OCEANOGRAPHY 



FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1960 



House of Representatives, 

 Special Subcommittee on Oceanography of the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington^ B.C. 



The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 219, 

 Old House Office Building, Hon. George p. Miller (chairman of the 

 subcommittee) presiding. 



Present : Representatives Miller, Dingell, Oliver, Pelly, and Curtin. 



Present also : John M. Drewry, counsel ; Paul S. Bauer, consultant 

 to the subcommittee; and Bernard M. Winfield, clerk. 



Mr. Miller. The meeting will come to order. 



The meeting this mommg is for the purpose of hearing testimony 

 on S. 2482, a bill t-o remove the geographical limitation on activities 

 of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and S. 2483, a bill to provide flexi- 

 bility m the performance of certain functions of the Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey and the Weather Bureau. 



(S. 2482 and S. 2483 and reports follow:) 



[S. 24S2, 86th Cong., 1st sess.] 



AN ACT To remove geographical limitations on activities of the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey, and for other purposes 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of August 6, 1947 (ch. 504, 61 

 Stat. 787; 33 U.S.C. 883a-883i), is amended by adding at the end thereof a new 

 section reading as follows : 



"Sec. 11. The Secretary of Commerce may conduct activities authorized by this 

 Act without regard to the geographical limitations set forth herein in connection 

 with projects designated as essential to the national interest by the head of an 

 executive department or agency." 



Passed the Senate August 19 (legislative day, August 18) , 19-59. 



Attest : 



Felton M. Johis'stox, Secretary. 



[S. Rept. No. 726, 86th Cong., 1st sess.] 



To Remove Geographical Limitations on Activities of the Coast and Geodetiq 



Survey 



The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred 

 the bill (S. 2482) to remove geographical limitations on activities of the Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report 

 favorably thereon and recommend that the bill do pass. 



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