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2. Provide funds, by contract or otherwise, to scientists, Govern- 

 ment and non-Government laboratories, or institutions for basic and 

 applied research, purchase of equipment, acquisition or improvement 

 of facilities, the design, development, and production of specialized 

 new, and improved, oceanographic, research, survey, and communi- 

 cations devices, employment of scientists and personnel, and for other 

 uses. 



3. Initiate and carry out a 10-year program for the replacement, 

 modernization, and enlargement in the number of ships for use in 

 basic and applied research and hydrographic surveys. 



4. Supply, when available, ships designed for basic research to 

 nonprofit scientific institutions and laboratories, title to these ships 

 to remain with the U.S. Government. 



5. Construct and operate a sufficient number of shore facilities and 

 laboratories and provide related instruments and equipment to sup- 

 port effectively the expanded program of basic and applied oceano- 

 graphic research and hydrographic surveys authorized for the Depart- 

 ment of the Navy to undertake under the provisions of S. 901. 



6. Develop, construct, or acquire new or improved vehicles and 

 instruments for ocean research and exploration. 



7. Continue and expand the Navy's support of marme studies 

 substantially as proposed in the Navy's TENOC program. 



8. Conduct or facilitate under such security provisions as may be 

 prescribed by the Secretary of ihe Navy time series oceanographic 

 observations and research from radar picket ships or other suitable 

 vessels. 



9. Establish with the National Science Foundation of the National 

 Academy of Sciences-National Research Council a program of scholar- 

 ships beginning at the senior level in undergraduate school, and 

 carrying thi'ough 4 years of graduate training and research in the 

 marine sciences. 



10. Conduct a systematic and expanded program of three-dimen- 

 sional ocean surveys including measurements or studies of depths, 

 salinity, temperature, current velocity, wave motion, magnetism, 

 and biological activity. 



11. Continue a policy of expanding assistance to support of existing 

 civilian laboratories and universities engaged in basic oceanographic 

 research. 



12. Foster the establishment and growth of new civilian laboratories 

 for applied oceanographic research needed by the Navy, giving^ 

 consideration in their establishment to geographic location with a 

 view of maintaining a balanced program. 



13. Request and obtain cooperation from and cooperate with other 

 Departments and agencies of the Government having an interest in 

 or concern with the marine sciences. 



14. Cooperate wdth the several States, and with educational 

 institutions, laboratories, industry, and other private and public 

 organizations and persons w^ho may be of assistance to the Navy in 

 scientific and technological fields. 



15. Furnish maps, charts, and other pubHcations and products of 

 scientific value prepared b}^ the Hydrographic Office to educational 

 institutions, laboratories, and other public and private organizations 

 and persons without charge when it is determined by the Secretary 

 of the Navy that such action will be in the national interest. 



