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HISTORY OF THI COMMITTEI ON SCIENC1 AND TECHNOLOGY 



Downing, Wirth, Myers, and Pressler also spoke out for various por- 

 tions of the subcommittee authorization in 1975. 



Mrs. Lloyd had the honor of presenting the first amendment, 

 which earned very quickly on a voice vote. It was to change a section 

 of the bill which had been written by the Joint Committee on Atomic 

 Energy to rename the Oak Ridge National Laboratory the Holificld 

 National Laboratory, to recognize one of the nuclear energy pioneers 

 in Congress, Representative Chct Holitield (Democrat of California). 

 Mrs. Lloyd's amendment restored the traditional name of Oak Ridge, 

 and named the heavy ion research facility after Holiheld. 



PRELUDE TO CLINCH RIVER BATTLE 



A prelude to the hitter tights starting in 1977 over the Clinch 

 River Breeder Reactor took place in the debate over the amendment by 

 Representative R. Lawrence Coughlin (Republican of Pennsylvania) 

 to cut out funds for the CRBR. The Coughlin amendment was soundly 

 defeated, 227-136, with members of the committee voting as follows: 



For Coughlin amendment (against CRBR) Against Coughlin amendment {{or CRBR) 



Hechler 



Roe 



Schcuer 



Ottinget 



Wjxm.m 



Hayes 



Hark in 



Ambro 



Dodd 



Blouin 



Mai! 



Blandian.1 



Wirth 



Bell 



Jarman 



Winn 



Conlan 



Kctchum 



Sot voting 



Teague 

 Downing 



Fuqua 



Symington 



["lowers 



McCormack 



Brown 



Milford 



Thornton 



Lloyd, Calif. 



Lloyd, Tcnn. 



iCrueger 



Mosher 



Wydler 



Frcy 



Goldwatcr 



Esch 



Myers 



Emery 



When the final vote came on the ERDA authorization bill in the 

 House, the opposition had faded away and the bill passed on June 20 

 by 317-9. 



Up until December 1975, the House and conference committee 

 wrestled with the issue of loan guarantees for synthetic fuels, which 

 will be discussed below. Meanwhile, the subcommittee was very active 

 in other areas. 



