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House Commerce Appropriations Subcommittee Roster (NIST, NOAA)

APR 08, 1999

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary is responsible for writing an appropriations bill that funds, among other agencies, the Department of Commerce. Within the Commerce Department are the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.) Below is the roster for this subcommittee for the 106th Congress. Included with each subcommittee member’s name is a list of the higher education institutions in his or her district. Information on rosters and university/college listings comes from Congressional Quarterly. See http://www.house.gov/MemberWWW.html for the Web sites of all representatives.

House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary H-309 Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515-6017 202-225-3351 REPUBLICANS Chairman: Harold Rogers (Kentucky, 5th District) Higher Education Institutions: Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes; Cumberland College, Williamsburg; Hazard Community College, Hazard; Lees College, Jackson; Pikeville College, Pikeville; Prestonsburg Community College, Prestonsburg; Somerset Community College, Somerset; Southeast Community College, Cumberland; Sue Bennett College, London; Union College, Barbourville Jim Kolbe (Arizona, 5th District) Higher Education Institutions: Cochise College, Douglas; Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher; Pima Medical Institute, Tucson; University of Phoenix-Tucson Campus, Tucson Charles Taylor (North Carolina, 11th District) Higher Education Institutions: Asheville Buncombe Tech College, Asheville; Brevard College, Brevard; Cecils Junior College of Business, Asheville; Cleveland Community College, Shelby; Haywood Community College, Clyde; Isothermal Community College, Spindale; Mars Hill College, Mars Hill; McDowell Tech Community College, Marion; Montreat-Anderson College, Montreat; Southwestern Community College, Sylva; Tri-County Community College, Murphy; University of North Carolina, Asheville; Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa; Western Carolina University, Cullowhee Ralph Regula (Ohio, 16th District) Higher Education Institutions: Ashland College, Ashland; The College of Wooster, Wooster; Kent State University-Stark, North Canton; Malone College, Canton; Mount Union College, Alliance; Ohio State University-Agricultural Tech Institute, Wooster; Stark Technical College, Canton; University of Akron-Wayne College, Orrville; Walsh College, Canton; Wooster Business College, Wooster Tom Latham (Iowa, 5th District) Higher Education Institutions: Briar Cliff College, Sioux City; Buena Vista College, Storm Lake; Dordt College, Sioux Center; Iowa Central Community College, Fort Dodge; Iowa Lakes Community College, Estherville; Morningside College, Sioux City; Northwest Iowa Tech College, Sheldon; Northwestern College, Orange City; Teikyo Westmar College, Le Mars; Waldorf College, Forest City; Western Iowa Tech College, Sioux City Dan Miller (Florida, 13th District) Higher Education Institutions: Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota; Sarasota County Technical Institute, Sarasota; Manatee Community College, Bradenton Zach Wamp (Tennessee, 3rd District) Higher Education Institutions: University of Tennessee- Chattanooga, Chattanooga; Lee College, Cleveland; Southern Adventist University, Collegedale; Tennessee Temple University, Chattanooga; Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga; Roane State Community College, Harriman; Cleveland State Community College, Cleveland DEMOCRATS Ranking Minority Member: Jose Serrano (New York, 16th District) Higher Education Institutions: Bronx Community College, Bronx Alan Mollohan (West Virginia, 1st District) Higher Education Institutions: Alderson Broaddus College, Philippi; Bethany College, Bethany; Fairmont State College, Fairmont; Ohio Valley College, Parkersburg; Potomac State College of West Virginia, Keyser; Salem-Teikyo University, Salem; West Liberty State College, West Liberty; West Virginia North Community College, Wheeling; West Virginia University, Parkersburg; West Virginia University, Morgantown; Wheeling Jesuit College, Wheeling Julian Dixon (California, 32nd District) Higher Education Institutions: University of Southern California, Los Angeles; West Los Angeles College, Culver City Lucille Roybal-Allard (California, 33rd District) Higher Education Institutions: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles; Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Los Angeles; Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles

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