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Sums, not to exceed $100,000 per annum, would be authorized to 

 be expended by the Department of the Interior for education and 

 training of prospective scientists in the discipUues necessary to pursue 

 the authorized studies. 



One milhon dollars would be authorized for operation and mainte- 

 nance over a 10-year period of an instrumentation laboratory, need 

 for which has been previously stated in this report, and such sums as 

 are necessary would be authorized for expanding Bureau communi- 

 cations facihties and services. 



A final subsection of section 6 states that products, processes, 

 patents and other developments resulting from research or technologi- 

 cal advances achieved by the Bureau through Government expendi- 

 tures shall, with the exception of those limitations the Secretary may 

 find necessary in the interest of national defense, be available to the 

 general public. Nothing in this subsection, however, should be 

 construed as to deprive the o\\Tier of any background patent relating 

 to the rights to such patents, processes or other developments, the 

 subsection specifically provides. 



Committee amendments to section 6 

 Page 15, line 24, insert the following: 



(a) Such sums as are necessary for the contracts and grants 

 authorized and directed in section 5(a) of this Act. 



This funding authorization, through error, was omitted from the bill 

 as originally introduced, and the committee amendment corrects the 

 oversights. 



Page 16, line 1, change "(a)" to "(b)" and following the words 

 "necessary for", strike the words "construction of" and insert "con- 

 structing and equipping". This amendment, relating to new fisheries 

 exploration and research ships, perfects the language of the subsection 

 and broadens the authorization to include equipment. 



Page 16, line 9, change " (b)" to " (c)". 



Page 16, line 19, change " (c)" to " (d)". 



Page 17, line 1, following the word "buoys" insert the words "or 

 other surface or subsurface facilities" a perfecting amendment. 



Page 17, line 2, following the word "recording" insert the words 

 ^'and transmitting". This also is a perfecting amendment required 

 by the purposes of the section which relates to collection of data and 

 its communication. 



Page 17, line 7, change "(d)" to "(e)". 



Page 17, line 20, change " (e)" to "(f)". 



Page 18, line 1, change " (f)" to " (g)". 



Page 18, line 12, change " (g)" to " (h)". 



Page 19, line 6, change " (h)" to " (i)". 



Page 19, line 9, change " (i)" to " (j)". 



These changes are necessary because of amendment designating a 

 new section (a) . 



Department of Commerce 



Section 7 would authorize and direct the Secretary of Com.merce, 

 with such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available 

 to him, to undertake a 10-year program of study and research as part 

 of the general program to advance the marine sciences in the United 

 States. 



