COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE HON. SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York, Chairman LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland KEN CALVERT, California ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland FELIX J. GRUCCI, JR., New York RALPH M. HALL, Texas BART GORDON, Tennessee EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut MARK UDALL, Colorado DAVID WU, Oregon ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL, Pennsylvania JIM MATHESON, Utah STEVE ISRAEL, New York DENNIS MOORE, Kansas MICHAEL M. HONDA, California PETER ROONEY Subcommittee Staff Director CAMERON WILSON Professional Staff Member / Chairman's Designee MARY DERR Majority Staff Assistant (II) Statement by Representative Vernon J. Ehlers, Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards, Committee on Science, U.S. Statement by Representative James Barcia, Minority Ranking Member, Sub- committee on Environment, Technology, and Standards, Committee on Prepared Statement by Representative Constance Morella, Member, Sub- committee on Environment, Technology, and Standards, Committee on Dr. Christopher T. Hill, Vice Provost for Research and Professor of Public Oral Statement MEP Partnership Programs ........ Page 79 Appendix 1: Biographies, Financial Disclosures, and Answers to PostHearing Questions Phillip J. Bond, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Commerce 81 Biography 84 Response to Post-Hearing Questions 86 Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology Biography 89 Response to Post-Hearing Questions 91 Dr. Christopher T. Hill, Vice Provost for Research and Professor of Public Biography 104 Financial Disclosure 105 Response to Post-Hearing Questions 106 Appendix 2: Additional Material for the Record Submitted letter from Stephen Oksala, Chairman, National Issues Committee, American National Standards Institute Submitted letter from Donald R. Frikken, Senior Vice President, Council on Codes and Standards, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International) 110 112 Submitted letter from Donald Sayenga, Executive Director, National Association of Chain Manufacturers 114 Submitted letter from Becky Thiessen, President, Web Sling and Tie Down 115 Submitted letter from J. Barry Epperson, General Counsel for Associated 116 |