COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware, Chairman
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona

ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont

CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama

ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania PAUL SIMON, Illinois

GORDON J. HUMPHREY, New Hampshire HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin

RONALD A. KLAIN, Chief Counsel
DIANA HUFFMAN, Staff Director

JEFFREY J. PECK, General Counsel
TERRY L. WOOTEN, Minority Chief Counsel and Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE

HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama, Chairman HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio

CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina WINSTON LETT, Chief Counsel and Staff Director

SAM GERDANO, Minority Chief Counsel

CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Heflin, Hon. Howell, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama..

Grassley, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa

Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina..

PROPOSED LEGISLATION

S. 464, a bill to promote safety and health in workplaces owned, operated or,

under contract with the United States by clarifying the United States'

obligation to observe occupational safety and health standards and clarify-

ing United States' responsibility for harm caused by its negligence at any

workplace owned by, operated by, or under contract with the United States.

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Stuart M. Gerson, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Depart-

ment of Justice, Washington, DC........

Panel consisting of Victor E. Schwartz, partner, Crowell & Moring, and

adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington,

DC, on behalf of Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.; and Andrew F. Popper,

professor of law, and deputy dean, American University Washington Col-

lege of Law, Washington, DC.....

Panel consisting of James Reed, legislative director, Asbestos Victims Cam-

paign, Inc., Brookline, MA; and Susan Nial, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Rich-

ardson & Poole, Charleston, SC.........

ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED

Gerson, Stuart M.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Appendix: Decisions applying the discretionary function exception to

Government regulatory and contracting activities ..

Heflin, Hon. Howell:
Statements for the record submitted by:

The Honorable Christopher S. Bond of Missouri.
The Honorable Bill Gradison of Ohio ......
Joe G. Hollingsworth, law firm of Springs & Hollingsworth, Washing-

ton, DC...

Nial, Susan:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Attachment: The Asbestos Industry Conspiracy

Popper, Andrew F.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

Reed, James:

Testimony

Letter from the Sheet Metal Workers International Association

Prepared statement

Schwartz, Victor E.:

Testimony

Prepared statement

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