782 HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEI ON SCIENC1 AND TECHNOLOGY 



Ml MBERS DURING 95TH CONGRESS 



In this way, the Transportation, Aviation and Weather Subcom- 

 mittee wound up with 10 members- the same size as the preceding 

 Congress. The following Members served during the 95th Congress: 



Democrats Republicans 



Dale Milford, Texas, Chairman J (, hn W. Wydler, New York 



Jim Lloyd, California Eldon Rudd, Arizona 



Robert A. Roe, New Jersey Barry M. Goldwater, Jr., California 



Dan Glickman, Kansas 

 Jerome A. Ambro, New York 

 Richard A. Tonry, Louisiana ' 

 Don Fuqua, Florida 



1 Replaced in 1977 by Robert A. Young, Missouri. 



The jurisdiction of the newly named subcommittee was slightly 

 expanded by definition of the Science Committee internally. "Opera- 

 tional weather programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration" were formally added by the committee rules. Milford's 

 long-time interest in weather prompted both the expanded jurisdiction 

 and the name change. However, Brown's Subcommittee on Environ- 

 ment and the Atmosphere continued to retain jurisdiction over the 

 National Weather Service and the R. & D. activities of the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 



The subcommittee plunged quickly into meeting the demands of 

 the new congressional session with an organization meeting on Febru- 

 ary 2. Once again, the immediate deadlines of the NASA and FAA 

 authorization bills stared everybody in the face. While the reviews 

 undertaken in 1976 were extremely helpful to the veteran members 

 and staff, less than half of the 1977 subcommittee members had active 

 experience with the background. To use an old and trite expression, 

 you could name them on the fingers of one hand — Milford, Lloyd, 

 Wydler, and Goldwater. Thus there was a problem of orientation, not 

 to mention the challenge of other new issues which required investi- 

 gation and oversight. 



Although automotive R. & D. was listed as one of the subjects 

 for possible concentration in 1977, and a staff visit was made to ob- 

 serve the latest developments in electric cars, activity in this area was 

 again confined to a general review and "simulated authorization" 

 hearing on DOT R. & D. programs. The subcommittee benefited from 

 a report made under the leadership of Dr. Dugan, of the Special Stud- 

 ies, Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee, on the relation of 

 NASA's civil aeronautical research and technology to military pro- 

 grams. The study pointed to mutual benefits which might be derived 

 from interagency agreements. 



