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PAPERS OF JOHN CULVER
COMMITTEE RECORDS, SENATE

MsC 810

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Box Contents List

Subseries III: Committee Files, Senate

Boxes 99 -- 101

Committee on Environment and Public Works

Box 99

Specific Legislation

Airport and Airways Development Act (S.3015), 1976

Airport and Airways Systems Development Act/Charles City Airport (S. 1648), 1979 -- 1980

Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments, 1975 -- 1977, n.d.

Clean Air Act Amendments, 1975 -- 1977, n.d.

Clean Air Act Amendments, Auto Emissions – 1975 -- 1976

Endangered Species Act, 1979

Environmental Emergency Response Act (S. 1480), 1979

Environmental Research and Development Authorization Act (S. 1417), 1977, n.d.

Executive Protective Service Act (H.R. 12), 1975

Federal Aid in Nongame Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act (S. 1140), 1977

Federal-Aid Highway Act (S. 2711/H.R. 8235), 1975 -- 1976

Gasohol Amendment to Economic Development Administration Bill (S. 914), 1979

Highway Beautification Act (S. 344/Amendment 1792), 1978 -- 1980

Inland Energy Development Assistance Act (S. 1493), 1977

Lacey Act Amendments, 1979 -- 1980

Local Public Works Act, 1977 -- 1978

Motor Carrier Reform Act (S. 2245), 1979 -- 1980

Natural Diversity Act (S. 1820), 1978

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Amendments, 1978 -- 1979

Oil, Hazardous Substances and Hazardous Waste Response, Liability and Compensation Act (S. 1341), 1979 -- 1980

Public Buildings Act (S. 2080), 1980

Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act (S. 865), 1975

Public Transportation Act Amendments (S. 2441), 1978

Public Works and Economic Development Act Extensions, 1976 -- 1978, n.d.

Quiet Communities Act/Noise Control, 1978 -- 1980

Railroad Crossing Safety Amendment to 1978 Federal-Aid Highway Act, 1978, n.d.

Railroad Legislation, Assorted, 1979 -- 1980, n.d.

Railroad Policy Act (S. 1946), 1980

Redwood National Park Expansion (S. 1976), 1977 -- 1978

Regional Development Act (S. 835), 1979, n.d.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 1978 -- 1979, n.d.

Right Turn on Red Bill (S. 2049), 1976

Rural Communities Water Supply and Technical Assistance Act, 1978 -- 1979

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendment, 1978 -- 1980, n.d.

Sikes Act, 1977

Water Pollution Control Act Amendments, 1975 -- 1980, n.d.

Water Resources Development Act, 1975 -- 1976

Box 100 Committee on Environment and Public Works, cont.

Subjects

Alaskan Natural Gas Pipeline, 1977

Amana Refrigeration, Inc./ Freon, 1975

Ames Resource Recovery Center, 1977 -- 1978, n.d.

Amtrak, 1975

Assorted Committee Documentation, 1979 -- 1980, n.d.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area, 1978

Bridges – Bridge ‘Crisis’/ Special Bridge Replacement Program, 1976 -- 1980, n.d.

Bridges – Combination Bridge at Sioux City, 1975

Bridges – Iowa, 1976 -- 1980, n.d.

Clean Air Act – Deterioration/Degradation, 1975 -- 1976

Coal Use, 1976 -- 1980

Dubuque Violations of Clean Water Act, 1979

Endangered Species Act and Tellico Dam Project, 1977

Energy Conservation in Federal Buildings, 1975 -- 1976

Flood Control Projects, 1975 -- 1980, n.d.

Gasoline Dealers/Sun Oil Co., 1977 -- 1978

Great River Road , 1975 -- 1979, n.d.

Hazardous Wastes, 1979 -- 1980

Highway Funds – State Matching Requirements, 1975

Highway Projects – Federal Procedural Requirements, 1975

Highway Trust Fund, 1975 -- 1976

Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Plant at Louisa County, Iowa, 1978 -- 1979

Iowa Power/Burlington Northern Railroad, 1978

Iowa Rail-Barge Tariff System, 1978, n.d.

John F. Kennedy Center, 1975, 1979 -- 1980

Kirkwood Community College Environmental Training Grant, 1976

Lake Manawa Restoration EPA Grant, 1979

Land Use and Transportation in Iowa, 1977

Locks and Dam 26 ( Alton, Illinois), 1976 -- 1980, n.d. (2 folders)

Loess Hills Protection, 1978

Box 101 Committee on Environment and Public Works, cont.

Mines of Spain, 1980, n.d.

National Energy Policy, 1977

Need for Nuclear Energy, 1975 -- 1976

Ozone Depletion, 1975

Panel on Environmental Science and Technology ( PEST), 1975 -- 1976

Public Building Prospectuses, 1975 -- 1978, 1980

Railroad Crisis – Milwaukee Railroad, 1978 -- 1980, n.d.

Railroad Crisis – Rock Island Railroad Bankruptcy, 1975 -- 1980, n.d.

Railroads, 1978 -- 1979, n.d.

Regional Development Commissions, 1976, 1979, n.d.

Review of Environmental Regulatory Review Process, 1979

State Implementation Plans for Air Quality/Iowa ‘Fugitive Dust’ Issue, 1978 -- 1979, n.d.

Tennessee Valley Authority Director Nominations, 1976, 1979

Transportation Planning, 1977 -- 1978

Transportation Policy, 1977 -- 1978

UMTA Grants to Cedar Rapids and Davenport, 1979 -- 1980

Uniformity in Truck Weight-Length Limits, 1979

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Assorted Projects in Iowa, 1975 -- 1976

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Budget Hearings, 1975 -- 1976

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Coralville Lake Project, 1975

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Fort Madison Flood, 1977

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Rock Island District Realignment, 1979

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1976 -- 1978, n.d.

Utilities, 1977, n.d.

Wastewater Treatment Construction Grant Program, 1976 -- 1979, n.d.

Water Pollution Construction Grants Impounded, 1975

Water Pollution Cost Sharing, 1977 -- 1979, n.d.

Boxes 102 -- 104

Committee on Armed Services

Box 102

Specific Legislation

FY 1976 Defense Authorization Bill, 1975 -- 1976, n.d.

FY 1978 Defense Authorization Bill, 1976 -- 1977, n.d. (2 folders)

FY 1979 Military Authorization Bill, 1978

FY 1979 Supplemental Authorization, 1979

FY 1980 Defense Authorization Bill, 1979, n.d.

FY 1980 Department of Defense Budget Request, 1979

FY 1980 Manpower Authorization Bill, 1979

FY 1981 Defense Authorization Bill, 1980, n.d.

Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (S. 2424), 1976

Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (H.R. 5503), 1978

Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 1978

Foreign Assistance Appropriations Bill (H.R. 4473), 1979

G.I. Bill Improvements Act (S. 457), 1977

International Development Assistance Act (S. 1520), 1977

International Development Assistance Act (S. 588), 1979

International Security Assistance Act (S. 3075)/Turkish Arms Embargo, 1978

Navy Modernization Amendment to DoD Appropriations Act (S. 2571), 1978

Nuclear Nonproliferation Act (S. 897), 1977 -- 1978

Nuclear Powered Navy/ Repeal of Title VIII, DoD Appropriations Authorization Act of 1975, 1976 -- 1977, n.d.

Omnibus Multilateral Development Institutions Act, 1977

Reinstatement of Alexander P. Butterfield (FAA Director)‘s Military Status (S. 182), 1975

Reserve Call-Up Bill (S. 2115), 1975

Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpile Act (H.R. 4895), 1978

Survivors Benefit Plan Amendments (S. 91), 1979

Veterans Issues Legislation - Various, 1977 -- 1980, n.d.

Box 103 Committee on Armed Services, cont.

Subjects

Albert C. Hall Nomination (as Assistant Secretary of USAF for R&D), 1976 -- 1977

Assorted Trips by JCC, 1976, 1978, n.d.

B-1 Bomber, 1976 -- 1978, n.d.

Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy, 1975

Civil Defense, 1977 -- 1978, n.d. (2 folders)

Committee Procedures/ Business, 1975 -- 1980

“Congressional Conference on U.S. National Security, 1977 -- 2001”, 1977

Defense Contract Audit Agency/State of Iowa vs. Planning Research Corp., 1977 -- 1978

Diego Garcia/U.S. and Soviet Presences in Indian Ocean, 1975 -- 1978, n.d.

Donald Rumsfeld Nomination (as Secretary of Defense), 1975

Draft Reinstatement/All-Volunteer Force, 1978 -- 1979, n.d.

“Effects of Nuclear War” Speech by JCC, 1978

Foreign Arms Sales -General, 1975 -- 1979, n.d.

Foreign Arms Sales -- Iran, 1977 -- 1979, n.d.

Foreign Arms Sales – Saudi Arabia/Middle East, 1975, 1977 -- 1978, 1980, n.d.

George M. Seignious Nomination (as Director of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency)/Civilian Control of ACDA, 1978 -- 1979

Harold Brown Nomination (as Secretary of Defense), 1977

Introductory Committee Material for JCC, 1975

Iowa Defense Matters, 1975 -- 1980

Iowa National Guard/Reserves, 1976 -- 1980, n.d.

Box 104 Committee on Armed Services, cont.

Iran , 1977, n.d.

Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978

Junior H. Burkhead (Brigadier General, Iowa National Guard), 1978

Korea – Troop Withdrawal, 1975, 1977

Military Aid – Vietnam and Cambodia, 1975

Military Medical Services, 1979, n.d.

Military Readiness, 1977, n.d.

Minuteman Missile, 1976, n.d.

Miscellaneous Issues, 1975 -- 1980, n.d.

NATO Standardization, 1976 -- 1977

North Atlantic Assembly, 1978

Panama Canal/Panama Canal Treaties, 1977 -- 1979 (2 folders)

Paul Warnke Nomination (as Director of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency), 1977

Shipbuilding, 1976 -- 1978, n.d.

Sinai Agreement, 1975

Special Study Group on the Current Status of the NATO Alliance, 1975

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II), 1977 -- 1980, n.d.

Strategic Vulnerability/Strategic Buildup, 1977 -- 1978, n.d.

TA-7D Fighter Aircraft for Iowa National Guard, 1978

Tank Study by JCC and Dewey Bartlett/XM-1 Battle Tank, 1975 -- 1977, n.d.

Unionization in the Military, 1976 -- 1977

U.S./U.S.S.R. Parliamentary Visit, 1978

West Point Honor Code/Cheating Scandal, 1976 -- 1977

World Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS), 1979

Box 105

Committee on the Judiciary

Specific Legislation

200 Mile Limit Fishing Bill (S. 961), 1975

Balanced Budget Amendment (S.J. Res 126), 1979 -- 1980

Carryover Basis Simplification Act (H.R. 4694), 1979

Civil Rights of the Institutionalized Bill (S. 1393/S. 10), 1979 -- 1980

Criminal Code Reform Act (S. 1437), 1976 -- 1978

Electoral College Reform/Direct Election of the President (S.J. Res 1/S.J. Res 28), 1977, 1979

Equal Access to Justice Act (S. 265), 1979

Fair Housing Act Amendments (S. 506), 1979 -- 1980

Federal Criminal Diversion Act (S. 1819), 1977

Federal Tort Claims Act Amendments (S. 695/S. 3314), 1978 -- 1979

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (S. 1566), 1977

FTC Improvements Act (S. 1288), 1977

“ Illinois Brick” Bills (S. 1846/S. 300/S. 1874), 1978 -- 1979, n.d.

Intelligence Identities Protection Act (S. 2216), 1980

Legislation, Assorted, 1978 -- 1980, n.d.

Oil Windfall Acquisition Act (S. 1246), 1979

Privacy Protection Act (S. 1790), 1980

Refugee Assistance Act (S. 643), 1979 -- 1980

Victims of Crime Act (S. 551), 1978

Watergate Reform Bill (S. 555), 1977

Subjects

Assorted Letters from Constituents (Selected), 1978

Charles H. Winberry Nomination (as Federal District Judge for North Carolina), 1979 -- 1980

Donald O’Brien Nomination (as Federal District Judge for Iowa), 1977 -- 1978

Equal Rights Amendment, 1978

Handgun Control, 1977 -- 1978, n.d.

L.T. Senter, Jr. Nomination (as Federal District Judge for Mississippi), 1979

Miscellaneous Issues, 1977 -- 1980, n.d.

Nominations, Assorted, 1978 -- 1979, n.d.

Norval Morris Nomination (as Administrator of Law Enforcement Assistance Administration), 1978

Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure

Administrative Practice and Regulatory Control Act (S. 2147), 1980

Public Participation Act (S. 270), 1978

Regulatory Flexibility Act (S. 299), 1979 -- 1980

Regulatory Reform Legislation, Assorted, 1978 -- 1980

CETA Program Administration in Iowa, 1980

Legislative Veto, 1979

Regulatory Reform Hearings, 1979

Witness Protection Program, 1978

Box 106

Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Amendments (S. 102/S. 1218), 1977

Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act (S. 1585), 1977 -- 1978, 1980

Psychotropic Substances Act (S. 2399)/PCP Manufacture, 1977 -- 1978

Assorted Letters from Constituents (Selected), 1977 -- 1978

Decriminalization of Marijuana, 1977

Letters from Constituents on Child Pornography (Selected), 1977 -- 1978

Letters from Constituents on Juvenile Justice Amendments (Selected), 1977 -- 1978

Letters from Constituents on LEAA Regulations (Selected), 1978

Letters from Constituents on Marijuana Decriminalization (Selected), 1977 -- 1978

Miscellaneous Issues, 1977, n.d.

Youth Opportunity Programs, 1977

Box 107

Assorted Other Committees

Select Committee on Small Business – Product Liability Task Force

Documentation, 1977 -- 1979, n.d.

Legislation, 1978 -- 1979

Temporary Commission on the Operation of the Senate (“Culver Commission”)

Correspondence, 1975 -- 1978

Documentation, 1975 -- 1977, n.d.

Enabling Legislation (S. Res 166), 1977

Reports and Recommendations, 1976

Culver with President Carter at the signing of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, November 1979

Culver with President Carter at the signing of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, November 1979