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to ask sufficient questions." The time pressure was so great that 

 Milford had to assemble his subcommittee in the Rayburn Room off 

 the House floor for the final vote on the June 11 markup. It was then 

 presented to the full committee on June 17, and accepted. 



si \ \TE REBUFFS ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION FOR FAA 



Although the Public Works Committee had agreed to, and did 

 accept title II as presented by Milford's subcommittee, and the House 

 endorsed the changes, there was still a rocky road ahead. In October, 

 Teague asked Speaker Albert to appoint Milford as a conferee on the 

 ADAP bill, because of his unique position on both the Science and 

 Public Works Committees and the effort he had put forth in incor- 

 porating title II into the bill. But no conference actually took place. 

 The negotiations went on for several months, then ended fruitlessly 

 when the Senate declined to go along with the concept that there 

 should be annual authorizations for FAA R. & D. 



Falling in this venture, the subcommittee turned its attention 

 toward the appropriations, rather than the authorization. Unfortu- 

 nately, the House Appropriations Committee slashed the FAA R. & D. 

 appropriation by slightly over $20 million. Milford prepared a floor 

 amendment to restore the cut, but compromised on making his case 

 in a colloquy which established the need for the R. & D. funds. 



The subcommittee next focused on aircraft noise abatement. 

 Wydler had a strong interest in this area, and Milford made sure he 

 didn't carry his interest too far. On the eve of new hearings which 

 got underway at the end of September 1975, Milford persuaded Teague 

 to send him a brief memorandum reminding him of the committee 

 jurisdiction: 



Your Subcommittee on Aviation and Transportation R&D is involved in some 

 very important and interesting areas of responsibility 



However, because some of these areas have attracted much public attention, 

 the role of the subcommittee should be clearly defined. 



Therefore, I would urge you to remind the Members of the subcommittee 

 that the subcommittee's jurisdiction relates to R&D and that regulatory matters 

 are nor within the scope of this jurisdiction. 



I wish you and your subcommittee success in all your future endeavors. 



A WORD OF CAUTION ON JURISDICTION 



The memorandum was useful for Milford to stress that he did 

 not want any eager beavers on his subcommittee to get out of line 

 and start insisting that more be done on issuing noise abatement 

 regulations. This is why, when opening field hearings on September 29 

 at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, Milford warned: 



