NOTE. The Surveys and Investigations supervisory staff is supplemented by selected personnel borrowed on a reimbursable basis for varying lengths of time from various agencies to staff up specific studies and investigations. The current average annual full-time personnel equivalent is approximately 42. BARBARA L. CHAMBERS GERARD J. CHOUINARD PAUL V. FARMER SANDRA A. GILBERT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT MARCIA L. MATTS GENEVIEVE A. MEALY DALE M. SHULAW CHRISTINE STOCKMAN BETTY LOU TAYLOR GEMMA M. WEIBLINGER TONI WILLIAMS (II) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1976 TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1975. AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATION WITNESSES JOHN W. WARNER, ADMINISTRATOR MARJORIE W. LYNCH, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR EUGENE SKORA, GENERAL COUNSEL STEVEN GOODRICH, BUDGET ANALYST JOSEPH BRUNO, LEGISLATIVE LIAISON RICHARD HITE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR Mr. YATES. The committee will be in order. We are very pleased to have the witnesses for the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration come before us for their presentation. The principal witness is the distinguished former Secretary of the Navy, John W. Warner, Administrator. Accompanying him are Ms. Marjorie W. Lynch, Deputy Administrator; Mr. Hugh Hall, Assistant Administrator; Mr. Eugene Skora, general counsel; and Mr. Steve Goodrich, budget analyst. Then we also have two members of the Legislative Liaison, Mr. Duke Zeller and Mr. Joseph Bruno. Mr. WARNER. We also have today Mr. Richard Hite, who represents the Secretary of the Interior. As you know, we have a close statutory relationship with them. GENERAL STATEMENTS Mr. YATES. Mr. Secretary, would you want to read your statement or place it in the record? Mr. WARNER. Mr. Chairman, I have taken the liberty of submitting my statement to the committee. Mr. YATES. It may be submitted for the record at this point, and we would be very pleased to receive your comments on the highlights of the statement. [The complete statements of Mr. John W. Warner, Ms. Marjorie W. Lynch, and Mr. Hugh A. Hall follow :] STATEMENT OF JOHN W. WARNER, ADMINISTRATOR Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, I am pleased to appear before you today in support of a $10 million fiscal year 1976 budget request of the new American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. This is the first time the new Administration which was established on January 11, 1974, has prepared its annual budget and appeared before this subcommittee. This budget will fund activities covering 12 of the 22 months of the Bicentennial commemorative period specified in legislation as beginning this month of March 1975, and extending to December 31, 1976. With the concurrence of the subcommittee, I propose to give an overview of the direction and thrust of the ARBA activities, and have the Deputy Administrator, Marjorie Lynch review ARBA relationships with the private sector and the Federal agencies and also review the ARBA organization and staffing. Assistant Administrator Hugh A. Hall will cover States and communities, regional offices and other ARBA areas of activity for which funding is requested. On the occasion of my oath of office, administered by then Vice President Ford, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on April 11, 1974, I made a commitment to administer the ARBA in a completely nonpartisan, nonpolitical manner and to work with the Congress of the United States and the State commissions in carrying out the mandate of Public Law 93-179. The steps of the U.S. Capitol were chosen as the swearing-in site to emphasize that the development of a nationwide commemoration of the Bicentennial of the founding of this great Nation is the joint responsibility of the executive branch and the Congress of the United States. The joint responsibility for the Bicentennial is exemplified by the membership of the ARBA policy Board which includes Senators Edward W. Brooke and Joseph M. Montoya and Congressman M. Caldwell Butler and Congresswoman Corinne Boggs. Additional members of the Board are Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior; Carol L. Evans, Michigan Bicentennial Commission; Andrew McNally III, Illinois Bicentennial Commission; J. Duane Squires, New Hampshire Bicentennial Commission; David L. Wolper, Chairman of the ARBA Advisory Council; Ann Hawkes Hutton, Vice Chairman of the ARBA Advisory Council; and I, as Administrator of the ARBA. In addition to the ARB Board Public Law 93-179 established an American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Council composed of the following members appointed by the President which held its first meeting on February 24-25, 1975, and which has scheduled its next meeting in Los Angeles on March 21, 1975: Maya Angelou, Anne Armstrong, William J. Baroody, Sr., Laura Bergt. Joseph L. Bernardin, Anna Chennault, Joan Ganz Cooney, Martin Diamond, Richard Gambino, David L. Hale, Alex P. Haley, Martin S. Hayden, Ann Hawkes Hutton, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Hobart D. Lewis, F. David Mathews, James A. Michener, Lyle M. Nelson, L. Tom Perry, Jacinto J. Quirarte, Betty Shabazz, Frank Stanton, Jana E. Sutton, Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., and David L. Wolper. As a practice, meetings of the ARB Board, established by Public Law 93-179 to determine policy guidelines for the ARBA, have been held at the U.S. Capitol Building. Also, as required by Public Law 93-179, the Board reviewed and unanimously approved the ARBA budget request as presently before the subcommittee. The Congress through Public Law 93-179 directed ARBA to stress these functions: The need to focus attention upon, and encourage study of the three fundamental documents which have borne this Nation through its almost 200 years: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. The need for maximum citizen involvement. The Bicentennial commemoration must stem from and involve the people of this land, through their States and local communities and their numerous organizations and institutions. The need to coordinate, facilitate and assist in the scheduling of activities of local, State, national and international significance sponsored by both governmental and nongovernmental entities, and to prepare a master calendar of events taking place between March 1975 and December 31, 1976. To implement the ARBA statutory mission, ARBA renders services as follows: Members of Congress.-To assist all Members of Congress with their respective interests and involvement in Bicentennial activities. State bicentennial commissions.-Each State, territory, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico now have functioning organizations with statewide responsibility. ARBA coordinates with each and offers assistance, particularly with regard to the 2,713 local communities which have Bicentennial programs and which have been designated to date as Bicentennial communities, and the univer The private sector (including labor unions, foundations, and business).—To assist them in their development of programs and to solicit financial and other support for Bicentennial programs having national or international significance. Foreign governments.-To coordinate their programs, provide information and facilitate and schedule their exhibits, performing arts, films, TV programs, etc., in conjunction with other scheduled Bicentennial activities across the Nation. Federal departments and agencies. To develop standards for and evaluate the feasibility, relevance, status and desirability of Bicentennial programs of the Federal departments and agencies, and coordinate Federal programs within the executive branch and with those of other planners. Officially recognized national and international projects.-To provide official ARBA recognition to national and international Bicentennial projects which meet the criteria established by the ARB Board. Volunteer organizations.-To promote maximum citizen involvement in Bicentennial projects at the national, local and international levels. National and local media.-To inform the Nation and the world through films, publications, television, and radio regarding the objectives of the Bicentennial as set forth in Public Law 93-179. Official master calendars and the official register of Bicentennial activities and events.-As a primary statutory function, to prepare a master calendar of local, State, national and international events. Data regarding these numerous activities and events is available to State bicentennial commissions, travel and tourist organizations, and others requiring such information for Bicentennial planning purposes. Commemorative memorabilia.-To provide a series of Bicentennial commemorative medals, to design and promote a national medal for 1976 which will be produced in gold as well as other metals, and to authorize the licensing of official ARBA commemorative items for sale to the public as mementoes of the Bicentennial, as prescribed by Public Law 93-179. Administration of grants.-To administer grant programs of appropriated and nonappropriated funds, as prescribed by Public Law 93-179, to support projects of State commissions, and other appropriate projects of national and international significance as may be approved by the Board for carrying out the purposes of the act. Progress is being made, nationwide, toward our Bicentennial. Evidence of the rapidly increasing national and international enthusiasm may be found in the national calendar of events which is now based on data pertaining to over 6,000 national, international and local projects throughout the Nation included in the computerized "BINET" information network which is growing steadily; in the number of Bicentennial communities that has soared to over 2,700; and in the more than 100 Bicentennial programs that have received official recognition. Another important step taken by this new agency was to further refine the statutory themes of Heritage 1976, Festival U.S.A., and Horizons 1976, into meaningful subthemes which are being used by ARBA to give focus and direction to Bicentennial development. These subthemes are as follows: HERITAGE 1976: "LET US REMEMBER" America's Freedoms. America's Form of Government. The Founding Fathers. The Forgotten People. The Places and Things of the Past. FESTIVAL U.S.A.: "LET US CELEBRATE" The Traditions of the People. The Nation's Diversity. The Vitality of the Nation's Culture. Hospitality. The American Scene. HORIZONS 1976: "LET US SHAPE TOMORROW" By Setting Goals. Let It Begin with You. |