Table 3. Congressional hearings at which DNA representatives have given testimony. Date of Testimony Committee Subcommittee on Health and Environment of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce 24-26 January and 14 February 1978 --Emphasis on actions then underway in the Department of Defense to collect data on DOD personnel who participated in atmospheric nuclear weapons testing Subcommittee on the House Commmittee on Government Operations 13 July 1978 --Emphasis on DOD research to identify participants in atmospheric nuclear weapons testing and possible exposures to ionizing radiation resulting from their participation Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs 8 May 1979 ~-Emphasis on progress made by DNA and the service teams to identify participants in atmospheric nuclear weapons testing and possible exposures to ionizing radiation resulting. from their participation Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs --Emphasis on relevant to and on dose who did not 20 June 1979 declassification of documents atmospheric nuclear weapons testing reconstruction for test participants wear badges Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources 27 October 1981 --Emphasis on proposed Bill S. 1483, which would make the U.S. liable in incidents related to fallout from the atmospheric nuclear tests Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs --Emphasis on status of the NTPR program and the VA adjudication process 15 18 April 1983