FEDERAL LEGISLATIOX FOR OCEANOGRAPHY, 1956-65 13 



Army: Corps of Engineers 



Commerce: Coast and Geodetic Survey; Weather Bureau; 

 Maritime Administration 



Interior: Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; Geological Survey; 

 Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife; Bureau of Mines 



National Science Foundation 



Atomic Energy Commission 



Health, Education, and Welfare: Public Health Service 



Treasiu-y: Coast Guard 



Smithsonian Institution 



State Department 

 Soon after its formation, the Interagency Committee on Ocean- 

 ography undertook to tabulate oceanographic activities and budgets 

 of these Federal agencies and denoted the aggregate set of activities 

 as the "National Oceanographic Program." Subsequently, the ICO 

 initiated Government-wide planning in oceanography such that the 

 program of each agency reflected plans of others. Programs are now 

 published annually by the ICO, the most recent presented as Refer- 

 ence 27. Government-wide budgets are listed by agency and by 

 functions of research, surveys, ships, instrumentation, and shore 

 facilities. No division is made between basic and applied research 

 or engineering. Analysis of ICO operations are contained in Refer- 

 ences 7, 13, 22, and 25. 



Note 7. This bill took explicit note of NASCO recommendations 

 and TENOC, and provided for the construction of new ships, new 

 facilities, and instruments, the development of manpower, the estab- 

 lishment of a national oceanographic records center and of inter- 

 national cooperation and emphasized application of oceanographic 

 research to improve economic and general welfare related to living, 

 marine resources. 



The proposed Planning and Coordinating Division in the National 

 Science Foundation was authorized and directed to develop a con- 

 tinuing national policy and program that included Navy's TENOC; 

 to recommend contracts and grants for education and research; to 

 encourage cooperation of participating Federal agencies, the NAS, 

 and universities; to foster information exchange; and to evaluate 

 scientific aspects of programs sponsored by the Federal Government. 

 Highly detailed authorization was included in the bill in terms of 

 funds, sizes, and numbers of ships, etc. 



Note 8. The National Oceanographic Data Center would acquire, 

 process, and disseminate a wide variety of scientific, technological, 

 and related environmental information. It would be guided by an 

 advisory board representing four other Federal agencies and reporting 

 to the Secretary of Commerce. The National Instrumentation Center 

 would provide test and calibration services for all Federal agencies 

 and private institutions on a cost-reimbui'sable basis. 



Note 9. In reporting out S. 2692 (Reference 6), the Senate Inter- 

 state and Foreign Commerce Committee noted that oceanography is 



