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Divisional committees include scientists affiliated with miiversities, 

 institutions, organizations, and industry, thus affording the agency 

 independent and objective counsels and advice. 



At present the National Science Foundation has three divisions. 

 These are: Division of Biological and Medical Sciences, Division of 

 Mathematical, Physical, and Engnieering Sciences, and Division of 

 Scientific Personnel and Education. 



A Division of Marine Sciences is required to meet the program and 

 policy objectives of S. 901, othei-wise the activities proposed in the 

 contemplated long-range, national oceanographic and Great Lakes 

 research and survey program will be dispersed m the three present 

 divisions. 



Dispersal means dilution of this national oceanographic effort, and 

 contmuing lack of cohesion and correlation. 



In addition to its three divisions the National Science Foundation 

 has an Office of Special International Programs, an Office of Special 

 Studies, an Office of Scientific Information Service, an Office of Public 

 Information, and an Office of Social Sciences. 



In the absence of a Division of Marine Sciences, such as would be 

 created by enactment of S. 901, the oceanographic or marme science 

 program would be further dispersed within the Foundation and its 

 effectiveness diluted. 



A Division of Marine Sciences would include marme biologists, 

 marme geologists, geophysicists, chemists, meteorologists, scientists 

 in the fields of medicine, engnieering and acoustics and others whose 

 disciplines relate to oceanography and Ihniiology, within the divisional 

 committee where they could stimulate and evaluate activities and 

 progress of the national program for the benefit of the Congress, the 

 executive branch, and the Nation. 



The Division of Alarine Sciences would be authorized and du-ected 

 in the act to do the following: 



1. Develop and encourage a continumg national policy and pro- 

 gram for the promotion of oceanographic research, surveys and educa- 

 tion in the marine sciences. 



2. Recommend contracts, grants, loans or other forms of assistance 

 for the development and operation of the above program. 



3. Cooperate with and encourage tlie cooperation of agencies of the 

 Federal Government dealing with scientific or collateral problems re- 

 lating to the seas or the Great Lakes, and cooperate with the National 

 Academy of Sciences — National Research Council, and with admin- 

 istrators and scientists of all non-Government institutions receiving 

 assistance from Federal agencies for marine research or education in 

 the marine sciences. 



4. Foster interchange of information among marine scientists m the 

 XJnited States and with those of foreign nations, the latter subject to 

 the security provisions of the National Science Foundation Act. 



5. Evaluate the scientific aspects of marhie research, surveys, and 

 taxonomy undertaken by Government agencies or by institutions 

 receiving Federal assistance m these fields. 



Committee amendments to section 2 



1. Page 3, line 17, insert "for marine and Great Lakes research and 

 oceanographic surveys and" following the word "facilities" and 

 before the word "adequate". The purpose of this amendment is to 

 specifically include the Great Lakes area in the facifities program. 



