Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 1983. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Census and Population of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session on H. R. 2491 (July 26, 1984). Serial No. 98-49 [electronic resource]
These hearings focused on issues and topics related to House Resolution 2491. The major purposes of this proposed lesiglation are to: (1) establish in the federal government a global foresight capability with respect to natural resources, the environment, and population; (2) establish a national pop...
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| Summary: | These hearings focused on issues and topics related to House Resolution 2491. The major purposes of this proposed lesiglation are to: (1) establish in the federal government a global foresight capability with respect to natural resources, the environment, and population; (2) establish a national population policy; and (3) establish an interagency council on global resources, environment, and population. Included are the statements of: Representative Katie Hall (Indiana), chairman of the Subcommittee on Census and Population; Representative Richard Ottinger (New York), author of the legislation; Representative Bob Edgar (Pennsylvania); and representatives from the following: Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Bureau of the Census; Zero Population Growth; League of United Latin American Citizens; the Environmental Fund; and the National Audubon Society. Also included are statements submitted by: The National Wildlife Federation; the Sierra Club of San Francisco; Population Communication; the Society of American Foresters; four chapters of Zero Population Growth (Los Angeles, Minnesota, Seattle, and San Diego); as well as the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Economics. Among the areas addressed during the hearings were: the need for the legislation (including a need based on the purported relationship between population increase and specific American environmental problems); population trends; implications of continued population growth; and opposition to the legislation (such as the view that the legislation is biased against certain population groups). (JN) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED253420. Availability: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. |
| Physical Description: | 147 p. |
| Audience: | Policymakers. |