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HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



The new jurisdiction acquired at the beginning of the 94th Con- 

 gress in 1975, as in 1959, spelled out that the Committee on Science 

 and Technology under the House rules was accorded jurisdiction over 

 the "Bureau of Standards, standardization of weights and measures, 

 and the metric system." 



For his role in introducing the metric legislation in 1975, Chairman Teague was honored 

 with a cover story in the American Metric Journal. At right is Robert A. Hopkins, editor of the 

 Journal. 



As a first step, Teague urged the Subcommittee on Science, Re- 

 search and Technology, now chaired by Symington, to hold complete 

 hearings as early as possible in 1975- He also wrote a special letter to 

 the Parliamentarian, asking that the metric bill introduced by Mosher 

 and himself be given the number of H.R. 254 (there being 2.54 centi- 

 meters in an inch.) It was so done. 



Symington opened two weeks of subcommittee hearings April 29, 

 1975, describing the bills to be considered as follows: 



In January, Chairman Teague and Mr. Mosher introduced H.R. 254 which is 

 identical to the committee's bill in the 93rd Congress. * * * Mr. Hechler introduced 

 H.R. 492, which is similar in many aspects to H.R. 254. * * * H.R. 627 was introduced 



