CONTENTS HEARING DATE Friday, May 9, 1975, at Oak Ridge, Tenn.... STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS OF SUBCOMMITTEE Baker, Hon. Howard H., Jr. Closing remarks. Keto, G. J., assistant for economic and community affairs, Energy Research and Development Administration at Oak Ridge, Tenn.; accompanied by R. J. Hart, manager, and John Hill, chief counsel, Oak Ridge Operations Jolley, Robert L., chairman, Tax Study Committee, Anderson County; accompanied by Robert W. Peelle, chairman, Subcommittee on Payments in lieu of taxes to Roane County; and Bill Mee and Jerry George, Hill, Tom, president, Roane-Anderson Counties Economic Council, and Wells, Horace V., Jr., vice-president, Roane-Anderson Counties Economic Council, and publisher, Clinton Courier News... – Joyce, Eugene L., attorney, Oak Ridge, and executive committee chairman, Letter dated April 30, 1975, to Hon. James T. Lynn, director, Office of Management and Budget, from Hon. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., ad- JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY: Press release No. 809, May 6, 1975: Announcement of hearing and list of witnesses_ S. 1378 [H.R. 5698] JOLLEY, ROBERT L.: Letter dated May 13, 1975, to JCAE from E. E. Williams, superintendent, Roane County Schools relative to percentages of impaction under Public Law 874_. APPENDIXES 1. Correspondence between Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., and Hon. 5. "The Current Fiscal Position of State and Local Governments,' a survey of 48 State governments and 140 local governments, prepared for the use of the Subcommittee on Urban Affairs of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, May 6, 1975-- 73 77 79 148 456 S. 1378 AND H.R. 5698: ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO ANDERSON COUNTY AND ROANE COUNTY, TENNESSEE FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1975 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Washington, D.C. The Subcommittee on Communities of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy met at 9 a.m., pursuant to call, in the auditorium of the American Museum of Atomic Energy, Oak Ridge, Tenn., with Hon. John Young (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representative John Young and Senator Baker, members of the subcommittee; Hon. Marilyn Lloyd, a U.S. Representative from the Third Congressional District, Tennessee, and Hon. William E. Brock III, a U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee. Also present: William C. Parler, committee counsel. OPENING REMARKS OF HON. JOHN YOUNG Representative YOUNG. The U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Subcommittee on Communities, is now in session. The committee will come to order. I might say at the outset, that it is indeed a pleasure and a privilege for me to be here personally, for many reasons. I am delighted to be here in the congressional district of our new and very charming and able Member of the House, Mrs. Lloyd; and to be here with our two distinguished Senators. Bill Brock has served with me in the House, and now it is my honor and pleasure to serve with Howard Baker on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy which, as you know, is composed of the Members of the House and Senate. In addition to that, it was my pleasure to serve for some three terms or more with his distinguished father when he was a Member of Congress, and we lament his passing to this day. My first committee assignment in the Congress of the United States was on the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, and I had the pleasure and privilege then of serving under Mr. Tom Murray from over here at Jackson. Joe Evins, whose name is out here on this plaque, I suppose has done more for my congressional district in Texas, with my deepwater ports and other problems and maybe you all are not too used to it here, although I do know that you have navigation here-than any other person in the Congress. (1) And I count myself privileged to serve with Jim Quillen just up the road here, who is making a fine record in the House of Representatives as the ranking member of the Rules Committee, of which I am also a member, and we are very honored and pleased. But with all that, I want to say that one would be hard pressed to find in all of the Congress a committee, a delegation from the State that would even begin to surpass your delegation in the Congress of the United States. As I said earlier today at the breakfast, and last night, if it weren't for Tennessee, there wouldn't be a Texas. So, I am just overwhelmed with the pleasure and the privilege of being here with you. At this point in the record, I will include, without objection, the Joint Committee release of May 6, 1975, announcing this hearing. From the Office of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy. Press release No. 809 for immediate release May 6, 1975. JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY ANNOUNCES WITNESSES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO ANDERSON AND ROANE COUNTIES, TENN. A tentative list of witnesses to present testimony on proposed legislation to amend the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (S. 1378 and H.R. 5698) was announced today by Senator John O. Pastore, Chairman of the Joint Comimittee on Atomic Energy, and Representative John Young, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communities. The hearings on the legislation will be held in the auditorium of the American Museum of Atomic Energy, 300 South Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37830, before the Subcommittee on Communities, commencing at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, May 9, 1975. The identical bills being considered at this hearing were introduced in the Senate by Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., for himself and Senator William E. Brock 3d, and in the House by Representatives Marilyn Lloyd, for herself and the remaining members of the House of Representatives from Tennessee. If the proposed legislation is enacted, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) would be authorized to make financial assistance payments to Anderson and Roane Counties Tennessee, under the criteria in the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955. Representative John Young, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communities will chair the Hearings. Senator Baker, the ranking minority member of the United States Senate on the Joint Committee, and a member of the Subcommittee, will attend. Senator William E. Brock, 3d, and Congresswoman Marilyn Lloyd from the 3rd Congressional District are also expected to be present and to make a statement at the beginning of the hearing. Following their statements the tentative list of witnesses in the expected order of appearance is as follows: G. J. Keto, Assistant for Economic and Community Affairs, Energy Research and Development Administration, Oak Ridge, Tennessee-accompanied by R. J. Hart, Manager, Oak Ridge Operations Office Albert B. Slusher, County Administrator, Anderson County, Tennessee Squire Robert L. Jolley, Anderson County, Tennessee; and Chairman, Tax Study Committee of Anderson County Squire Robert W. Peelle, Roane County, Tennessee; and Chairman, Subcommittee on Payments-in-Lieu of Taxes to Roane County Tom Hill, President, Roane-Anderson Economic Council; and Publisher, Oak Ridger, and Horace V. Wells, Jr., Vice President, Roane-Anderson Economic Council; and Publisher, Clinton Courier Eugene L. Joyce, Attorney, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Chairman, Executive Committee, Roane-Anderson Economic Council For further information, contact Mr. George F. Murphy, Executive Director of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Room H-403, U.S. Capital, Representative YOUNG. I want to say, before I pass this to my distinguished colleague, Senator Baker, for his comments, that as a county Judge and a person from a district where we have a lot of Federal installations, that we have found a long time ago that while we all appreciate the economic impetus that a Federal-a big Federal operation imparts to the economy of the area, we learned al ong time ago that I am going to coin this new phrase-but all that glitters is not gold. And with that economic impetus, which we all recognize and appreciate, there are some real problems that are created. We are here to look into those problems today. Your very able Members of the Congress have been working for a long time in recognition of the need to do something about the impact on Roane and Anderson Counties. Our two colleagues here from the Senate have joined with me on the Senate side, and Marilyn Lloyd has headed up the leadership in the House, and she has a bill on the House side in which all the Members of the Tennessee delegation have joined. We will include S. 1378 as introduced by Senator Baker, at this point. It is identical in every respect to H.R. 5698, which was introduced in the House the same day, April 8, 1975, by Representative Marilyn Lloyd. [S. 1378, 94th Cong., first sess.] A BILL To amend the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 to authorize the Administra. tor of the Energy Research and Development Administration to make assistance payments to Anderson County and Roane County, Tenn. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 91 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 2391) is amended— (1) by striking out "Commission” each time it appears and inserting "Administrator" in lieu thereof; (2) in subsection (a) (2), by striking out “atomic energy” and inserting "Energy Research and Development Administration” in lieu thereof; (3) in subsection (d), by striking out “its”; (4) in subsection (e), by striking out “itself”; (5) at the end of the first sentence of subsection (a), strike out the period and insert in lieu thereof the following: “: Provided further, That the Administrator is also authorized to make payments of just and reasonable sums to Anderson County and Roane County, Tennessee.”; and (6) in subsection (d), by inserting immediately after "Richland School District", but before the closing of parentheses, the following: “; or not less than six months prior to June 30, 1986, in the case of Anderson County and Roane County Tennessee”. SEC. 2. Section 92 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 2392) is amended— (1) by striking out “COMMISSION” in the catchline; (2) by striking out “COMMISSION” the first time it appears and inserting "Administrator" in lieu thereof; and (3) by striking out “Commission" the second time it appears and inserting "Energy Research and Development Administration” in lieu thereof. SEC. 3. Section 93 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 2393) is amended by striking out “Commission” and inserting “Administrator" in lieu thereof. SEC. 4. Section 94 of the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (42 U.S.C. 2394) is amended— (1) by striking out “COMMISSION” in the catchline; (2) by striking out "Commission” each time it appears and inserting “Administrator” in lieu thereof; and (3) by striking out the final period and inserting in lieu thereof the following "; and in the case of Anderson County and Roane County, Tennessee, shall not extend beyond June 30, 1986.”. |