DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION,
AND WELFARE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1972

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 10061

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS
OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE AND
RELATED AGENCIES, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE
30, 1972, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1971

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1972

MONDAY, JULY 19, 1971

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,

U.S. SENATE,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met at 10 a.m. in room 1223, New Senate Office Building, Hon. J. Caleb Boggs presiding.

Present: Senators Magnuson, Cotton, and Boggs.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS

STATEMENT OF DR. MERLIN K. DuVAL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS

ACCOMPANIED BY:

GERALD F. MEYER, CHIEF, HEALTH BRANCH, DIVISION OF
BUDGET

CHARLES MILLER, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY, BUDGET

SUBCOMMITTEE PROCEDURES

Senator BOGGS. This morning we resume hearings on Labor, HEW, and related agencies appropriations requests for fiscal year 1972. At this time, the hearings have been completed on the Department of Labor; the related agencies, Social and Rehabilitation Service, and Social Security Administration; and for the nondepartmental witnesses or public witnesses. This leaves only the health matters and two related agencies.

We shall endeavor to complete these hearings in 2 or 3 days, we hope, so that we can start marking up the bill next week when we expect to receive the House bill. So we are anxious to hear from the new Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, Dr. Merlin K. DuVal, and his staff regarding the Department's $18.2 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 1972 as compared to last year's $17 billion comparable appropriation.

PREPARED STATEMENT

Dr. DuVal, we are pleased to have you and your staff here. Your biographical sketch and the names of those accompanying you, will be included in the record. You may proceed with your statement. (The biography follows:)