FEDERAL LEGISLATION FOR OCEANOGRAPHY, 19 56-65 9 



May 12, 1965. S. 1954, introduced by Senator E. L. Bartlett, to 

 protect coastal fishery and otlier resources by implementing the 

 Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. 



Alay 13, 1965. Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1965, transmitted by the 

 President to the Congress, intending to consolidate the Weather 

 Bureau, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and later the Central Radio 

 Propagation Laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards, 

 all in Department of Commerce, to form a new Environmental 

 Science Services Administration. 



June 9, 1965. Hearings by House Committee on Government Opera- 

 tions on Reorganization Plan No. 2. 



June 15, 1965. H.R. 9064, introduced by Congressman Paul G. 

 Rogers, to establish a National Commission on Oceanography, 

 composed of 15 members appointed by the President, to make a 

 comprehensive investigation of oceanography and to recommend 

 an overall plan for an adequate national oceanographic program. 

 The bill calls for an interim report to be submitted within 1 year 

 from enactment and a final report in no later than 2 years with 

 the Commission terminated 30 days after the final report. 



June 28, 1965. H.R. 9483, introduced by Congressman Ed Reinecke 

 to establish a National Commission on Oceanography. (Identical 

 to H.R. 9064, S9th Congress.) 



June 30, 1965. S. 627 amended by House Merchant Marine and 

 Fisheries Committee and reported favorably to the House; 

 House Report 599 (Note 20). 



July 2, 1965. H.R. 9617, introduced by Congressman Richard Hanna, 

 to establish a National Commission on Oceanography. (Identical 

 to H.R. 9064, 89th Congress.) 



July 7. 1965. S. 2251, introduced by Senator Edmund S. Muskie, to 

 coordinate and consolidate the major civilian marine and atmos- 

 pheric functions of the Federal Government through the estab- 

 lishment of a Department of Marine and Atmospheric Affairs, to 

 enunciate national policies pertinent to the marine and atmos- 

 pheric interests of the United States, to further the expanded 

 exploration of marine environs and the use of marine resources, 

 to encourage research and development in the marine and 

 atmospheric sciences and technologies, and for other purposes. 



July 7, 1965. H.R. 9667, introduced by Congressman Thomas N. 

 Downing, to establish a National Commission on Oceanography. 

 (Identical to H.R. 9064, 89th Congress.) 



July 14-, 1965. S. 627 passed by the House, as amended, and referred 

 back to Senate for concurrence. 



July 15, 1965. S. 944, for expanded research in the oceans and the 

 Great Lakes, and to establish a National Oceanographic Council, 

 was unanimously voted out favorably by Senate Committee on 

 Commerce, with amendments (Note 21). 



