Marine Science Affairs 



APPENDIX B 



Federal Legislation Related to the Marine Sciences 



(Enacted by the 89th and 90th Congresses) 



Public Law 89-72 (July 9, 1965) — Federal Water Projects Recreation Act which 

 provided uniform policies with respect to recreation and fish and wildlife benefits 

 and costs of federal multi-purpose water resources projects. 



Public Law 89-80 (July 21, 1965) — Water Resources Planning Act which provided 

 for coordinated planning of water and related land resources, through the establish- 

 ment of a water resources council and river basin commissions, and provided funds 

 to the states to increase state participation in such planning. 



Public Law 89-99 (July 30, 1965) — Exempted oceanographic research vessels from 

 application of certain inspection laws. 



Public Law 89-234 (October 2, 1965)— Water Quality Act of 1965 established the 

 Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, provided grants for research and 

 development, increased grants for construction of sewage treatment works, and 

 required establishment of water quality criteria. 



Public Law 89-298 (October 27, 1965) — Rivers and Harbors Act provided for study 

 of water utilization and control of Chesapeake Bay and construction of a large 

 scale model for this purpose. 



Public Law 89-302 (October 30, 1965) — Authorized use by the Secretary of Interior 

 of land at La JoUa, California, donated by the University of California, for a 

 marine biological laboratory. 



Public Law 89-454 (June 17, 1966) — Marine Resources and Engineering Develop- 

 ment Act of 1966 established a national policy to advance marine sciences and 

 created a cabinet level council and advisory commission. 



Public Law 89-658 (October 14, 1966) — Established a contiguous fishing zone be- 

 yond the territorial sea of the United States. 



Public Law 89-670 (October 15, 1966) — Provided for a Department of Transporta- 

 tion which includes the Coast Guard. 



Public Law 89-688 (October 15, 1966) — National Sea Grant College and Programs 

 Act of 1966 for authorized grants to institutions to operate programs of applied 

 research, training and education, and information dissemination. 



Public Law 89-701 (November 2, 1966) — Authorized practicable and economic 

 means for the production of fish-protein concentrate. 



Public Law 89-753 (November 3, 1966)— Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966 pro- 

 vided for Federal assistance to and cooperation with groups developing water 

 quality control and pollution abatement programs and authorized a national 

 estuarine pollution study. 



Public Law 90-18 (May 19, 1967) — Provided for the participation of the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior in the construction and operation of a large prototype desalting 

 plant in southern California. 



Public Law 90-30 (June 24, 1967) — Authorized appropriations for the saline water 

 conversion program, to expand the program, and for other purposes. 



Public Law 90-137 (November 14, 1967) — Amended the Foreign Assistance Act of 

 1961 to authorize, among others, a program to demonstrate the potential and en- 

 courage the use of fish and other protein concentrates as a practical means of 

 reducing nutritional deficiencies in less developed countries and areas. The President 

 was urged to use at least $2,500,000 of the total funds authorized by the Act for this 

 particular program. 



Public Law 90-205 (December 15, 1967)— Amended the Act of October 4, 1961, 

 relating to the acquisition of wetlands for conservation of migratory waterfowl. 



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