NATURA1 RESOURCES AND TH1 ENVIRONMEN1 957 



A SEPARATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT 



The expansion of the committee's jurisdiction in 1975 gave Brown 

 his chance to get his first subcommittee chairmanship. As with most 

 of his activities, he planned carefully for the new responsibilit) In 

 the fall of 1974, with the assistance of two of his congressional staff 

 members, Timothy B. Lynch and Thomas H. Moss (at that time a 

 Science Fellow), Brown put together a recommendation that a separate 

 environment subcommittee be established. He also made some discreet 

 inquiries and pored over the list of senior committee members in 

 determining that the environment subcommittee would fall into his 

 lap. 



A lot of effort went into various drafts of subject-matter which 

 should be handled by an environmental subcommittee, so Brown was 

 very well prepared to get off to a fast start at the beginning of 1975. 

 The new subcommittee was named Environment and the Atmosphere, 

 with the following jurisdiction: 



Legislation and other matters relating ro environmental research and develop- 

 ment (including, but not limited to, EPA's research and development programs in 

 Air and Water Quality and Solid Waste Disposal), rhe National Weather Service; the 

 National Environmental Satellite Service; and the research and development activities 

 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (jointly with the Merchant 

 Marine and Fisheries Committee). 



Starting in 1975, the following members were assigned to the 

 subcommittee: 



Democrats Repub/icans 



George 1 : . Brown, J 1 , C ..iht< >: ma, Chairman Marvin 1. Esch, Michigan 

 Mike McCormack, Washington Larry Winn, Jr., Kansas 



Dale Miltord, Texas Gary A. Myers, Pennsylvania 



Richard L. Ottinger, New York David F. Emery, Maine 



Philip H. Hayes, Indiana 

 Jerome A. Ambro, Jr., New York 

 James J. Blanchard, Michigan 

 James H. Scheuer, New York 



Staffing was a difficult problem. Committee executive director 

 Swigert assigned Frank R. Hammill, Jr., a longtime veteran committee 

 staff member, (see page 101) as subcommittee staff director. Brown, 

 compatible with his prerogative, wanted to appoint his own staff man, 

 Timothy B. Lynch, to the subcommittee staff. But as with other sub- 

 committee chairmen, Swigert strongly resisted on the grounds of 

 "qualifications." Dr. Radford Byerly, Jr. (a former Commerce 

 Science Fellow) was assigned to the staff in May. There always seemed 

 to be more work to do than staff available, so to a greater extent than 

 many other committee members, Brown detailed Lynch and others 

 on his congressional staff to help on committee work. 



