TASK FORCE AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON l-NERGY, L971-74 671 



ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS 



In the early days of the Science Committee, everybody tried to 

 get on what was then the most prestigious subcommittee: Manned 

 Space Flight. By 1973, it was easy to see which subcommittee was the 

 most popular — 18 out of the 29 full committee members asked for and 

 were placed on the Subcommittee on Energy. By the end of the 93d 

 Congress, the size of the committee was expanded to 19 to take care 

 of a newly joined member of the full committee : Representative William 

 M. Ketchum (Republican of California). The members of the Sub- 

 committee on Energy included: 



Democrats Republicans 



Mike McCormack, Washington, Chairman Barry M. Goldwater, Jr., California 



Don Fuqua, Florida John W. Wydler, New York 



James W. Symington, Missouri Marvin L. Esch, Michigan 



Richard T. Hanna, California John B. Conlan, Arizona 



Robert A. Roe, New Jersey Stanford E. Parns, Virginia 



Bob Bergland, Minnesota Paul W. Cronin, Massachusetts 



J. J. Pickle, Texas James G. Martin, North Carolina 



George E. Brown, Jr., California William M. Ketchum, California 

 Dale Milford, Texas 

 Ray Thornton, Arkansas 

 Bill Gunter, Florida 



On the morning of February 26, 1973, Teague called an organiza- 

 tion meeting of the full committee. As he had in the caucus, he rushed 

 through the announcement of the McCormack subcommittee: 



We've added one new subcommittee this year, and that's the Energy Subcom- 

 mittee. In the last Congress we had a Task Force on Energy, and there are plenty of 

 reports from that task force, which some people might want to read. 



Brown, Mosher, and Winn all commented on the need to fight for 

 broadening jurisdiction for the committee in the upcoming reorgani- 

 zation efforts, particularly in the area of energy. So there was general 

 praise for Teague's having the foresight to create a separate Subcom- 

 mittee on Energy. The issue of seniority was not raised, and in fact 

 five Democratic members who were senior to McCormack joined his 

 subcommittee and sat below him in the committee line as he chaired 

 the meetings. 



An overview of the sheer volume of the activities and accomplish- 

 ments of the Energy Subcommittee during 1973 and 1974 can be appreci- 

 ated by the following summary: 



Legislation enacted: 



Solar Heating and Cooling Act of 1974. 



Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974. 



Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974. 



