DRAFT #2


              CHRONOLOGY OF CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS 
             RELATED TO RADIATION AND HUMAN RESEARCH


DATE
COMMITTEE
TITLE


5/23/94

House Committee on Small Business.
Subcommittee on Regulation, Business
Opportunities and Technology

Failures to Secure Informed Consent of
Subjects in Experimental Trials of
Unapproved Drugs and Devices


4/11/94

House Committee on Judiciary,
Subcommittee on Administrative Law
and Government Relations (held in
Cincinnati, OH)

Radiation Experiments Conducted by the
University of Cincinnati Medical School
with Department of Defense Funding


3/17/94

House Committee on Energy and
Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight
and Investigations

Department of Energy (DOE) Worker
Exposure and Adequacy of DOE Health
Surveillance Programs


2/24/94

House Committee on Natural Resources,
Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations

Radiation Effect of late 1940's
Marshall Island Nuclear Tests


2/10/94

House Committee on Science Space and
Technology, Subcommittee on Energy

Human Experimentation: Ethics and
Gene Therapy


2/8/94

House Committee on Veteran's Affairs

Government Sponsored Research
Involving Radioactive Materials
Conducted in Various Medical Centers


2/2/94

House Committee on the Judiciary,
Subcommittee on Administrative Law
and Governmental Relations

Government Sponsored Research Testing on
Humans


1/25/94

Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs

Departmental Action on Radiation
Experiments


1/18/94

House Committee on Energy and
Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy
and Power

Federal Government Testing of Human
Subjects: Studies of the Effects of
Radiation


1/13/94

Senate Committee on Labor and Human
Resources (held in Boston, MA)

Fernald School and Radiation
Experiments

11/14/85
12/11/85

Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Oversight on Issues Pertaining to
Veterans' Exposure to Ionizing Radiation


9/23/81

House Committee on Science, Space and
Technology, Subcommittee on

Investigations and Oversight

Oversight, Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
at Oak Ridge


4/23/79
5/24/79
8/1/79

House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on
Oversight and Investigations

Low-level Radiation Effects on Health


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6/13-15/79
House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee
on Energy Research and Production and the Subcommittee 
on Natural Resources and Environment

Low-level Ionizing Radiation


3/6 -7/79
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee
on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Federal Services

Radiation Protection: Reports of the Interagency Task 
Force on Ionizing Radiation

1979	
House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
Subcommittee on Health and the Environment

Effect of Radiation on Human Health

6/7/78 - 7/18/78
House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee
on the Environment and the Atmosphere

Oversight, Nuclear Waste Management and Ionizing
Radiation Research.

9/20 - 21/77
Senate Committee on Human Resurces, Subcommittee on 
Health and Scientific Research

Human Drug Testing by the CIA, 1977

9/15/77
Senate Committee on Finance, Subcommittee on Health

Confidentiality of Medical Records

8/3/77
Senate Committee on Human Resources, Subcommittee
on Health and Scientific Research
AND
the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Project Mkultra, The CIA's Program of Research
in Behavioral Modification

6/16-29/77
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation

Radiation Health and Safety

5/23/77 - 3/8/77
Senate Committee on Human Resources, Subcommittee
on Health and Scientific Research

Biological Testing Involving Human Subjects by the
Department of Defense, 1977: Examination of Serious
Deficiencies in the Defense Department's Efforts to
Protect the Human Subjects of Drug Research

4/26/76
Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental
Operations	

Foreign and Military Intelligence: Final Report

9/29/75 -10/1/75

House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee
on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration
of Justice

Prison Inmates in Medical Research

9/10/75 - 9/12/75 - 11/7/75
Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 
Subcommittee on Health
         AND
the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee
on Administrative Practice and Procedure

Biomedical and Behavioral Research:  Human-Use
Experimentation Programs of the Department of
Defense and Central Intelligence Agency


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Part I: 2/21, 22/73
Part 2: 2/23/73
     3/6/73
Part 3: 3/7, 8/73
Part 4/30/73
     6/28, 29/73
     7/10/73

Senate Committee on Labor and Public
Welfare Subcommittee on Health

Quality of Health Care-Human
Experimentation, 1973


3/8, 9, 12/73

Senate Committee on Commerce


Radiation Control for Health and Safety


7/10-31/69
10/7, 9/69


House Committee on Science and
Astronautics, Subcommittee on Science,
Research and Development

Centralization of Federal Science
Activities


3/17, 18/69

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
Subcommittee on Research,
Development, and Radiation

Radiation Standards for Uranium Mining


2/28/69
3/1, 2, 3, 16/69

Senate Committee on Government
Operations, Subcommittee on
Government Research

Research in the Service of Man:
Biomedical Development, Evaluation of
Existing Federal Institutions

8/28/67

Senate Committee on Commerce    

Radiation Control for Health and Safety
Act of 1967

5/9-10, 23/67
6/6, 9/67
7/26-27/67
8/8, 10/67

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
Subcommittee on Research
Development, and Radiation

Radiation Exposure of Uranium Miners


10/24-27/66

Senate Committee on Government
Operations, Subcommittee on
Government Research (held in
Oklahoma, City, OK)

Research in the Service of Man:
Biomedical Knowledge, Development,
and Use


1965-1966
(89th Congress)

House Committee on Government
Operations, Special Subcommittee on
Invasion of Privacy

Personality Testing Use by Federal
Government Invasion of Privacy Threat
Investigation

1965
(89th Congress)

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
Subcommittee on Research,
Development, and Radiation

Radiation Processing of Foods


6/29-30/65

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
Subcommittee on Research,
Development, and Radiation

Federal Radiation Council Protective
Action Guides8/13-15/63

House Committee on Rules

Resolution to Create a Select Committee
to Investigate Expenditures for Research
Programs Conducted by Departments
and Agencies of the Federal Government


6/3-6/63

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Subcommittee on Research,
Development, and Radiation

Fallout, Radiation Standards, and
Countermeasures


1962
(87th Congress)

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Subcommittee on Research,
Development, and Radiation

Review of AEC (87th Congress) and Army Food
Irradiation Programs
6/2-4/54

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6/4 - 7/62
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Subcommittee on
Research, Development and Radiation

Radiation Standards, Including Fallout

1/29 -31/62  2/1/62
House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee
on Labor

Radiation Workers' Compensation act

5/27-30/61
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Subcommittee on
Research, Development, and Radiation


Applications of Radioisotopes and Radiation in the
Life Sciences

5/27 -30/61
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

Radiation Safety and Regulation

8/11/60
Senate Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee
on Reorganization and International Organizations

Coordination of Activities of Federal Agencies in
Biomedical Research

5/24-26, 31/60
6/1-3/60
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Special
Subcommittee on Radiation

Radiation Protection Criteria and Standards:
Their Basis and Use

5/22-25/60
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Subcommittee
on Research and Development

Frontiers in Atomic Energy Research

6/22-26/59
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Special
Subcommittee on Radiation

Biological and Environmental Effects of 
Nuclear War

5/5-8/59
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 
Special Subcommittee on Radiation

Fallout From Nuclear Weapons Tests

1957-1958 (85th Congress)
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Subcommittee
on Research, Development and Radiation

Radioactive Fallout Biological Effects review

7/14,15,17,18/58
House Committee on Government Operations

Research and Development: Military 
Research Representatives

2/19,24,25/58
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Problems of the
Uranium Mining and Milling Industry

Problems of the Uranium Mining and Milling Industry

2/3-7,10,13,14/58
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Subcommittee on
Research, Development, and Radiation

Atomic Energy Commission Physical Research Program
Hearings, index

5/27-29-57   6/3-7/57
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Special
Subcommittee on Radiation

The Nature of Radioactive Fallout and its
Effects on Man

6/4-8/56
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
Subcommittee on Research and Development

Progress on Atomic Energy Research

5/24/55
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 
Subcommittee on Security

Relationship of Atomic Energy Commission
and the Federal Civil Defense Administration

4/15/55
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

Health and Safety Problems and Weather Effects
Associated with Atomic Explosions

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6/2-4/54
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,
Subcommittee on Research and 
Development

The Contribution of Atomic Energy to
Medicine


10/1-3/53

House on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce

Health Inquiry: The Causes, Control,
and Remedies of the Principal Diseases
of Mankind


4/18/50

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

Community Policy


3/23/50-4/3/50

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

Civil Defense Against Atomic Attack


5/26/49-7/11/49

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

Investigation into the United States
Atomic Energy Project


5/16-18, 23/49

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship
Program


2/2/49

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

Atomic Energy Report to Congress


5/13-19/48

House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce

Cancer and Polio Research


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