DUAL USE OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 



WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4, 1993 



House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Oceanog- 

 raphy, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental 

 Shelf, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisher- 

 ies, 



Washington, DC. 

 The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 2:10 p.m., in room 

 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Solomon P. Ortiz 

 [chairman of the Subcommittee] presiding. 



Present: Representatives Ortiz, Green, Weldon, Hochbrueckner, 

 Furse and Torkildsen. 



Staff present: Sheila McCready, Staff Director; Tom Kitsos, 

 Senior Policy Analyst; Sue Waldron, Press Secretary; Lisa Pittman, 

 Minority Counsel; Robert Wharton, Greg Gould, Terry Schaff, and 

 Chris Mann, Professional Staff; Dave Whaley and Margherita 

 Woods, Minority Professional Staff; and John Aguirre, Clerk. 

 Mr. Ortiz. The Subcommittee will come to order. 



OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, A U.S. REP- 

 RESENTATIVE FROM TEXAS AND CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE 

 ON OCEANOGRAPHY, GULF OF MEXICO, AND THE OUTER CON- 

 TINENTAL SHELF 



Mr. Ortiz. Good afternoon. I would like to welcome all of you 

 here today on behalf of the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf 

 of Mexico and the Outer Continental Shelf. Today the Subcommit- 

 tee meets to discuss the dual use of technology, resources and data 

 to advance ocean research and management. Over the past few dec- 

 ades, the defense community has built a strong capability to study 

 and monitor the oceans in support of defense missions. I have been 

 a strong supporter of building and maintaining this capability and 

 I believe that the strength of our military's research and develop- 

 ment efforts have made us a world leader. 



Through years of investment we have developed many valuable 

 assets to observe, understand, and predict the ocean environment. 

 There has been a lot of discussion recently on the need to continue 

 operation of some of these defense systems and capabilities in 

 today's world. I believe that many of these should be maintained. 

 To do so, it may be necessary to explore alternative uses, both com- 

 mercially and by the scientific community. In many ways, the civil- 

 ian and defense oceanographic communities have worked toward 

 similar missions. In others, the defense community has developed 

 capabilities which may inadvertently provide valuable environmen- 

 tal information which was viewed as irrelevant. 



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