APPENDIX B— FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND CONGRESSIONAL 

 RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO MARINE SCIENCES 



Appendix B-1 — Legislation of the 91st Congress, First Session, Affecting 

 Marine Science Programs 



Public Law 91-15 (May 23, 1969) — Amends the Marine Resources and 

 Engineering Development Act of 1966 to authorize continuation of the 

 Marine Sciences Council until June 30, 1970. 



Public Law 91-40 (July 8, 1969) — Amends the Merchant Marine Act of 

 1936 (as amended) to extend vessel construction subsidies until June 30, 

 1970. 



Public Law 91-121 (Nov. 19, 1969) — Authorization for military procure- 

 ment and research, development, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 

 1970, including prohibition on expenditures for research not having 

 direct and apparent relationship to specific military function or operation. 



Public Law 91-135 (Dec. 5, 1969) — Prevents importation into the United 

 States of species of fish and wildlife determined by Secretary of the 

 Interior to be threatened with worldwide extinction, and prevents 

 interstate shipment of reptiles, amphibians, and other wildlife taken 

 contrary to State law. 



Public Law 91-144 (Dec. 11, 1969) — Appropriations for public works, 

 water pollution control, and power development for fiscal year 1970, 

 including $800 million for grants for construction of waste treatment 

 works. 



Public Law 91-190 (Jan. 1, 1970) — National Environmental Policy Act 

 of 1969, enunciating policy to create and maintain conditions under 

 which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, specifying need 

 for interagency cooperation, providing for annual Presidential environ- 

 mental quality report and establishing Council on Environmental 

 Quality in Executive Office of the President. 



Appendix B-2 — Marine Resources and Engineering Development 



Act of 1966 



(Public Law 89-454, June 17, 1966) 



AN ACT To provide for a comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated national program 

 In marine science, to establish a National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering 

 Development, and a Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources, and 

 for other purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the 

 "Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966". 



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