Office of Technology Assessment 
Congressional Board of the 99th Congress 
TED STEVENS, Alaska , Chairman 
MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona , Vice Chairman 
Senate 
ORRIN G. HATCH 
Utah 
CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR. 
Maryland 
EDWARD M. KENNEDY 
Massachusetts 
ERNEST F. HOLLINGS 
South Carolina 
CLAIBORNE PELL 
Rhode Island 
JOHN H. GIBBONS 
(Nonvoting) 
House 
GEORGE E. BROWN, JR 
California 
JOHN D. DINGELL 
Michigan 
CLARENCE E. MILLER 
Ohio 
COOPER EVANS 
Iowa 
DON SUNDQUIST 
Tennessee 
WILLIAM J. PERRY, Chairman 
H&.Q Technology Partners 
DAVID S. POTTER, Vice Chairman 
General Motors Corp. (Ret.) 
EARL BEISTLINE 
Consultant 
CHARLES A. BOWSHER 
General Accounting Office 
Advisory Council 
CLAIRE T. DEDRICK 
California Land Commission 
JAMES C. FLETCHER 
University of Pittsburgh 
S. DAVID FREEMAN 
Consultant 
JOSEPH E. ROSS 
Acting Director 
Congressional Research Service 
Director 
JOHN H. GIBBONS 
MICHEL T. HALBOUTY 
Michel T. Halboutv Energy' Co. 
CARL N. HODGES 
University' of Arizona 
rachel McCulloch 
University of Wisconsin 
LEWIS THOMAS 
Memorial Sloan-Kettering 
Cancer Center 
The Technology Assessment Board approves the release of this report. The views expressed in this report are not 
necessarily those of the Board, OTA Advisory Council, or individual members thereof. 
