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What's New for Jul 07, 1995 (selected)
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 1995 15:45:37 -0400
WHAT'S NEW by Robert L. Park Friday, 7 July 95 Washington, DC 1. "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DISMANTLING ACT" WOULD NOT SPARE NIST! Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI) has introduced a bill to abolish the Department of Commerce, as called for in the Domenici budget plan (WN 12 May 95). The Senate bill (S.929) calls for the transfer of NIST to NSF. But there won't be much left to transfer -- the bill specifically requires NIST's laboratories to be privatized. In past years, legislation introduced by a freshman senator would not have been taken seriously, but this bill has presidential politics stamped on it; Bob Dole and Phil Gramm are cosponsors of the measure. In the House, Dick Chrysler (R-MI), also a freshman, introduced a similar bill, even though the Kasich budget calls for preserving NIST as a separate agency (WN 12 May 95).
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