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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Assistance to the Republic of South Vietnam for Fiscal Year 1975, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session
These are the "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Assistance to the Republic of South Vietnam for Fiscal Year 1975" hearings before the House Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations. From the opening statement of George H. Mahon: "As a result of the action of Congress last year there is now an unfunded authorization for economic aid to South Vietnam in the sum of $170 million, and an unfunded authorization of military aid to South Vietnam in the sum of $300 million. The House Committee on Appropriations and the Congress itself has the responsibility of deciding what, if anything, to do about the funding of these authorizations." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Henry A. Kissinger, Robert McCloskey, Philip C. Habib, Daniel Parker, Frederick E. Weyand, and Erich Von Marbod.
United States. Government Printing Office
1975
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Fire Management (Vol.36 No.3)
This is the Summer 1975 edition (Volume 36, No.3) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.
United States. Forest Service
1975
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Fire Management (Vol.36 No.2)
This is the Spring 1975 edition (Volume 36, No.2) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.
United States. Forest Service
1975
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Fire Management (Vol.36 No.4)
This is the Fall 1975 edition (Volume 36, No.4) of Fire Management, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.
United States. Forest Service
1975
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Indian Housing, [Part 1], Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, May 1, 1975
This is the May 1, 1975 hearing on "Indian Housing," held before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. From the Opening Statement of James Abourezk: "The purpose of the hearing this morning is to receive testimony from those agencies whose responsibility it is to provide Indian people with decent housing. Similarly, the subcommittee has asked representatives of various national tribal organizations as well as several nonprofit groups who are experienced in Indian housing programs to present testimony here today regarding Indian housing in the United States. As I stated in my letter of invitation, I am particularly interested in obtaining for the record: (1) an assessment of the Indian housing need; (2) a discussion of the various agency and private market efforts to meet this need; (3) a determination of the factors which serve to make Indian housing among the worst, if not the worst, in the United States; and (4) an analysis of possible policy alternatives or suggestions for improving the Indian housing delivery system." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: James Abourezk, Joseph Burstein, Gordon Cavanaugh, Ronald Froman, Joseph R. Hanson, Stuart James, Emery A. Johnson, Iliff McKay, Pail Reilly, George Rucker, Morris Thompson, and John Tiger.
United States. Government Printing Office
1975
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Executive Order 11822: Designation of Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of the Treasury
"By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3347 of title 5 and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. During any period when, by reason of absence, disability, or vacancy in office, either the Secretary of the Treasury or his Deputy Secretary is not available to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the office of Secretary, an officer from the Department of the Treasury appointed by the President--by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in such order as the Secretary of the Treasury may from time to time prescribe--shall act as Secretary until the absence or the disability of the incumbent shall cease, or until a successor is appointed. If no such order of succession is in effect at that time, then such officers shall act as Secretary in the descending order of rank, as established by their offices being listed in sections 5314, 5315 or 5316 of title 5 of the United States Code and, at each level of the Executive Schedule, in the order which they shall have taken the oath as such officers. Sec. 2. Executive Order No. 11680 of August 21, 1972, entitled 'Designation of Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of the Treasury' is hereby revoked."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
1974-12-10
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National Security Decision Memorandum 281: Ratification of the Geneva Protocol of 1925 on Gas War
In National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 281, President Ford "has reviewed the report of December 6 submitted by the director of the arms Control and Disarmament Agency, pursuant to NSDM 279. He has approved the report and authorizes the Director to state before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that: (1) the formulation of U.S. policy toward tear gas and herbicides incorporated in the report is the Presidents position, (2) it is the President's intention to conform U.S. policy accordingly, assuming the Senate consents to ratification on this basis, and (3) the President continues to urge advice and consent to ratification of the Biological Warfare Convention. The President also approves the notification of appropriate allied government of the Administration's position on the Protocol prior to the appearance of the Director before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."
United States. White House Office
1974-12-09
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NSC Under Secretaries Committee: US Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy
"NSSM 202 directed a review of present U.S. policy concerning non-proliferation and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in light of the Indian nuclear test. A recently updated NSSM [National Security Study Memoranda] 156 study is a companion paper that focuses on the specific options open to us in dealing with India. The policy decisions in NSDM [Naitonal Security Decision Making] 255 concerning consultations regarding multilateral supplier controls over transfers of nuclear materials, technology, and equipment, have been taken into account in this review.
United States. Department of State
1974-12-04
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Cost-Effective Housing Systems for Disaster Relief: Cost-Effective Analysis of Pre-Selected Housing Systems; Volume 5
"This Task Report presents the approach and results of the cost-effectiveness analysis of 13 temporary housing systems pre-selected in Task I-B-2 (Volume 4) [Cost-Effective Housing Systems for Disaster Relief: Evaluation of Applicable Housing Systems Technology (Volume 4)]. The preceding analysis in Task I identified potentially applicable technology by surveying the entire range of currently available housing systems and screening out of those products that did not meet a set of first-level criteria. Systems passing the test of this broad and mainly qualitative analysis were pre-selected for quantitative analysis in this Task. The 'cost per family assisted' for a given housing system was determined to be the best measure for comparing cost-effectiveness. It is defined as the cumulative average cost incurred by the government over the average useful life of a given housing unit divided by the cumulative number of families who used that unit."
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and Research
Abeles Schwartz Associates; Beyer Blinder Belle, Architects & Planners
1974-12
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Illegal Law Enforcement: Aiding Civil Authorities in Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act
"This article will focus on the aid given local law enforcement authorities where such assistance is provided without the approval or knowledge of the President. Among the continuing questions which this article will address are whether commanders below the departmental level have any authority to aid in civil law enforcement; what guidance the military departments have given subordinate commanders; whether commanders are properly exercising whatever authority they possess; and what the potential consequences for abuses of authority are. The Posse Comitatus Act provides ample reason for military commanders to prohibit their subordinates from performing civil law enforcement missions. At the same time the press has been questioning whether commanders diligently comply with the dictates of the Act, the courts have been issuing warnings to the military establishment."
United States. Department of the Army
Meeks, Clarence I., III
1975
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National Security Decision Memorandum 279: Geneva Protocol of 1925 and Riot Control Agents and Chemical Herbicides
In National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 279, President Ford "has reviewed the interagency report on the riot control agents and chemical herbicides issues and the Geneva Protocol of 1925 and associated agency views. The President considers it important that the United States ratify the Geneva Protocol. The President is therefore prepared, in reaffirming the current U.S. understanding of the scope of the Protocol, to renounce as a matter of national policy (1) first use of herbicide in war except use, under regulations applicable to either domestic use, for control of vegetation within U.S. bases and installations or around their immediate defensive perimeters, and (2) first use of riot control agents as an offensive weapon of war to facilitate or increase casualties.
United States. White House Office
1974-11-02
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Briefing Book: Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974
This briefing book describes the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, which was designed "to reduce losses of life and property through better fire prevention and control, and for other purposes". Contents include: President's Signing Statement; Memorandum, OMB [Office of Management and Budget] to the President (Summarizes issues concerning Act, and forwards Signing Statement reiterating objections to HEW related provisions); Letter Bakke to Ash (Summarizes Act, as well as our concerns about organization and management thereunder, and urges enactment); Congressional Record for October 9, 1974 which Includes HEW [Health, Education, and Welfare] letters detailing their objections, explanation of Conference Committee actions, and record of vote; and sample questions and answers.
National Fire Academy
1974-10-29
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National Security Decision Memorandum 276: FY 1975-1976 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
In National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 276, President Ford approves "the proposed nuclear weapons stockpile for FY 1975-1977 submitted by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Atomic Energy Committee (AEC) on August 27, 1974. Specifically, the President approves: -- A total adjusted stockpile of [censored] nuclear warheads for the end of FY 1975 and [censored] nuclear warheads for the end of FY 1976. -- A total stockpile of [censored] nuclear warheads for the end of FY 1977, and associated planned production of [censored] nuclear warheads and planned retirement of [censored] nuclear warheads during FY 1977.
United States. White House Office
1974-10-15
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Safety Analysis Report for Livermore Pool Type Reactor
"This Safety Analysis Report [SAR] has been prepared to provide a comprehensive review of those considerations involving the Livermore Pool Type Reactor that could bear on the safety of the general public, personnel working at the Lawrence Livermore [LLL] site, and parsons working within this facility. The report describes the facility, presents the design bases and the limits on its operation, and presents a safety analysis of the structure, systems and components, the reactor core, reactor coolant system, instrumentation and control systems, electrical systems, containment systems, other engineered safety features, auxiliary and emergency systems, and of the system as a whole. Specialists representing a number of different disciplines from LLL were consulted and have contributed to the preparation of this SAR. Special studies, analyses, and operational procedures that bear on this report and were prepared as separate documents are included as appendices. This analysis shows that the design and operation of the facility presents no undue hazard to the general public or employees and will have no adverse effect on the general environment."
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1974-09-19
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Storm Tide Frequency Analysis for the Coast of Georgia
From the abstract: "Storm tide height frequency distributions are developed on the Georgia coast for the National Flood Insurance Program by computing storm tides from a full set of climatologically representative hurricanes, using the National Weather Service hydrodynamic storm surge model. Tide levels are shown in coastal profile between annual frequencies of 0.10 to 0.002. This report is intended for use in estimating actuarial risk to buildings from coastal floods and in land use management."
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; United States. Department of Commerce; United States. National Weather Service
Ho, Francis P.
1974-09
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Cost-Effective Housing Systems for Disaster Relief: Evaluation of Applicable Housing Systems Technology; Volume 4
This report examines the entire spectrum of lightweight industrialized housing systems and selected subsystems and evaluates them as temporary accommodations for disaster relief. The purpose of the report is to isolate potentially applicable housing systems and, through a process of pre-selection, identify a limited number of systems that can be rigorously analyzed for cost-effectiveness in Task II. [...] The framework for evaluating housing systems emerged from the cooperation of interested manufacturers and the application of specific criteria proposed by HUD [U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]. Systems are classified by their usefulness for temporary housing or permanent housing. Although typical systems produced by the manufactured housing industry are not suitable for temporary shelter, they were analyzed for use in a new form of housing assistance: the Fast Delivery Permanent Home. This approach is proposed to offer displace families, as an alternative to temporary housing assistance, the option of effective assistance for moving into and new, permanent home in the shortest possible time.
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and Research
Abeles Schwartz Associates; Beyer Blinder Belle, Architects & Planners
1974-09
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On-Site Assistance: A Guide for Surveying, Developing, and Maintaining Community Disaster Readiness
"This revised guidance is issued for all involved in DCPA-sponsored On-Site Assistance (OSA), and provides instructions concerning procedures to be followed in conducting OSA projects for local jurisdictions. It reflects experience since the original publication in May 1972 and contains the substance of subsequent guidance issued by various means. The importance of the use of DCPA Standards for Local Civil Preparedness in OSA is also emphasized. The appended material (in a separate document, MP-63-l) furnishes examples of OSA documents and procedures, such as preliminary hazard analysis format; detailed survey questions; and sample action plans and checklists to aid in the OSA process. The first task in OSA is to ascertain: 'What is the real status of local emergency operational readiness?' This question can be answered by measuring the 'success' communities have had in responding to actual disasters, or by investigating the situation by surveying and evaluating local emergency operational readiness on an individual on-site basis. Once it is fully understood what actual capabilities currently exist, then measures can be taken either to develop operational capabilities where deficiencies exist or to maintain existing capabilities and proficiencies."
United States. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
1974-09
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On-Site Assistance: A Guide for Surveying, Developing, and Maintaining Community Disaster Readiness: Appendices
Appendices to the guide that "is intended to provide an explanation of the goals and objectives of the On-Site Assistance (OSA) effort and to present suggested and proven methods and techniques for achieving these goals and objectives. The following chapters are directed toward developing a sound understanding of the OSA concept and attendant community readiness survey methods for determining the current status of operational readiness for a local community. The importance of each step in the process is explained from selection of communities, scheduling OSA activities, through the actual conduct of followup assistance. The types of followup assistance likely to be needed are described and the determination of local exercise requirements is discussed. Possibly one of the most important elements necessary to the success of the OSA effort is the need for adopting the proper attitude toward the task. Although OSA is essentially complementary to the various DCPA local readiness support programs, there are also significant differences. An initially and understandable reaction to OSA by some Federal and State civil preparedness professionals was, 'I've been doing these things all along; there's nothing new here,;' or 'I don't need someone to tell me how to do my job!' However, most of these civil preparedness personnel later indicated, after having participated, that OSA involves a considerably different approach to operational readiness."
United States. Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
1974-09
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Executive Order 11800: Delegating Certain Authority Vested in the President by the Aviation Career Incentive Act of 1974
"The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with respect to members of the uniformed service under their respective jurisdictions, are hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without approval, ratification, or other action by the President, the functions vested in the President by section 301a of title 37 of the United States Code, as added by section 2 (3) of the Aviation Career Incentive Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-29-1; 88 Stat. 177) with respect to entitlement of regular and reserve officers of the uniformed services, including flight surgeons and other medical officers, to aviation career incentive pay for the frequent and regular performance of operational or proficiency flying duty."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
1974-08-17
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National Security Decision Memorandum 265: The National Security Council System
In National Security Decision Memorandum (NSDM) 265, President Ford directs that "the National Security Council System shall assist me in carrying out my responsibilities for the national security affairs and the National Security Council shall continue to be the principle forum for the consideration of policy issues requiring Presidential determination. The operation of the National Security Council System will continue to be under the direction of the Assistant to the President [National Security Affairs]. Communications to me relating to national security matters shall be transmitted through the Assistant to the President (National Security Affairs)."
United States. White House Office
1974-08-09
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Study of Climatological Research as it Pertains to Intelligence Problems
"The western world's leading climatologists have confirmed recent reports of a detrimental global climatic change. The stability of most nations is based upon a dependable source of food, but this stability will not be possible under the new climatic era. A forecast by the University of Wisconsin projects that the earth's climate is returning to that of the neo-boreal era (1600-850) - an era of drought, famine, and political unrest in the western world. A responsibility of the Intelligence Community is to assess a nation's capability and stability under varying internal or external pressures. The assessments normally include an analysis of the country's social, economic, political, and military sectors. The implied economic and political intelligence issues resulting from climate change range far beyond this traditional concept of intelligence. The analysis of these issues is based upon two key questions: Can the Agency depend on climatology as a science to accurately project the future? What knowledge and understanding is available about world food production and can the consequences of a large climatic change be assessed?"
United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Office of Research and Development
1974-08
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Executive Order 11790: Providing for the effectuation of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
This Executive Order deals with the authority of the Secretary of Energy to delegate authority within the Federal Energy Administration.
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
1974-06-25
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Report on the Review of Security Requirements of the National Reconnaissance Program
This report from the National Reconnaissance Office "covers alternative options with regard to degrees of secrecy, declassification, and decompartmentation." "This report responds to tasking by the Director of Central Inte11igence and the Director, National Reconnaissance Office for a review of the need for continuing covert security for the National Reconnaissance Program in today's environment."
United States. National Reconnaissance Office
1974-06-24
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J.W. Plummer, Director, National Reconnaissance Office, Memorandum for the Director of Central Intelligence Regarding Security Requirements for the NRO
This "memo is itself a cover letter explaining that its attachment is the final report of a working group that has been studying the security requirements of the NRO." For the report, see "Report on the Review of Security Requirements of the National Reconnaissance Program."
United States. National Reconnaissance Office
1974-06-19
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NRDS Nuclear Rocket Effluent Program 1959-1970
"This report reviews the health implications of radioactive effluent released during nuclear rocket engine tests at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS), Jackass Flats, Nevada, prior to 1970. During this period, nuclear rocket engine concepts incorporated an open-cycle hydrogen-cooled, reactor with core operating temperatures of approximately 4,000°F, which cause small quantities of fission products to migrate from the fuel and to be released in the rocket engine exhaust as gases or micrometersized particulates; radioactivity released in this manner is called the 'aerosol effluent.' Core operating conditions caused minor fuel element erosion and corrosion, releasing particles with high radioactivity content (roughly [10 to the 11th power] fissions per particle) and diameters of tens of micrometers; these particles are referred to as the 'particulate effluent.' NRDS adjoins the Nevada Test Site and the Nellis Air Force Range and is located about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, in an area of low population density and limited agricultural usage. Lathrop Wells (population less than 100), the nearest town, is about 15 miles from the testing locations. Estimates of doses, both potential and actual, resulting from exposure of the off-site population to aerosol effluent from past tests have been 15% or less of the appropriate Federal Radiation Council (FRC) guides and Atomic Energy Commission (AEG) standards."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Bernhardt, David E.; Evans, R. B. (Robert Berton), 1930-; Grossman, Richard F.
1974-06
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Public Law 93-288: Disaster Relief Act of 1974
"An Act entitled the 'Disaster Relief Act: Amendments of 1974.'" Also known as the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, this act was enacted on 22 May 1974, and has since been amended several times. "It is the intent of the Congress, by this Act, to provide an orderly and continuing means of assistance by the Federal Government to State and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to alleviate the suffering and damage which result from such disasters by: expanding relief programs; encouraging comprehensive disaster preparedness plans; achieving greater coordination and responsiveness of disaster preparedness programs; encouraging individuals, States, and local governments to protect themselves by obtaining insurance; encouraging hazard mitigation measures to reduce losses from disasters; providing Federal assistance programs for both public and private losses sustained in disasters; and providing a long-range economic recovery program for major disaster areas."
United States. Government Printing Office
1974-05-22
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Exercise Super-Rabbit, a Livermore Pool Type Reactor Disaster Exercise
"A simulated disaster designed to exercise the LLL[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory] Disaster Control Plan, the Livermore Pool Type Reactor (LPTR) Disaster Control Plan, and the various LLL disaster control support organizations and facilities is described. A simulated LPTR experiment, which resulted in damage to the reactor and injuries to reactor personnel, required response to an uncontrollable reactor, rescue and evacuation of contaminated victims in a high radiation field, decontamination of facilities and personnel. and medical attention for injured operations personnel. The exercise required an alert of the LLL emergency response system and subsequent upgrading from a local accident status to that of a major disaster. The LLL Disaster Control Organization and required support units responded and implemented the LLL and LPTR Disaster Control Plans. Evaluation of the response was provided by umpires and followed by a critique of all personnel involved in the exercise."
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Palmer, T.D.; Purington, Robert G.; Trolan, Rice T.
1974-05-01
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National Security Decision Memorandum 254: Domestic Safeguards
National Security Decision Memorandum 254 is directed to the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission. "The President has reviewed the report forwarded on February 15, 1974 on domestic safeguards, as directed by NSSM 120 and the subsequent memorandum of May 4, 1971 for the Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The President has noted the conclusions of the report, and particularly those regarding the needs (1) to weigh the possibilities of sabotage, plutonium contamination threats, an armed attacks (for example, by terrorists), along with the nuclear device threat, (2) to have a continuing process of threat assessment and establishment of appropriate countermeasures, and (3) to maintain fully adequate and essentially equivalent, in terms of quality and extent, safeguards systems in the licensed and license-exempt sectors."
United States. White House Office
1974-04-27
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National Security Decision Memorandum 253: Membership of the National Security Council Intelligence Committee
National Security Decision Memorandum 253 is directed to: the Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of the Treasury; the Attorney General; the Deputy Secretary of State; the Director of Central Intelligence; and the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. "The President has decided that the membership of the National Security Council Intelligence Committee [NSCIC] shall include an Under Secretary of the Treasury. The NSCIC, as established by the President's memorandum dated November 5, 1971. As stated in the President's November 5, 1971 memorandum, the NSCIC 'will give direction and guidance on national substantive intelligence needs and provide for a continuing evaluation of intelligence products from the viewpoint of the intelligence consumer."
United States. White House Office
1974-04-24
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Time Distortion in Nuclear War
"Past considerations of nuclear war, particularly those involving battlefield use, have not taken into account a major factor: the time-dependent nature of the human body's response to radiation. This factor is likely to introduce changes in the temporal nature of warfare as profound as the spatial changes associated with the increased explosive power of nuclear munitions. High fatality rates will last for days following a nuclear event and must be taken into account. Continued lack of attention to this aspect of nuclear warfare is likely to result in inappropriate choices of military posture, doctrine, and equipment."
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Gustavson, M.R.
1974-04-10
