Up to a hundred congressional subcommittees shared jurisdiction over the EPA in the 1970s.

Evidence

During much of the 1970s, for instance, at least eleven standing House committees,ninestandingcommitteesintheSenate,anduptoonehundred congressional subcommittees shared jurisdiction over the EPA. Congressional supervision of the agency each year included lengthy and rigorous appropriations hearings on its budget, numerous appearances by EPA of- ficials at hearings, as many as one hundred reports to Congress, thousands of congressional inquiries, and, doubtless even more frequently, less formal direct contact with the agency. EPA officials testified before Congress 92 and 113 times, respectively, during the first two Congresses of the 1970s (the 92d and 93d) and 172 and 212 times during the last two Congresses of the decade (the 95th and 96th). — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 376

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: 1970s Congress wrote ever-tighter statutory deadlines to curb presidential and EPA discretion. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 373; The EPA was structurally caught between irreconcilable demands from both directions. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 411

Broader Connections

• The EPA was structurally caught between irreconcilable demands from both directions. #corroborates (0.78) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 411