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HKIORY OF Till' COMMITTEl ON S( [EN< 1 AND TECHNOLOGY 



In the 1970's, new blood energized the committee and its outlook. 

 In 1975, a totally new challenge faced the committee as the Congress 

 expanded its jurisdiction to cover research and development in non- 

 nuclear energy and many other nonmilitary areas, including civil 

 aviation, environmental research and development and the National 

 Weather Service. In 1977, following the termination of the Atomic 

 Energy Commission and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, the 

 Science Committee also was given jurisdiction over nuclear energy 

 research and development. 



These and other challenges, and how the Science Committee met 

 them, are discussed in subsequent chapters. 



Dr. William H. Pickering (center), Director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with 

 Representatives James D. Weaver (Republican of Pennsylvania), left, and Joseph E. Karth 

 (Democrat of Minnesota), right. 



