TABLE OF CONTENTS XVII 



XIV. Task Force and Subcommittee on Energy, 1971- 



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Briefing other committees 663 



Staff support for the task force 664 



An important visit to Texas 665 



Energy hearings by Davis subcommittee 666 



Miller initiative on solar energy 667 



Final report of task force 668 



Teague taps McCormack for subcommittee chair- 

 manship 669 



Announcing the decision 670 



Energy Subcommittee members 671 



The first energy briefings 672 



Short-term energy shortages 672 



Solar heating and cooling bill 674 



The two-track effort 676 



McCormack's appraisal of ERDA legislation . . . 677 



OMB opposition to solar heating and cooling . . . 678 



Enthusiastic support for McCormack bill 679 



Teague wins in spite of himself 680 



The Senate and the Christmas Tree 680 



Teague urges broadening NASA's charter 681 



NSF or NASA: Which should be lead agency in 



solar? 682 



A talk with OMB 682 



The meaning of " Proof of Concept'' 684 



Coal-related research 685 



The omnibus solar bill 685 



Defending jurisdiction over energy 686 



" I want to make a deal" 687 



The quick compromise with Udall 688 



Getting on board for solar energy 689 



The geothermal bill 689 



"Informal closed meeting" 690 



Republican support for geothermal energy .... 691 



Influence of Subcommittee on Energy 692 



XV. A New Name and Expanded Authority for the Com- 

 mittee 695 



Monroncy-Madden joint committee 696 



The lost opportunity 696 



Exodus from the committee 697 



How the committee became "nonmajor" 698 



Boiling committee hearings 699 



Davis and Mosher testimony 700 



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