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LEGISLATION. President Carter is again expected to submit a bill to Congress to speed up licensing procedures for nuclear plants. No action was taken on a similar bill last year. Congressmen understandably are wary about putting new nuclear plants into operation more quickly. But the bill calls for standardizing reactor designs, with appropriate safeguards, and for building up a bank of preselected sites on which reactor construction would be permitted. Those provisions would enhance safety...
Between meetings with Congressmen, administration officials, and the various business groups to which he belongs, deButts estimates that he spends 30 per cent of his time on federal issues. At least two business groups--the Business Roundtable and the Business Council (both collections of select members of the Fortune 1000, a list of the largest companies in the nation)--require deButts and his fellow CEOs to remain personally involved in the political process...
...natural advantage in gaining access to Congressmen. Not many Congressmen can afford to turn away the head of a $50 billion corporation. In fact, many members of Congress welcome the CEOs, soaking up the glamour associated with extreme wealth. In the 95th Congress, Senator Howard O. Metzenbaum (D-Ohio) asked deButts to lunch to discuss public governance of the corporation, while Senator Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) contacted deButts to solicit the business community's help on urban problems...
Adam began working in Washington as the chairman of the Business Roundtable's energy task force after Carter announced his conservation-oriented energy policy. "I found myself swept into an involvement which was intense and time consuming," he says. That involvement included lobbying Congressmen, negotiating with administration officials, and coordinating the efforts of the business community...
Before any of the closings can go into effect, a 30-day period of public comment must elapse. During that time, congressmen will surely take the offensive against the Pentagon's economy drive. New Jersey's 17-member delegation will challenge the Pentagon's estimate of the $16 million in savings that could be made by shifting Dix's basic training function to Fort Jackson, S.C. "We've certainly not thrown in the towel," says Democratic Senator Harrison Williams. "In the past when attempts were made to transfer Dix's training function somewhere else...