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The Subcommittee on Energy officially passed out of existence at 

 the end of the 93d Congress on January 3, 1975. Right down to the 

 wire, the subcommittee continued its high-paced activity. During the 

 week before Christmas, on December 17, 1974, McCormack scheduled 

 the last hearing of the subcommittee to consider the Synthetic Liquid 

 Fuel Research and Development Act of 1974. This legislation was 

 introduced by Teague and Representative Carl D. Perkins (Democrat 

 of Kentucky). Teague advised Perkins that by authorizing the Na- 

 tional Science Foundation to initiate synthetic fuels R. & D., he could 

 get the bill referred to the Science Committee and thereby insure that 

 Perkins would get a hearing. The Subcommittee on Science, Research 

 and Development joined the McCormack subcommittee in sponsoring 

 the hearings. 



Long before the McCormack subcommittee finished its work at 

 the close of 1974, both McCormack and the Energy Subcommittee had 

 solidly established the expertise of the full committee in the eyes of 

 the Congress. The three major pieces of legislation enacted through 

 the direct initiative of the subcommittee were in themselves great 

 milestones of achievement. They also materially assisted in bolstering 

 the argument that the jurisdiction of the full committee should be 

 expanded and clarified to include energy research and development. 

 The endorsement by the House of Representatives of these and other 

 new challenges to the committee are the subject of the next chapter. 



Representative John F. Seiberling (Demo- 

 crat of Ohio), a member of the task force en 

 energy. 



Representative J. J. Pickle (Democrat of 

 Texas), who served on the Subcommittee on 

 Energy. 



