WMATA FUNDING AND OPERATIONS

JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, HOUSING, AND

TRANSPORTATION

THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISCAL AFFAIRS

AND THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON BICENTENNIAL AFFAIRS,

THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

FUNDING AND OPERATIONS OF THE WASHINGTON

METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

NOVEMBER 5, 12, 18; DECEMBER 2, 3, 16, 1975; AND FEBRUARY 4

AND MARCH 2, 1976

Part 2 (693-1639)

Serial No. 94-12

62-418

Printed for the use of the

Committee on the District of Columbia

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1976

COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

CHARLES C. DIGGS, JR., Michigan, Chairman

DONALD M. FRASER, Minnesota
W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia
RONALD V. DELLUMS, California
THOMAS M. REES, California
WALTER E. FAUNTROY, Delegate,

District of Columbia

JAMES R. MANN, South Carolina

ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky

HERBERT E. HARRIS II, Virginia

DAN DANIEL, Virginia

JERRY LITTON, Missouri

HELEN S. MEYNER, New Jersey

HENRY J. NOWAK, New York

PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana

JAMES J. FLORIO, New Jersey

GILBERT GUDE, Maryland

WILLIAM H. HARSHA, Ohio

STEWART B. MCKINNEY, Connecticut
EDWARD G. BIESTER, JR., Pennsylvania
TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois

ROBERT W. DANIEL, JR., Virginia

CHARLES W. WHALEN, JR., Ohio

EDWARD C. SYLVESTER, JR., Staff Director

RUBY G. MARTIN, General Counsel

MARK MATHIS, Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, HOUSING, AND TRANSPORTATION

W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, Georgia, Chairman

T. MICHAEL NEVENS, Majority Staff Assistant

SUBCOMMITTEE ON BICENTENNIAL AFFAIRS, THE ENVIRONMENT,

AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

HERBERT E. HARRIS II, Virginia, Chairman

DONALD M. FRASER, Minnesota

HELEN S. MEYNER, New Jersey

PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana

JAMES R. MANN, South Carolina

ROBERT W. DANIEL, JR., Virginia

GILBERT GUDE, Maryland

HUGH B. CALKIN, Majority Staff Assistant

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Council of Governments, Fire Chiefs Technical Subcommittee of the Public
Safety Policy Committee:

Bassett, Lt. J. D., bureau commander, Arlington, Va----

510

Breen, John P., Deputy Fire Chief, Fire Marshal District of Columbia
Fire Department--

510

Hawkins, L. Kirk, Department of Public Safety-

510

Johnson, L. Kirk, Department of Public Safety-.

510

Kaye, Frank B., chief fire marshal, Arlington, Va‒‒‒‒‒

510

Miller, Harold, mayor, Falls Church, Va., and chairman, public safety
committee

510

Nieves, Chief Rafael J., fire marshal, Prince Georges County, Md__
Shaffer, Chief Harry, District of Columbia Fire Department and
Metro liaison officer___

510

510

Smeby, L. Charles, fire protection engineer, Prince Georges County,
Md..

510

Smith, Chief Robert B., fire marshal, Montgomery County, Md.
Touchstone, John E., Director, Department of Public Safety-.
Department of Commerce (Center for Fire Research):

510

510

Benjamin, Irwin A., Chief, Fire Safety Engineering Division___
Clarke, Dr. Frederic B., special assistant to the Director_
Lyons, Dr. John, Director_.

Fauntroy, Hon. Walter E_____.

Federal Energy Administration, Gorman C. Smith, Assistant Administra-
tor, accompanied by Mary Hetko, Deputy Assistant General Counsel
for Allocation_.

Fisher, Hon. Joseph L., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Virginia

General Accounting Office:

Gutmann, Richard W., Director, Procurement and Systems_.
Stolarow, Jerome H., Deputy Director, Procurement and Systems,
Acquisition Division_.

436

436

436

642

332, 335

641

84

84

Waters, James, audit manager, Washington regional office.

84

Gude, Hon. Gilbert__

2, 38, 635

Harris, Hon. Herbert E., II.

39, 287, 331, 639

Jack Faucett Associates, Damian J. Kulash, vice president--
Jackson, Paul R., president, Paul R. Jackson Construction Co., Inc., Wash-
ington, D.C__

643, 645

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Trevis D. Markle, man-

Minority Contractors Resource Center, Frank Kent, director_-_

359, 366

392

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