710 HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE ON Mil VI AND TECHNOLOGY 



jurisdiction over nuclear research in the Science Committee where 

 McCormack held an energy subcommittee chairmanship. Eventually, 

 the Hansen committee decided to keep the Joint Committee on Atomic 

 Energy with the feeling it might be phased out two years later. This 

 meant taking back the jurisdiction over nonmilitarv nuclear research 

 originally conferred on the Science Committee under the Boiling 

 proposal. 



Power politics operated behind the scenes in the Hansen Commit- 

 tee. On at least two occasions, galley proofs of suggested jurisdictional 

 arrangements revealed that the Science Committee had been stripped 

 of its future power in the energy R & D. area. On both occasions, 

 Teague personally got on the telephone to Speaker Albert, Mrs. 

 Hansen, and key members of the Hansen Committee. Miraculously, 

 the jurisdiction was each time restored — a tribute to Teague's personal 

 prestige in the House. 



The Hansen committee scuttled the Boiling design of a "one- 

 track" system on committee service. This meant that the Hansen 

 recommendations allowed Members to serve on more than one com- 

 mittee (with the exception of Rules, Appropriations, and Ways and 

 Means). This also meant that the Science Committee would not be a 

 major, exclusive committee as under the Boiling recommendation. 



The elaborate plans of the Boiling committee to have an Energy 

 and Environment Committee to concentrate work in these fields 

 beyond the research and development phase were also ditched by the 

 Hansen committee. These functions were retained by the Commerce, 

 Interior, and Joint Atomic Energy Committees, among others. Boiling 

 put this way: 



Thirteen different committees and subcommittees of the House have jurisdiction 

 over aspects of the energy squeeze, and there is, thus, little wonder that a forward- 

 looking national energy policy is still beyond our grasp. All the chairmen of those 

 13 committees and subcommittees fumbling over energy policy want CO keep their 

 chairmanships. 



DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HANSEN AND BOLLING PLANS 



There were a few other differences between the Hansen committee 

 report and the Boiling plan as they affected the Science Committee. 

 The Hansen committee specifically omitted the following references to 

 legislative jurisdiction for the Science Committee which had been 

 added by the Boiling committee: Science policy, scientific prototypes, 

 sea grant programs, and oceanic and atmospheric sciences (however, 

 the Hansen Committee specifically gave jurisdiction over the National 

 Weather Service to the Science Committee). There was an interesting 



