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HEARINGS

APR 27 1982

CHANGE

COPY

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGENCY ADMINISTRATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1775

A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 28 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE

TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AGAINST THE

UNITED STATES IN SUITS BASED UPON ACTS OR OMISSIONS

OF UNITED STATES EMPLOYEES, TO PROVIDE A REMEDY

AGAINST THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO CONSTITU-

TIONAL TORTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

NOVEMBER 13 AND 16, 1981

Serial No. J-97-69

PART 1

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman

CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware

PAUL LAXALT, Nevada

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia

ROBERT DOLE, Kansas

HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio

ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming

DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona

JOHN P. EAST, North Carolina

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont

CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa

MAX BAUCUS, Montana

JEREMIAH DENTON, Alabama

HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama

ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania

VINTON DEVANE LIDE, Chief Counsel

QUENTIN CROMMELIN, Jr., Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGENCY ADMINISTRATION

CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa, Chairman

PAUL LAXALT, Nevada

HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio

ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania

MAX BAUCUS, Montana

JOHN MAXWELL, Chief Counsel and Staff Director

HERMAN SCHWARTZ, Minority Counsel

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CONTENTS

PROPOSED LEGISLATION

S. 1775, a bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for an

exclusive remedy against the United States in suits based upon acts or
omissions of United States employees, to provide a remedy against the
United States with respect to constitutional torts, and for other purposes .....

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OPENING STATEMENTS
Grassley, Chairman Charles E.

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1981
Schmults, Edward C., Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice......
Lynch, Mark H., staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of

Prof. Burt Neuborne, New York University School of Law

O'Neill, Jerome F., attorney, Lisman & Lisman, Burlington, Vt.....

Lehman, Robert C., district ranger, Forest Service, U.Š. Department of Agri-

culture, Avery, Idaho........

Martin, John S., Jr., U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York ......

McDonald, A. Melvin, U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.

Cummings, William B., director, National Association of Former U.S. Attor-

neys, Alexandria, Va...

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1981
Taft, William H. IV, General Counsel, Department of Defense
Morrison, Alan B., director of litigation, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.......
Schneiderman, Marvin, statistician, formerly with The National Cancer Insti-

tute, Bethesda, Md..

Shaw, G. Jerry, president, Senior Executives Association; former Director,

General Legal Services Division, Office of Chief Counsel, Washington, D.C....

Devine, Thomas, legal director; James Gaylord, legal intern; and Louis Clark,

director, on behalf of the Government Accountability Project, Institute for

Policy Studies.....

Murray, Rod, president, Federal Managers' Association, accompanied by Bun

Bray, executive director, and Andreas Evans, assistant executive director.....

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ALPHABETICAL LIST AND SUBMITTED MATERIAL

Bray, Bun, testimony

Clark, Louis:

Testimony

Prepared statement, jointly with Thomas Devine and James Gaylord

Cummings, William B.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Devine, Thomas:

Testimony

Prepared statement, jointly with James Gaylord and Louis Clark..
Evans, Andreas, testimony...

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