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Background Reading

*     Chronology of Congressional Hearings Related to Human
      Research and Radiation

*     Background Materials on Oral Histories


Chronology of Congressional Hearings Related to Human Research
and Radiation


                           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

DATE:   July 15, 1994

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

     Attached is a chronology of congressional hearings related
to radiation and human research based on our research to date. 
Draft Three contains four new entries which are indicated by an
asterisk.  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.