4 OCEANOGRAPHY 



(b) The sum of $12,440,000 for the operation of oceanographic research ships 

 constructed under this Act ; 



(c) The sum of $8,250,000 for construction of shore facilities for oceano- 

 graphic research ; 



(d) The sum of $37,200,000 for basic oceanographic research operations: 

 Provided, hoivever. That tlie expenditure under this subsection (d) shall not 

 exceed $8,000,000 in any one year of the ten-year program. 



(e) Such sums as may be adequate for specialized equipment for ocean ex- 

 ploration and research which may include bathyscaphs and other manned sub- 

 mersibles, manned and unmanned buoys, icebi-eakers and submarines converted 

 for scientific use, acoustic telemetering devices, current meters, direct density 

 measuring devices, cameras and underwater television, seismic equipment, tur- 

 bulence measuring devices, biological sampling devices, precision salinometers, 

 precision echo sounders, towed temperature recorders, magnetometers and other 

 instruments and laboratory equipment : Provided, hoicever, That expenditures 

 under this subsection (e) shall not exceetl $10,000,000 in any one year of the 

 ten-year program. 



(f ) The sum of $3,000,000 for fellowships to graduate students training to be- 

 come professional oceanographers : Provided, however. That annual costs of these 

 feUowships shall not exceed $300,000. 



BUREAU OP MINES AND BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, DEPARTMENT OF THE 



INTERIOR 



Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, with such 

 funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available to him, to undertake 

 a ten-year program of study and research as part of the general program for 

 the development of the marine sciences in the United States. In furtherance of 

 the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is authorized and directed to carry out, in 

 addition to programs now underway, the following activities : 



(a) Make grants of funds to qualified scientists, research laboratories or in- 

 stitutions in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, such grants to be used for 

 basic and applied research programs, the purchase of equipment, acquisition 

 or improvement of facilities, and for other uses necessary to carry out the work 

 hereunder. 



(b) Initiate and carry out a program for the replacement, modernization 

 and enlargement in the number of oceangoing ships being used for research, 

 exploration, surveying and the development of murine resources. 



(c) Construct and operate a sufficient number of shore facilities and labora- 

 tories to support effectively the vessels provided for under the preceding item 

 (b). 



(d) Cooperate with other departments and agencies in the conduct of ocean- 

 wide surveys from which data I'elative to the study of ocean resources may be 

 obtained. 



(e) Conduct studies concerniug the relation of marine life to radioactive 

 elements, such studies to be directed toward determining the effect of distribu- 

 tion of radioactive elements in the sea on living marine organisms, and other 

 such studies as the Secretary deems necessary to understand and evaluate the 

 relation of radioactivity to the inhabitants of the marine environment. 



(f ) Conduct studies of the economic and legal aspects of commercial fisheries 

 and the utilization of marine products. 



(g) Request and obtain cooperation from other governmental agencies having 

 an interest in the marine sciences, and cooperate with the several States, educa- 

 tional institutions, laboratories devoted to fishery research, marine science, 

 oceanography, and with other public and private organizations and persons who 

 may be of assistance. 



(h) Determine the reserves of metals of industrial, commercial or monetary 

 value in or beneath adjacent waters, and to ascertain techniques and probable 

 costs of their recovery and extraction. 



(i) Take such action and carry out other activities which he finds will accom- 

 plish the purposes of this Act. 



Sec. 6. It is necessary in order to carry out the policies of S. Res. 136, Eighty- 

 sixth Congress, and of this Act to have the Department of the Interior and its 

 Bureaus and Offices carry out, under laws relating to such Department and its 

 Bureaus and Offices, specified duties as part of the general program for the de- 

 velopment of the marine sciences in the United States. Appropriations author- 

 ized in this section shall be in addition to other appropriations provided for such 

 Department to carry out its duties under law. There is hereby authorized to be 



