DAVE McCURDY COLLECTION

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BOX 15

F1: Science, Space, and Technology; Remote Sensing Satellites, Office of Technology Assessment Background Paper, 1992

This folder contains the report Remotely Sensed Data from Space: Distribution, Pricing, and Applications.

Correspondents include John H. Gibbons.

F2: Science, Space, and Technology; Remote Sensing Satellites, Private Sector Involvement, 1979

This folder contains the report Private Sector Involvement in Civil Space Remote Sensing: Prepared by an Interagency Task Force.

Correspondents include Frederick B. Henderson.

F3: Science, Space, and Technology; Space and Your Future, 1991

Topics include Space and Your Future: New Worlds - New Wonders (nationwide interactive video conference), public television, Space and Your Future program board of advisors, Youngstar Academy.

Correspondents include Countdown Foundation.

F4: Science, Space, and Technology; Space Policy, 1989

This folder contains the paper Toward a New Space Policy and two articles from Issues in Science and Technology: Space Policy: Deciding Where to Go and Space Policy: Getting There From Here.

Correspondents include Albert D. Wheelon, J. Guyford Stever, David L. Bodde, and M. Granger Morgan.

F5: Science, Space, and Technology; Space Policy, 1994

This folder contains the paper Military Space Policy: Part 1 - New Launch Technology is Essential.

Correspondents include Jim Courter, Loren Thompson, and Committee for the Common Defense.

F6: Science, Space, and Technology; Subcommittee on Energy Member Manual, 1993

Topics include subcommittee calendar, membership rosters, programs, single-program labs, multi-program labs, and defense labs.

F7: Science, Space, and Technology; Subcommittee on Space Member Manual, Part 1, 1993

Topics include introduction, subcommittee roster, legislative and oversight agenda, NASA issues, and Congressional Research Service briefs.

F8: Science, Space, and Technology; Subcommittee on Space Member Manual, Part 2, 1993

Topics include milestones in astronomy and space, procedures, staff biographies, space business indicators, public opinion, and NASA contractors and private organizations.

F9: Sunbelt Caucus, 1991-1992

Topics include “An Agenda of Action: A Report to the members of the Congressional Sunbelt Caucus” by Joseph W. Westphal, glossary of census terms, adjusting 1990 census data, regional listing of taxpayer education staff, Sunbelt Report newsletters, organizational summary, Census Data Fair Share Act, McCurdy election to co-chair of Sunbelt Caucus, Michael Harvey, and House committee assignments.

Correspondents include Lindsay Thomas, James P. Moran, Ted Weiss, and E. Clay Shaw Jr.

F10: Sunbelt Caucus, 1993

Topics include Census Data Fair Share Act, Sunbelt Report newsletters, Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Protection Act, recruitment letters, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Sunbelt region clippings, and health care.

Correspondents include J. Martin Lancaster and E. Clay Shaw Jr.

F11: Sunbelt Caucus, 1994

Topics include Robert Reich presentation on Education and Workforce Literacy Task Force, health care, Sunbelt Report newsletters, Sunbelt Institute, federal poverty data, and Volunteer and Rescue Squad Worker Act.

Correspondents include E. Clay Shaw Jr., Ann W. Richards, and Herbert H. Bateman.

F12: Sunbelt Institute, 1986

Topics include research agenda and organizational meeting.

Correspondents include Keith Henderson.

F13: Superconductivity, Clippings, 1967-1989

Topics include impact on industries, Japanese superconductivity research, metal-oxide ceramics, magnetic levitation trains, Department of Energy Advance Turbine Technology Application Project, and marketing superconductivity.

F14: Superconductivity, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Hearings, 1987

Topics include hearings witness list, staff analysis of superconductivity legislation, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), high-temperature ceramic superconductors, National Science Foundation, Report of the Research Briefing Panel on High-Temperature Superconductivity, Department of Energy, National Superconductivity and Competitiveness Act, and Department of Defense.

Correspondents include Doug Walgren, Craig I. Fields, Richard S. Nicholson, John K. Hulm, James F. Decker, Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Thomas G. Moore, and Ronald L. Kerber.

F15: Superconductivity, High-Temperature Superconductivity, 1990

Topics include High-Temperature Superconductivity in Perspective (book).

Correspondents include Office of Technology Assessment.

F16: Superconductivity, McCurdy Statements and Letters, 1987-1990

Topics include practical applications of superconductivity, Computer Security: From Principles to Practices (speech), Federal Policy on Superconductivity (speech), national superconductivity program, industrial participation, funding for superconductivity, competition with Japan, McCurdy-Ritter compromise, and high-temperature superconductivity.

F17: Superconductivity, National Superconductivity Action Plan, 1988-1990

Topics include establishing a national superconductivity program, private sector collaboration, funding, focusing research responsibilities of government agencies, National Superconductivity Competitiveness and National Security Act, competition with Japan, Office of Science and Technology Policy, staff analysis of National Superconductivity Action Plan, and High-Temperature Superconductivity in Perspective (briefing paper).

Correspondents include Paul Maxwell and Council of Superconductivity for American Competitiveness.

F18: Superconductivity, Structural Materials Manufacturing Initiative, 1989

This folder contains the report Structural Materials Manufacturing Initiative: High Temperature Materials Focus - Silicon Carbide Titanium.

Correspondents include Textron Specialty Materials.

F19: Superconductivity, Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials Hearings, 1989-1990

Topics include national research and development program management, witness lists, hearing background materials, Council on Superconductivity for American Competitiveness, Department of Energy, Argonne Pilot Center, and National Action Plan.

Correspondents include Rustum Roy, Paul C. W. Chu, Carl H. Rosner, John T. Whelten, Elton N. Kaufman, D. Allan Bromley, and David W. McCall.

F20: Taxes, 1993

Topics include amortization of intangibles, research and development tax credit, amortization of goodwill, subchapter S corporations, Supreme Court syllabus and dissenting opinion on Newark Morning Ledger Co. v. United States, amortization period, conversion of defense industry, taxes on commercial export sales, foreign sales corporations, and loan guarantee recoupment.

Correspondents include harry L. Gutman, Howard J. Feldman, Jim Cooper, William H. Orton, American Bankers Association, John C. Danforth, Max S. Baucus, Norman R. Augustine, Martin Marietta, and Amortization of Intangibles Task Force.

F21: Taxes, Capital Gains, Feb.-Aug., 1989

Topics include reduction of capital gains tax to 15 %, federal deficit, encouraging new investment, middle class, and indexing capital gains.

Correspondents include Timothy J. Penny.

F22: Taxes, Capital Gains, Sept. 6-22, 1989

Topics include federal deficit, encouraging economic growth, tax breaks for the rich, real estate, inflation indexing, Democratic alternative plan, deductions for IRA contributions, voodoo logic, and Jenkins-Archer capital gains tax cut.

Correspondents include Congressional Populist Caucus; Sander Levin; Don J. Pease; Democratic Study Group; Patricia Schroeder; National Association of Home Builders; Steny H. Hoyer; Vic Fazio; National Small Business United; Richard A. Gephardt; National Association of Manufacturers; United Steelworkers of America; AFL-CIO; Robert J. Shapiro; Dan Rostenkowski; American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees; American Farm Bureau Federation; Associated Builders and Contractors; Coalition for Fiscal Restraint; Genetics Institute; and William H. Gray.

F23: Taxes, Capital Gains, Sept. 23-29, 1989

Topics include inflation indexing, Topics include capital gains tax rate cuts, Democrat alternative plan, Jenkins-Archer capital gains tax cut, deficit reduction, IRA tax reform, tax cuts for the rich, stimulating venture capital, capital gains preference, bubble loophole, encouraging economic growth, capital gains tax in Japan, McCurdy statements, IRA/Deficit Reduction Alternative, and tax rate differential.

Correspondents include Richard A. Gephardt, Vic Fazio, Associated General Contractors of American, Charles W. Stenholm, Jim Slattery, Timothy J. Penny, AFL-CIO, UAW, Leon E. Panetta, Robert T. Matsui, William J. Coyne, Nancy Pelosi, Robert Torricelli, Common Cause, Democratic Study Group, Sander Levin, William J. Gray, Rod Chandler, George J. W. Bush, Jan Meyers, Don J. Pease, AARP, Ralph Hall, Tom DeLay, Frank J. Guarini, and U. S. Chamber of Commerce.

F24: Taxes, Capital Gains, Oct. 1989-1990

Topics include IRA/Deficit Reduction Alternative, encouraging economic growth, building personal assets, and Stakeholding: A New Direction in Social Policy (executive summary of report).

Correspondents include Thomas S. Foley, Richard A. Gephardt, William H. Gray, Marty Russo, Charles W. Stenholm, Robert T. Matsui, Lawton Chamber of Commerce and Industry, National Venture Capital Association, Progressive Policy Institute, and Michael Sherraden.

F25: Taxes, Equity, 1990

Topics include tax fairness index, middle class tax burden, and McCurdy floor statement.

Correspondents include Robert J. Shapiro.

F26: Taxes, Intangibles, 1992

Topics include amortization of intangibles, amortization of goodwill, corporate takeovers, and McCurdy statement on Revenue Act before the House Rules Committee.

Correspondents include Jim Cooper and Charles Hatcher.

F27: Taxes, Section 89, 1986-1988

Topics include non-discrimination requirements and pensions and employee benefits.

F28: Taxes, Section 89, Jan.-May, 1989

Topics include health insurance coverage for employees, simplifying non-discrimination rules, covering the uninsured, business tax deductions for health insurance costs, and text of H.R. 634.

Correspondents include National Federation of Independent Businesses, Small Business Legislative Council, James Abdnor, National Home Furnishings Association, Joseph M. McDade, Andy Ireland, John J. LaFalce, Ike Skelton, Jim Cooper, Entrepreneurs of America, and National Association of Life Underwriters.

F29: Taxes, Section 89, June-Sept, 1989

Topics include Bentsen compromise bill, Wall Street Journal editorial on Gekas amendment, Ways and Means Committee consideration, Senate action, health insurance coverage for employees, and Rostenkowski modification of section provisions.

Correspondents include George W. Gekas, John J. LaFalce, Ben Jones, Associated Specialty Contractors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Life Underwriters, and National Federation of Independent Businesses.

F30: Transportation, Aging Aircraft, 1988

Topics include conference on aging aircraft, Aviation Safety Research Act, emergency airworthiness directive, Aloha Airline accident, safety and inspection standards, and McCurdy remarks.

Correspondents include Ken Byram and T. Allan McArter.

F31: Transportation, Airport Improvement, 1994

Topics include improvements at Purcell Municipal Airport, control of airport financing and development decision, Airport Improvement Program, temporary program authorization grant for Westheimer Airpark, grant for Will Rogers World Airport, and Thomas P. Stafford Airport (Weatherford, Oklahoma).

Correspondents include American Association of Airport Executives, Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, David Walters, Delmas Ford, Jack Crowley, Clyde M. DeHart Jr, and Don Nickles.

F32: Transportation, American Airlines, 1994

Topics include Civil Reserve Air Fleet, use of foreign carriers, General Services Administration contacts, Fly America Act, code-sharing, foreign competition, attendance at bilateral negotiations, city-pair travel solicitation, chronology of Fly America Act, and expiration of transportation fuel tax exemption.

Correspondents include Lauch Faircloth, Edward P. Faberman, Steny J. Hoyer, Wendell Ford, Harlan Mathews, and U. S. Department of State.

F33: Transportation, American Airlines, New Maintenance Facility, 1989

Topics include maintenance technical school, advantages of site in Oklahoma, Bob Crandall, total quality management, and selection of site in Fort Worth (Texas).

Correspondents include Glenn English, Wes Watkins, Mike Synar, David L. Boren, Mickey Edwards, James Inhofe, Don Nickles, and Ronald J. Norick.

F34: Transportation, Amtrak, 1989-1994

Topics include restoring train service in Oklahoma, Lone Star line, Amtrak Investment Act, Surface Efficiency Act of 1991, state funds for Amtrak service, and Barton amendment.

Correspondents include Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Robert A. Roe, John D. Dingell, John Paul Hammerschmidt, W. Graham Clayton Jr., David L. Boren, Don Nickles, James Inhofe, Mike Synar, Bill Brewster, Mickey Edwards, Glenn English, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Transportation Trades Department, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, and Transportation Communication International Union.

F35: Transportation, Anti-Lock Brakes, Strait-Stop, 1993-1994

Topics include definition of anti-lock brakes, U. S. Department of Transportation brake regulations for trucks, computerized anti-lock brakes, and Strait-Stop company.

Correspondents include ABAS Marketing Inc., Thomas D. Price, James Inhofe, and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

F36: Transportation, Aviation Infrastructure Investment Act (H.R. 2739), 1993

Topics include infant seat restraints on aircraft, letters of intent financing, bill committee report text, bill text, collective bargaining for Washington D.C. airport employees, and general aviation trends.

Correspondents include Jim Lightfoot, Jolene Unsoeld, Bob Clement, Democratic Study Group, David E. Bonior, Frank R. Wolf, James L. Oberstar, Stephen Horn, Norman Y. Mineta, Thomas J. Ridge, AFL-CIO, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Don Nickles, David L. Boren, Bill Brewster, Glenn English, James Inhofe, and Mike Synar.

F37: Transportation, Aviation Infrastructure Investment Act (H.R. 2739), 1994

Topics include airport funding, Airport Improvement Program, air cargo, deregulating intrastate trucking, air traffic control, and Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act.

Correspondents include Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, David R. Hinson, David E. Skaggs, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Federal Express, UPS, Airborne Express, and Democratic Study Group.

F38: Transportation, Aviation Product Liability, 1987

Topics include uniform standards for aviation liability and General Aviation Standards Act bill text.

Correspondents include Coalition for General Aviation Liability Reform, Dan Glickman, and Beech Aircraft.

F39: Transportation, Aviation Product Liability, 1988-1989

Topics include General Aviation Standards Act summary, bill text with amendments, and Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Correspondents include General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Dan Glickman, and General Dynamics Corporation.

F40: Transportation, Aviation Product Liability, 1993-1994

Topics include General Aviation Revitalization Act, time limits on certain civil action against aircraft manufacturers, Wichita Eagle (newspaper) Business Plus Section (April 11, 1994), general aviation trends, discharge petition, committee report, and small airplane crashes.

Correspondents include James V. Hansen, Dan Glickman, Mike Synar, Rick Boucher, Oklahoma Aviation Task Force, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Air Routing International Corporation, James Inhofe, Oklahoma City Aviation Club, National Business Aircraft Association.

F41: Transportation, British Airways-USAir Merger, 1992-1993

Topics include U. S. Department of Transportation docket, competition among airlines, reasons to support merger, access of U. S. companies to international markets, Senate letter to President-elect Clinton, and open-skies agreement with United Kingdom.

Correspondents include Andrew H. Card Jr., Don Nickles, David L. Boren, James Inhofe, Mike Synar, Bill K. Brewster, Mickey Edwards, Glenn English, American Airlines, Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, USAir, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines.

F42: Transportation, British Airways-USAir Merger, 1994

Topics include aviation competition with Great Britain, Lufthansa, code-sharing, and open-skies bilateral agreements.

Correspondents include William O. Lipinski, Newt Gingrich, Pete Geren, James Inhofe, American Airlines, Jesse Helms, Claiborne Pell, Harlan Mathews, Wendell H. Ford, James Sasser, Richard A. Gephardt, Robert L. Crandall, American Airlines, William J. Clinton, Peter A. Defazio, Edward P. Faberman, and Federico Pena.

F43: Transportation, Civil Aeromedical Institute, 1989-1990

Topics include Human Factors Coordinating Committee, human errors as causes of aviation accidents, Aviation Safety Research Act, human factors research, Civil Aeromedical Institute projects and budget summaries, and text of PL 94-361.

Correspondents include Tom Lewis and Samuel K. Skinner.

F44: Transportation, Civil Aeromedical Institute, Funding, 1994

Topics include Federal Aviation Administration budget summary, reduction in funding for aeromedical research, Federal Aviation Administration research and development appropriations, human factors, and Chapter 8 programs.

Correspondents include David L. Boren, Alfonse D'Amato, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Carr, and Frank Wolf.

F45: Transportation, Clinton-Sherman Airpark, 1988

Topics include airpark costs, air traffic activity, air traffic control tower, terms of use contract by Military Airlift Command, record of meetings about future of airpark, and assessment of facilities.

Correspondents include Christine Parrish, Midwestern Oklahoma Development Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, Glenn English, David L. Boren, Don Nickles, Don P. Watson, H. C. McClure, and Wayne J. Barlow.

F46: Transportation, Coast Guard Institute, 1986-1988

Topics include transfer of Merchant Vessel Personnel Division to Washington D.C., Coast Guard congressional staff briefing, and supplemental appropriations.

Correspondents include Jerome J. Askin, L. K. Thomas, P. A. Yost, and Robert W. Davis.

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