JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico, Chairman RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington CHET HOLIFIELD, California WAYNE N. ASPINALL, Colorado JAMES E. VAN ZANDT, Pennsylvania CRAIG HOSMER, California WILLIAM H. BATES, Massachusetts JAMES T. RAMEY, Executive Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION CARL T. DURHAM, North Carolina ALBERT GORE, Tennessee BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa David R. TOLL, Staff Counsel LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Hon. CLINTON P. ANDERSON, Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Transmitted herewith for the information of the Joint Committee, the Congress, and the public is volume I of Selected Materials on Atomic Energy Patents. Volume II, pertaining to international aspects of atomic energy patents is expected to be ready for distribution in the near future. The Subcommittee on Legislation of the Joint Committee has scheduled public hearings on these subjects, including possible amendments to chapter 13 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, from April 21 to 24, 1959. The Atomic Energy Commission had not yet submitted its formal legislative proposals when this publication "went to press," but a draft bill and analysis were forwarded by AEC for publication with this print, and these are included at pages 15 through 24, together with pertinent background correspondence. Also included are excerpts from the U.S. Constitution and pertinent statutes, the views of the three members of the AEC Patent Advisory Panel, certain charts, statistics and information obtained from AEČ and the Patent Office, statements from the AEC April 15, 1958, meeting on this subject, and excerpts from special articles and reports. on atomic energy patents. It is hoped that these materials, printed in advance of the hearings, will prove helpful to committee members and all other interested persons. CHET HOLIFIELD, Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislation. |