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This was probably a good prediction. Daddario also showed rare 

 foresight in pointing out that the situation demanded "a combined 

 legislative-executive effort." Interestingly enough, this is exactly 

 what occurred and was brought to fruition in 1976 largely through 

 the initiative of the Science Committee with the support of President 

 Ford. 



Among the other recommendations in the 1970 report were the 

 establishment of OTA, which was done; the upgrading of NSF's 

 institutional grants, which the administration shied away from 

 strengthening of international scientific liaison, which was done 

 encouragement of State and local science programs, which was done 

 and several other recommendations which were only partially carried 

 out. One interesting recommendation, made in an unselfish spirit, 

 was that there be established a centralized jurisdiction over science 

 and technology in the Senate. The subcommittee noted with pardonable 

 pride that the House Committee on Science and Astronautics had a 

 broader jurisdiction over science than did the Senate Committee on 

 Aeronautical and Space Sciences; the report suggested the Senate 

 committee be upgraded. What actually happened is that the House 

 committee's jurisdiction was expanded even further in 1975 to include 

 energy, aviation research, and oversight over all nonmilitary R. & D. 

 Meanwhile the House's counterpart in the Senate not only did not 

 expand, but was soon reduced from a full committee to a subcommittee. 

 Also the scattering of science responsibilities among Senate committees 

 made it extremely difficult for the House to develop legislation on 

 science and technology in conjunction with the Senate, a notable 

 example being the agonizing negotiations necessary to finalize the 

 1976 act which is the central focus of this chapter. 



BASIC RESEARCH AND NIRAS 



In addition to the comprehensive report on Science Policy, the 

 subcommittee produced two other influential reports in 1970. The 

 Research Management Advisory Panel completed a substantive review 

 of basic research funding problems which the committee published: 

 "Mission Agency Support of Basic Research." This report analyzed 

 the critical effects of the Mansfield amendment, requiring military 

 research funds to relate to a "specific military function or operation." 

 The report recommended that those high-quality research projects 

 dropped by the Department of Defense be financed elsewhere. As noted 

 in chapter XII, additional funds were made available to the National 

 Science Foundation to pick up some of these projects. It was also 

 suggested that "adequate Federal funding for basic research be sus- 

 tained so that the United States does not incur a research gap of its 



