LegHist.PL89-563.Volume.ONE.Sec.Ten.and

Mr. STAGGER^S. I mlsht uy t'o the
gcntleEu th8t tbe l8ensy wes Edded ln
executlve 8€slon Bnd Flthout mn5ultatlon
wlth the execlrtlve departrnent, 80
we do not heve the nmber.
Mi. IIENDEFI.SQN. MAY I E.6K the
turther qu6tlon; Do€a the corhhlttte
h*ve ln lts flle arv lnloflnatlon for the
EeErbeE of tbe 6[Edttee 8s to ttle marpover
tDst of tfie new agency?
Mr. STAG'GEES. T?re cost ol the new
agency? No. I do not Flleve ttrst trc
cost would be tm much more
Mr. HENDER$ON. I would uf,e to
put the chalrEan of thls commtttee Bnd
other coBmttt€e chatrmen ob. notlce
Bge.ln, th8t Publlc law 801 ls an act ol
Cbngres whlch should be complled wlth.
J recognlze that the chalrman ln t}lls
lnst8nce mskes the flolnt that the Dew
dgency w8s created by the cofrlnlttde,
rnd was not B recommendltion oI the
extrutlve, but I believe by the enactment
of Publlc Law 801, Congres hdlcated
that lt wants this lnforrnation on hend
|]r every commltttr es lt conslders E bill.
We Bre going to do our bcst to 6te that
Public Lsw 801 ls cotnplietl with.
Mr. GROSS,
SentleEa.n Yield?
Mr. Chairtneh, wlll the
Mr. HFjI{DEF.SON.
I aE ElEd to Ylelrl
to the centleman fbom lowa.
Mr. ciRoSS. I btlieve this is a
Etrange Eituationi when no rnebber of
the cotnrnitte+ can tell u$ what tttls blll
will crot ln tems of EddltionEl mEnpower.
There ls not one, but two egencls
art b€lng creetrd unaler the tefltrs
oI thl.s bill.
As the sentleman lrom North Carolhe
has well pointed out, thls comfilttet na6
codpletely lgnored Public Idw 801'
which is mBndBtory wlth fespect to the
creatlon of a nes agency or the expBh-
Elon of Bn old agency. I Bm flrrprlsedf
Bm shocked to learrr we ca,u Eet no
flFures, not even 8n e$timstE. ol the
mEnpower cost of thls ]egislatlon.
Mr. STAGGER.S. Mr. Chelrm.en, wlil
the gentleman yield?
Mr. IIBIDm,SON. r yleld to the
tentlemEn from West VtrginiB.
Mr. SIAGGm,S. I mlght Hy thBt
Epeclflc monetsrv euthorlzEtioLq aE ln
the bill before us. The bill setE forth the
authortted s,pproprlatlo$$ ln dollsr
erDouts.
Mr. ciRoSE. Il the frentlerhen wlll
ylelcl, Gn the ErentlemEn tell me how
rtreny aaldltional employees thero qtlll
b€?
Mr. STAGCERS. I do not know. but
we have $€t up the Eonetsry llnlt and lt
mmot go beyond tttat. We can glve
you E breEkdown of the totals. Does the
gentlemBn want me to say whet they
Bre ?
Mr. GROSS. TtlBt 18 8cEruly an 6rlswer
to the Questlon. ttbltc Iaw Eol
roguires the lnforfi etlon-
The CII-aIRMAN. The ChBh r€cognlzes
the gentleman from Nebruskh [Mr.
CSNNTNGEAMI,
Mr. CUNNII{GHAM. Mr. chelrrDBtl'
BE I sald b€fore today, I lavor thls blll,
and I shaD vote lor tt, but lt ls not the
Bolutton to thtE problem. It puts the
emphesls where lt does not b€lons.
I woulal be hopeful t,tnt thG Mct[ber6
would poy [rsrttclrlrr rtt€atlon to the blll
House Dehate
whlch p+rheps wtll come up es tl,le nert
order of bu.Slness before the Horrsc ot
Representstlves, s blll out ol tne Pubuc
wdrks oommltt€e, whlch re8lly ha8 Ercrt
pffilblutleB tor dolna sohettrlnE abrt
preventlng the atctdent^$, the dmttrs, and
tlre lnJurles on our hlShTaYEf
would not wflnt Er\vone to tirlnk thlt
b[] tE golng to rolve Erv problenr' becau$e
there are no ststlstlc whatsd€vcr
whlch lrdlcat€ that tre clesl8n dl the
automoblle ls e ltctor h tlre lErge nmb€r
of deEths 8nd l$Jurles on the hlghways
today.
The CHAIRMAIiI. The chslr tecoEnlzes
the gentlemBn from MlctrlsBn (Mr.
Drrcrlrl.
Mr. DINGELL. MT. ChEIIII8N, I IISE
Blmply for the purpose of polntlns out to
my colleegues thet thls commlttee lus
exercised Ereat vlsdom tn reportln8 to
tJlt$ Congress one of the best plec4s ol
leslslBtlon I btlleve we have ever had the
prlvllege of conslderlng wlthtn tJlet
coHmlttee, and I susptrt *'lthln anY
commlttee of tlle Congress. It doe.$ fLtll
equlty and justlce to the publlc lnterest'
providing for Bdequat€ sRfety End $afety
stendard$ for the Americsn motorrng
pubuc and the Amerlcsn people.
More lEportantly, lt wul (lo this ln
ilctl e wBy Es to not unduly Jeopardize
the legltlmate lntercst8 ol t.he huto
EenufBcturers.
I wou.ld p(lint out to ttle gentleFsfl
frcm IowB End Blso to mY Sood lrlend
from North CaroUaa tMr. HEr+bERsoxJ,
who spoke In tt|e well not long ago' thBt
thls coBEltte€ has Edheftd very cse'
tuuy t'o hstt€tE end cGst estlmete5 ePproved
wltJtln t,he bud8et 8nd tlre Bureau
of the Budget tor the c4st of tllls Bgeflcy
End the cost of carrylng out tbls lesls'
letion.
I would sls polnt out that, Bs a firefib€r
of the committee, I hEve not the
Ellsht€st l$tenuon, I sy to tfte Sentleman
ftom Iows and als to the other
gentlemBn on hls feet at thlE tlhe' ot
belng bound bv some previous legl8letlon
ln tly constder8tlon of le81$lation whlch
happen3 to be b€fore me. I would point
out to tlre gentlemen thet tJle Itrlnutc
thls consres permits ltself to be encru.$ted
by anclent and hoary st&tul.e$' or
by otler $tEtut€s whlch may or lney Dot
have relevancy, lt wlll ceese to b€ the
Breflt delib€ratlve body needed by ttle
Deople of ttds land.
Mr. HENDERSON. MT, ChdIIEETT,
wlII the gentlemsn Yteld?
Mr, DINGELL. I WiII bE hBPPY tO
yleld tn ju8t a moment, but I wduld polnt
out to Ey Bood frlend I expmt thgt the
depErtments downtown ,n EtEfillg to
carry out the functlons requlred by ttlls
legislEtion wlll exercibe greBt, prudence.
It ts the expectstlon of tlrL6 coFmlttee
f,nd every member on lt that tfiese mEtt€rs
wul be conducted wlth EreBt csrr
md clrcmspectlon.
How I yteld to t.he EentJeEm lrctl
North CErolinB-
Mr. HENDERSON. MT. CTTAITMM' I
trsft tJte Eentlemf,n lor Yleld|lg. I
rould llke to polnt oub ttrat flrbllc L.F
801 requlre3 ttrle ertrutlve depsrtEent to
n-port to tlre Cor4lres, 8ff1 I hop€ t'lrat
the gentleEiE vlll Joln ut In trulEtlng
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