Malde, H. E. Environment and Man in Arid America. Science 145:123-129. July 10, 1964. Man and His Bruised Planet. Science News 91:5-6. January 7, 1967. U.S. President (Lyndon B. Johnson). Preserving Our Natural Heritage. Message from President of the United States transmitting programs for controlling pollution and preserving our natural and historical heritage. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1966. 10 pages. (H. Doc. 387, 89th Cong., second sess.) Revelle, R. Environment: Land, Air, Water. New Republic 151: 25-28+. November 7, 1964. Rockefeller, L. S. Business and Beauty. Address, December 2, 1965. Vital speeches 32: 291-221, January 15, 1966. Same, Audubon Magazine 68: 112-115, March 1966. Rockefeller, L. S. Quality of Environment. Excerpts from remarks, May 21, 1965. American Forests 71:11. June 1965. Train, R. E. America the Beautiful. Keynote address American Forests 71(10): 16-19, 46-47, 49-50. October 1965. PART 5-BOOKS, YEARBOOKS AND PAMPHLETS Abrams, C. The City Is the Frontier. New York, Harper & Row, 1965. 394 pages. (HT123 A6) Becker, H. F. Resources for Tomorrow. New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964. 78 pages. (S930 B4) The Big Water Fight. Produced under the auspices of the League of Women Voters Education Fund, 1966. The Stephen Breene Press, Brattleboro, Vt. Dasmann, R. F. The last Horizon. New York, Macmillan, 1963. 279 pages. (HC55 D33) Eisenbud, Merril. Environmental Radioactivity. 1963. McGraw-Hill, New York. Hamm, R. L., and Nason, L. Ecological Approach to Conservation. Minneapolis, Burgess, 1964. 366 pages. Heimann, Harry. Effect of Air Pollution on Human Health. In Air Pollution. World Health Organization. Columbia University Press, 1961, page 182. Herfindahl, O. C., and Kneese, A. V. Quality of the Environment. An economic approach to some problems in using land, water, and air. Washington, Resources for the Future, 1965. 96 pages. (HC55 H5) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Beautifying Urban America. Questions and answers on Federal beautification and open-space land programs. Revised September 1966. Washington, 1966. 8 pages. (HUD IP-No. 6) Hunter, David R. The Slums: Challenge and Response. Free Press 1964. Landsberg, H. Natural Resources for U.S. Growth: A Look Ahead to the Year 2000. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1964. 260 pages. (HC 103.7 L3) Marsh, G. P. Man and Nature. Edited by David Lowenthal. Cambridge, Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1965. 472 pages. (GF31 M35). Parson, R. L. Conserving American Resources. 2d ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1964. 521 pages. (S930 P3) Platt, R.B., and Griffiths, J. F. Environmental Measurement and Interpretation. New York, Reinhold, 1964. 235 pages. Rudd, Robert R. Pesticides and the Living Landscape. University of Wisconsin Press, 1964. U.S. President's Task Force on the Preservation of Natural Beauty. Report. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1965. 28 pages. (QH77 U6A5) Radiation Protection Norms. May 1963. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD. A report on natural beauty to the President, from the Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, and the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, October 1, 1965. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1965. 16 pages. (QH77 U6R4) Report of the United Nation's Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation General Assembly. Official Records: 17th session. Supplement No. 16 (A/5216). 1962. United Nations, New York. Resources for the Future. Environmental Quality in a Growing Economy. Essay from the Sixth RFF Forum, by Kenneth E. Boulding and others. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press. 1966. 173 pages. (HM206 R43) Schnore, L. F. Urban Scene: Human Ecology and Demography. New York, Free Press, 1965. 374 pages. Science and the City. 1967. HUD MP-39. Stapledon, G. Human Ecology. London, Faber, 1964. 240 pages. Teilhard de Chardin, P. Man's Place in Nature; the Human Zoological Group. Translated from the French by Rene Hague. London, Collins, 1966. 124 pages. (QH368 T4) Urban Life and Health, chapter 3, in "Our Synthetic Environment" by Lewis Quests for Quality. Conservation yearbook of The Secretary's annual report for 1964. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1965. 96 pages. Water Research. Edited by Allen V. Kuse and Stephen C. Smith. 1965. The Johns Hopkins Press. Wilner, Daniel, et. al. The Housing Environment and the Family Life. A longitudinal study of the effects of housing on morbidity and mental health. 1962. Johns Hopkins University Press. The Economics of Air Pollution. Edited by Harold Wolozin. 1966. W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., New York. APPENDIX B ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN THE 90TH CONGRESS The two problems-one with respect to national environmental (or resource) policy and the other regarding executive organization-have been the subjects of a large body of proposed legislation. In the 86th Congress, Senator James E. Murray proposed S. 2549 which called for the establishment of a Council of Resource and Conservation Advisers in the Office of the President. Similar or related bills have been introduced in subsequent Congresses. A partial list of bills introduced in the 90th Congress is given below: SENATE S. 843. Mr. Mondale and others. February 6, 1967. Government Operations. Full Opportunity and Social Accounting Act: Establishes a Council of Social Advisers, and directs it to compile and analyze social statistics, devise a system of social indicators, help develop program priorities, evaluate the effectiveness and impact of our efforts at all levels of government, and advise the President in the establishment of national social policies. Requires the President to transmit to Congress an annual report on the state of the Nation's social health, specifying progress made, listing goals for the future and specifying policies for achieving these objectives. Provides for a joint committee of Congress to review the President's annual report on the state of our social health, just as the Joint Economic Committee exercises oversight responsibility in economic matters. S. 886. Mr. Moss and others. February 7, 1967. Government Operations. Department of Natural Resources Act: Redesignates the Department of the Interior as the Department of Natural Resources. Transfers various departments from the Department of the Interior and others to the Department of Natural Resources. S. 1305. Mr. Allott and others. March 15, 1967. Labor and Public Welfare. Provides that the President shall transmit to the Congress by January 20, of each year, a report on science and technology which shall set forth (1) the existing major policies of both Federal and non-Federal research organizations, (2) the impact of major developments of science in the progress of such programs, (3) major goals of the Federal Government and of private research organizations, (4) financial information on the funding of science and research projects across the Nation, and (5) his recommendations for necessary legislation. Establishes a Joint Committee on Science and Technology composed of eight Members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate and eight Members of the House, appointed by the Speaker, to assist the President by holding hearings and collecting relevant data, in the compilation of material for the report. S. 1347. Mr. Javits. March 21, 1967. Labor and Public Welfare. Establish a 12-member Federal Council of Health within the Executive Office of the President, appointed by the President for 3-year terms to (1) make recommendations and continuous evaluation of policies and programs related to the Nation's health, including disaster planning, (2) initiate study and develop measures designed to assure the provision of adequate health manpower, services, and facilities and to moderate the rising trend in the cost of medical care, and (3) to advise and consult with Federal departments and agencies, including the Budget Bureau, on policies and programs concerned with health services, manpower, and facilities. S. 2789. Mr. Nelson. December 14, 1967. Interior and Insular Affairs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a program of research, study and surveys, documentation and description of natural environmental systems of the United States for the purposes of understanding and evaluating the condition of these systems and to provide information to those concerned with natural resources management. Authorizes the establishment of an advisory committee. S. 2805. Messrs. Jackson and Kuchel. December 15, 1967. Interior and Insular Affairs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct investigations, studies, surveys, and research relating to the Nation's ecological systems, natural resources, and environmental quality. Establishes a Council on Environmental Quality. S. 3031. Mr. Nelson. February 26, 1968. Public Works. Requires the President to make an annual environmental quality report to Congress and provides that the report set forth (1) the status and condition of the major natural, manmade, or altered environmental systems of the Nation, and (2) the current and foreseeable trends in management and utilization of such environments and the effect of those trends on the social, economic, and other requirements of the Nation. Creates a five-member Council on Environmental Quality, members to be appointed by the President and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in the Executive Office of the President and directs it to oversee the program of the Federal, State, and local governments to (1) determine to what extent these activities are contributing to the achievement of environmental quality and (2) gather, analyze, and interpret conditions and trends in environmental quality. Provides that the principal task of the Council be to develop within a 5-year period comprehensive national policies and programs to improve and maintain the quality of our environment. S. Res. 68. Mr. Muskie and others. January 25, 1967. Government Operations. Provides for the establishment of a Select Committee on Technology and Human Environment. HOUSE H.R. 258. Mr. Bennett. January 10, 1967. Interior and Insular Affairs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a program of research, study and surveys, documentation, and description of the natural environmental systems of the United States for the purposes of understanding and evaluating the condition of these systems and to provide information to those concerned with natural resources management. Authorizes the establishment of advisory committees. H.R. 3753. Mr. Dingell. 'January 25, 1967. Government Operations. Consolidates water quality management and pollution control authorities and functions in the Secretary of the Interior who shall administer such functions through the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. H.R. 4480. Mr. Hathaway. February 1, 1967. Government Operations. Marine and Atmospheric Affairs Coordination Act: Establishes an Executive Department of Marine and Atmospheric Affairs headed by a Secretary appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for the appointment of an Under Secretary and three Assistant Secretaries in the same manner. Transfers to the Department of Marine and Atmospheric Affairs the functions of the major Government agencies concerned with marine and atmospheric affairs. Establishes as a function of the Department a new coordinating Office of Marine Geology and Mineral Resources. Establishes a Joint Committee of Congress for Marine and Atmospheric Affairs to carry out the policies outlined in the act. H.R. 4893. Mr. Moss. February 6, 1967. Government Operations. Consolidates water quality management and pollution control authorities and functions in the Secretary of the Interior who shall administer such functions through the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. H.R. 6698. Mr. Daddario. March 7, 1967. Science and Astronautics. Creates a five-member Technology Assessment Board whose members shall be appointed by the President. Gives the Board the duty of (1) identifying the potentials of applied research and technology and promoting ways and means to accomplish their transfer into practical use, and (2) identifying the undesirable byproducts of such research and technology, in advance, and informing the public of their potential in order to eliminate or minimize them. Provides for a 12-member General Advisory Council to advise the Board, and provides that the Council members be appointed by the President. H.R. 7796. Mr. Dingell. March 23, 1967. Interior and Insular Affairs; rereferred to Science and Astronautics, April 17, 1967. Directs the President to submit to Congress beginning June 30, 1968, an annual environmental quality report setting forth the status and condition of the major natural, manmade, or altered environmental classes of the Nation, with a view toward improving man's living conditions. Creates a three-member Council on Eivironmental Quality, appointed by the President, to assist in the compilation, coordination, and preparation of environmental data for the report, together with its recommendations for development and improvement of the Nation's environment. H.R. 8601. Mr. Blatnik. April 17, 1967. Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Provides for the establishment of regional airshed quality commissions and airshed quality regions when so requested by a Governor of one of two or more contiguous States, and when it is found that there is a threatening air pollution situation in such States, an adequate abatement program does not exist, and that action is necessary to protect the public health. Makes provisions for administration of the airshed quality regions and the commission's duties. Creates a Federal Air Quality Improvement Administration to administer the provisions of this act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Provides that the head of this Administration be appointed by the Secretary of HEW, and provides for the appointment of an additional Assistant Secretary of HEW who shall assist the Secretary in supervising the Federal Air Quality Improvement Administration. H.R. 10261 Mr. Ottinger. May 23, 1967. Government Operations. Establishes a Council of Social Advisers, and directs it to compile and analyze social statistics, devise a system of social indicators, help develop program priorities, evaluate the effectiveness and impact of our efforts at all levels of government, and advise the President in the establishment of national social policies. Requires the President to transmit to Congress an annual report on the State of the Nation's social health, specifying progress made, listing goals for the future, and specifying policies for achieving these objectives. Provides for a joint committee of Congress to review the President's annual report on the state of our social health, just as the Joint Economic Committee exercises oversight responsibility in economic matters. H.R. 13211. Mr. Tunney. September 28, 1967. Science and Astronautics. Creates in the Executive Office of the President a Council of Ecological Advisers composed of nine members to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Council to study the national environment and national ecology of the Nation and report to the President. Grants it necessary powers. H.R. 15614. Mr. Rosenthal. February 27, 1968. Government Operations. Establishes within the executive department a Department of Health to be headed by a Secretary of Health who should be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for the appointment of five Assistant Secretaries and a General Counsel to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the new Department are the U.S. Public Health Service, the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, and St. Elizabeths Hospital. H. Con. Res. 307. Mr. St. Onge. April 6, 1967. Rules. Establishes a 10-member joint congressional committee to study all the problems involved in the extraordinary pollution of air and the navigable waters of the United States, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico, by the extraction, manufacture, transportation, or storage of substances harmful to human, animal, or plant life. H.J. Res. 1321. Mr. Ottinger. June 13, 1968. Judiciary. Amends the Constitution by adding a "conservation bill of rights" asserting the "right of the people to clean air, pure water, freedom from excessive and unnecessary noise, and the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic qualities of their environment." APPENDIX C FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS The Federal offices, agencies and committees listed below contribute a substantial share of their time and operating effort to administration and study of environment-oriented programs. Under Secretary. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General. Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control. National Institutes of Health. National Center for Air Pollution Control. National Center for Urban and Industrial Waste. National Environmental Sciences Center. Food and Drug Administration. 1 Currently reorganizing. |