S 24 HISTORY OF TH1 COMMITTEI ON SCIENC1 AND TECHNOLOGY 



HOUSE REJECTS LOAN GUARANTEES 



The gavel descended, as the Speaker intoned: "All time has ex- 

 pired." Hechler then sneaked in the last word bv propounding a parlia- 

 mentary inquiry: 



Is it correct that an "aye" vote will be in opposition to Section 10} and will 

 strike Section 103 of the pending legislation? 



Assured that this interpretation was correct, Hechler then asked for a 

 recorded vote, which came out 263-140 for striking section 103. 



The committee members were divided as follows on the loan 

 guarantee provision: 



The consideration of section 102, which authorized public lands 

 to be leased for an in situ oil shale development, was almost like an 

 anticlimax. Teague obtained unanimous consent to cut the debate to 5 

 minutes on each side — instead of the stipulated 20 minutes — and im- 

 mediately yielded all of his time to Wirth. Wirth made a good case that 

 the in situ process was environmentally sounder, consumed less water, 

 produced less waste, required fewer workers and would greatly benefit 

 Colorado and those States where oil shale deposits were plentiful. 

 Representative Frank E. Evans (Democrat of Colorado) supported 

 Wirth's arguments. It looked like there was some momentum going for 

 the advocates of section 102. 



