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87th Congress ) SENATE ( Report 



1st Session j | No. 426 



ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCES— MARINE 

 SCIENCES AND RESEARCH ACT OF 1961 



June 20, 1961. — Ordered to be printed 



Mr. Magnl'SON, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the 



following 



REPORT 



[To accompany S. 901] 



The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill 

 (S. 901) to advance the marine sciences, to establish a comprehensive 

 10-year program of oceanographic research and surveys, to promote 

 commerce and navigation, to secure the national defense, to expand 

 ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources, to authorize the construc- 

 tion of research and survey ships and laboratory facilities, to expedite 

 oceanographic instrumentation, to assure systematic studies of effects 

 of radioactive materials in marine environments, to enhance the 

 public health and general welfare, and for other purposes, having con- 

 sidered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and 

 recommend that the bill as amended do pass. 



INTRODUCTION 



S. 901 is a bill to establish a national program of oceanographic and 

 Great Lakes research, comprehensive in its scope. 



To assure continuity of progress in this national effort, the bill 

 would extend the program over a period of 10 years. 

 Tlie bill would also provide for — 



1. Coordination of the program, in which 6 departments in the 

 executive branch, 3 independent agencies, and 15 bureaus, offices 

 and services of the Federal Government would participate; 



2. Participation in the national effort by educational and scien- 



]^_^ tific institutions and laboratories, State agencies, associations, 



^- organizations, industries, and qualified individuals who would, in 



c'C' the opinion of contracting or gi-anting authorities of our Govern- 



^ ment, contribute to om* scientific knowledge of the oceans and 



I (LtfU the Great Lakes; 



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