PART III 



Federal support of oceanography, btj agency and functional area, fiscal years 1960-66 



[In millions of dollars] i 



• Excludes classified applied oceanography programs of Navy, and Navy ocean engineering research on 

 deep submergence search and rescue systems initiated after loss of the Thresker in April 1963; also some pro- 

 grams such as Mohole, categorized under earth science. Years 1960-64, obligations; 1965, estimated obliga- 

 tions; 1966, obligatlonal authority requested in President's budget. Detail may not add to totals because 

 of rounding. 



2 Defense: Navy and Army Coastal Engineering; Commerce: Coast and Geodetic Survey, Weather Bu- 

 reau; Interior: Bureaus of Mines, of Commercial Fisheries, and of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife, and Geo- 

 logical Survey; Health, Education, and Welfare: Public Health Service; Treasury: U.S. Coast Guard. 



3 Not explicitly identified. 



* Includes International Indian Ocean Expedition and ship operation costs. 



» Jump in funding from fiscal year 1961 largely due to supplemental budget request of President Kennedy 

 in special message of Mar. 29, 1961. 



Sources: 1960-63, "Oceanographv— The Ten Years Ahead," Federal Council for Science and Technology, 

 1963; 1964-66, "The Budget of the United States Goverimient," fiscal year ending June 30, 1966. 



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