- 

 committee held a special briefing for all Science Committee members 

 following their return. The leadership which the subcommittee pro*- 

 vided in this program carried forward also in the strong support which 

 the subcommittee gave to the intergovernmental science program of 

 the National Science Foundation. The NSF helped coordinate further 

 effort at the State and local levels. As mentioned in chapter X on 

 "International Scientific Cooperation," the subcommittee was also 

 very active in encouraging the developing of science and technology 

 both in other countries and through international organizations. 



In 1979, the committee voted an additional $3 million for the 

 National Science Foundation program to help states in building the 

 capacity to use scientific and technical advice in decisionmaking. 

 From June 12 through June 14, 1979, the Brown subcommittee held 

 three days of hearings on "The Role of Federal Laboratories in Tech- 

 nological Transfer to State and Local Governments." 



WATER RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURE 



Commencing with a 1961 report on "Research Needs for Salt 

 Water Conversion," the Science Subcommittee sponsored a series of 

 reports on water resources. In December 1972, the subcommittee 

 printed a study entitled "What About Water?", which surveyed cur- 

 rent research on water resources and utilization. The report included 

 an analysis of the science of river basin planning, as well as review 

 of the work of Federal, State, and local water research laboratories 

 in Louisiana, Mississippi, and California. In 1975, the water resources 



