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7. development of formal international cooperation in the marine sci- 

 ences on a reciprocal basis subject to approval by the President. 

 The Congress further declares that a coordinated, long-range program of 

 oceauographic research requires establishment of a Division of Marine Sciences 

 in the National Science Foundation, which shall include representation from 

 Government agencies having duties or responsibilities connected with or related 

 to the seas and oceans, and oceangraphic scientists associated with universities, 

 institutions affiliated with universities, laboratories or foundations, and which 

 Division shall be authorized and directed — 



(a) to develop and encourage a continuing national policy and program 

 for the promotion of oceauographic research, surveys and education in the 

 marine sciences : Provided, That the long-range program for oceauographic 

 research developed and projected by the Chief of Naval Research, Depart- 

 ment of the Navy, and approved by the Chief of Naval Oi>erations, known 

 as project TENOC (Ten Years in Oceanography) be incorporated in the 

 national progi'am and policy ; 



(b) to recommend contracts, grants, loans or other forms of assistance for 

 the development and operation of a comprehensive national program of 

 oceanographic research and education in the marine sciences ; 



(c) to cooi>erate with and encourage the cooperation of the Office of Naval 

 Research, the Hydrographic Office, the Bureau of Ships, the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, the Atomic Energy 

 Commission, the Maritime Administration, the United States Weather 

 Bureau, the United States Coast Guai'd, the United States Geological Sur- 

 vey, the National Bureau of Standards, and other Government agencies 

 dealing with problems related to the seas, and the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences — National Research Council and administrators and scientists of all 

 universities and institutions receiving assistance from Federal agencies for 

 oceanographic or fisheries research or education in the marine sciences in 

 the form of contracts, loans, grants, leases, donations, sc-holarships, fellow- 

 ships or transfers of funds or property of the Federal Government ; 



(d) to foster the interchange of information among marine scientists in 

 the United States and foreign nations within the security provisions and 

 limitations of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (64 Stat. ch. 

 171) ;and 



(e) to evaluate the scientific aspects of programs of oceanographic and 

 fisheries research and surveys undertaken by agencies of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, universities and institutions receiving assistance from the Federal 

 Government for oceauographic and fisheries research and ocean surveya 



NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, DIVISION OF MARINE SCIENCES 



Sec. 3. (a) Section 7(a) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 Is 

 hereby amended by striking "and" after the semicolon in (3), redesignating (4) 

 as (5) and inserting immediately after (3) the following new section: 



" ( 4 ) Division of Marine Sciences ; and". 



(b) Section 8(b) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 is hereby 

 amended by substituting a semicolon for the period after "Board" and inserting 

 immediately thereafter the following new proviso : ''Provided, That the Division 

 of Marine Sciences shall include among its membership a representative from 

 the Office of Naval Research, the Hydrographic Office, the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey, the Bureau of Commercial P^isheries. the Atomic Energy Commission, 

 the Maritime Administraticm. and at lea.st six scientists from the universities 

 and institutions receiving assistance from the foregoing agencie.s." 



Sec. 4. It is necessary in order to carry out the policies of S. Res. 136. Eighty- 

 sixth Congress, and of this Act to have the National Science Foundation carry 

 out. under laws, as amended, relating to such Foundation, specified duties as 

 part of the general program for the development of the marine sciences in the 

 United States. Appropriations authorized in this section shall be in addition 

 to other appropriations provided for such Foundation to carry out its duties 

 under law. There is hereby authorized to he appropriated to the National Sci- 

 ence Foundation, during the ten-year period beginning with .Tuly 1 of the first 

 fiscal year following approval of this Act by the President, the following 

 sums: 



(a) The sum of $9,950,000 for the construction of oceanographic re.search 

 ships : 



