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Health and Human Development and the National Instiute of 

 General Medical Sciences were established under this act.) 



October 16 — November 20, 1963: The Subcommittee on Science, Re- 

 search, and Development of the House Committee on Science and 

 Astronautics held its initial hearings, entitled "Government and 

 Science," to identify problems in the Government-science rela- 

 tionship and to assign priorities for dealing with them. 



December 5, 1964: National Academy of Engineering of the NAS- 

 NRC was established with the adoption by the Council of the 

 NAS of Articles or Organization making the new Academy a par- 

 allel organization. 



July 13, 1965: Environmental Science Service Administration estab- 

 lished with entry into force of Reorganization Plan 2 of 1965, ef- 

 fective this date. Transferred to the new agency were in the 

 Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Central 

 Radio Laboratory of the NBS. 



July 22, 1965: Water Resources Planning Act provided for compre- 

 hensive planning for water resources development to be carried 

 out by Federal-State River Basin Commissions reporting the 

 President through a Cabinet level Water Resources Council. 

 (Public Law 89-80; 79 Stat. 244) 



September 14, 1965: State Technical Services Act of 1965 was an 

 attempt to make more readily available to American business, 

 commerce and industry the benefits of federally financed re- 

 search and other research by providing a national program of in- 

 centive and support to the States who establish and maintain 

 technical service programs to accomplish the above objective. 

 (Public Law 89-182; 79 Stat. 679) 



September 30, 1965: This act authorized the Secretary of Commerce 

 to undertake research and development in high-speed ground 

 transportation, to undertake demonstration projects to assess 

 public response to improvements in intercity rail passenger serv- 

 ice, and to embark on a national program to improve the scope 

 and availability of transportation statistics. The act provided for 

 Federal assistance in an area which private rail carriers could no 

 longer handle due to loss of business because of competition from 

 other forms of transportation. (Public Law 89-220; 79 Stat. 893) 



October 2, 1965: Water Quality Act of 1965 strengthened Federal 

 water programs by creating a new agency, the Federal Water 

 Pollution Control Administration to administer the program 

 under the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. A new 

 research and demonstration program was authorized relating to 

 controlling sewage from storm sewers. Funding for ongoing re- 

 search was increased as were program and construction grants. 

 (Public Law 89-234; 79 Stat. 903) 



June 17, 1966: Public Law 89-454 established a temporary National 

 Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development in 

 the Executive Office of the President under the chairmanship of 

 the Vice President to plan and develop a coordinated Federal 

 program in marine science activities. The legislation also estab- 

 lished a Commission on Marine Science. Engineering and Re- 

 sources to make a comprehensive investigation and study of 

 marine science and recommend an overall plan for a national 

 oceanographic program. 



