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HISTORY OF THE COMMl'ITIil ON SCIF.NCI AM) 111 HNOLOGY 



Representative Jerome A. Ambro (Democrat of New York), right, chairman of the 

 Natural Resources ami Environment Subcommittee, with other full committee members 

 and staff inspecting the Isabelle Project at Brookhaven National Laboratory on March 15, 

 1979. At left (with polka clot tie) is Representative Manuel Lujan, Jr. (Republican of New 

 Mexico), anil at center (with name tag) is Representative Allen E. Ertel (Democrat of Penn- 

 sylvania). Also in photo at right are Stephen J. Lanes, start director oi Subcommittee on Energy 

 Research ami Production, Chairman Fuqua, and Representative Doug \\ algren (Democrat 

 of Pennsylvania), partially hidden to left of I ut|ua. 



As Ambro took over the reins from Brown at the start of 1979, 

 the new jurisdiction of the "Natural Resources and Environment" 

 subcommittee was defined as follows: 



Legislation, and other matters relating to natural resources, including, but not 

 limited to, materials R & 1). and national materials policy, water research, and, to 

 the extent appropriate, agriculture II. & 1)., legislation and other matters relating to 

 environmental research and development activities of the Environmental Protection 

 Agency, environmental, health, safety, lite sciences and biomedical activities of the 

 Department of Energy; operational researt h and development activities related to the 

 atmosphere (including meteorology, aeronomy, climate, weather modification) and 

 those ocean R. & 1). activities related to the quality and management of the environ- 

 ment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 



Obviously, the jurisdiction had been expanded, primarily with the 

 addition of materials policy, which had been under the umbrella of 

 the Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee; through the 

 assignment of all of the aspects of weather, except aviation-weather 

 services, which remained in the Transportation Subcommittee, and 

 by more explicit spelling out ot the numerous fields in which the old 

 Brown subcommittee had built expertise during the prior tour years. 



