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HISTORY OF THE COMMI'I'I EE ON S( II \CE A\D TECHNOLOGY 



The subcommittee also voted a $5.25 million increase for R. & D. in 

 groundwater and drinking water. The subcommittee's recommenda- 

 tions unanimously cleared the full committee on March 15, and Ambro 

 presented them to the House on March 26. The EPA R. &. D. bill 

 carried by a voice vote, as did the conference report on November 29, 



1979 



As an aftermath of the passage of the EPA R. & D. authorization 

 bill, the House Appropriations Committee made some deep cuts, two of 

 which Ambro attempted to restore on the House floor. He presented 

 an amendment on June 22, 1979, to restore a $4 million cut in ground- 

 water R. & D., plus $6 million for "anticipatory research" (in an 

 attempt to avoid the "crisis of the week" approach which all too often 

 characterized unplanned actions). Representative Edward P. Boland 

 (Democrat of Massachusetts), chairman of the appropriations sub- 

 committee, rallied his fiscally responsible troops with the argument 

 that a great deal of uncoordinated groundwater research was going 

 on in other agencies, and that it would be better to stick to the amount 

 requested by EPA for anticipatory research. The economy mood of the 

 House resulted in a rejection of the Ambro amendment by a vote of 

 23" 129. A number of committee members voted against the Ambro 

 amendment, including McCormack, Mrs. Bouquard, Glickman, 

 Volkmer, Mavroules, Nelson, Hance, Winn, Lujan, Kramer, Davis, 

 Roth, and Ritter. 



OTHER ACTIVITIES 



A follow up and reauthorization of the "National Ocean Pollution 

 Research and Development and Monitoring Planning Act" was ap- 

 proved by the House on May 14, 1979, with the participation of the 



Representative Ken Kramer (Republican 

 of Colorado). 



Representative Robert W. Davis (Repub- 

 lican of Michigan). 



