DISCLAIMER

The following is a staff memorandum or other working document 
prepared for the members of the Advisory Committee on Human
Radiation Experiments.  It should not be construed as representing
the final conclusions of fact or interpretation of the issues. 
All staff memoranda are subject to revision based on further 
information and analysis.  For conclusions and recommendations of
the Advisory Committee, readers are advised to consult the Final
Report to be published in 1995.


                         ***** STAFF MEMORANDUM ****



TO:       Members of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation
          Experiments

FROM:     Advisory Committee Staff

RE:       Chronology of Congressional Hearings Related to Radiation
          and Human Research

DATE:     June 27, 1994


     Attached is a chronology of congressional hearings related to
radiation and human research based on our research to date. Draft
One of the chronology is included in the June 13-14 briefing book.
Draft Two contains twenty-nine additional hearings. The information
presented in the attached chart is not meant to present a complete
or comprehensive list of hearings; this chronology will be expanded
upon for each future Committee meeting as our research continues.
The indexes we have reviewed to date reveal hearings dating back to
1948.

          Staff is currently collecting copies of the hearing
transcripts for the hearings listed. These documents are available
in bound volume form and microfiche. The names, affiliations, and
statements of witnesses before Congress included in these
transcripts will be a good resource for tracing both government
agencies' as well as individuals' involvement with human research.