Congress science committees

A joint committee on congressional organization has urged that Congress put its scientific house in order and concentrate its review of federal science in fewer committees. Under the plan the House Science and Astronautics Committee and Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee would be granted broader and roughly parallel jurisdiction over several federal programs. The Senate committee would be renamed the Science and Astronautics Committee and would extend its jurisdiction to include the National Science Foundation, the Bureau of Standards and the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA). The House Science and Astronautics Committee would broaden its review to include ESSA.