Appendices 



APPENDIX B— FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND CONGRESSIONAL 

 RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO MARINE SCIENCES 



Appendix B-1— Selected Legislation of the 89th and 90th Congresses 



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

 uniform policies with respect to recreation, fish, and wildhfe benefits, and costs of 

 federal multi-purpose water resources projects. 



Public Law 89-80 (July 21, 1965) — Water Resources Planning Act, 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, estabhshed 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, 1955) — Omnibus rivers and harbors act which 

 included a study of water utilization and control of Chesapeake Bay and construc- 

 tion of a large scale model for this purpose. 



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

 Interior of land at La Jolla, California, donated by the University of California, 

 for a marine biological research 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 would include the Coast Guard. 



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

 Act of 1966, added a Title II to P.L. 89-454 authorizing grants to institutions 

 to operate programs of applied research, training and education, and information 

 dissemination; amended by P.L. 90-477, August 1 1, 1968. 



Public Law 89-701 (November 2, 1966) — Authorized funds to determine practicable 

 and economic means for the production of fish-protein concentrate which would 

 include construction and leasing of experimental FPC plants. 



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 90-137 (November 14, 1967) — Foreign Assistance Act of 1967, amended 

 the 1961 Act to authorize, among others, a program to demonstrate the potential 

 and encourage 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. 



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