80 ADVAXCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCES 



in this section. The Navy TENOC report recommends use of large 

 vessels for survey work. For this reason also the two 500-ton vessels 

 for which funds were authorized in this section in accordance with the 

 earlier recommendation of the Committee on Oceanography, are now 

 eliminated. 



Page 41, line 1, following the word "new" and before the word 

 "research" strike the pai'en theses and the word "basic". This 

 provision authorizes funds for operation of research ships con- 

 structed under the authorization of this section. 



Page 41, line 6, following the word 'displacement" and before the 

 word "research" insert the word "basic". The amendment applies 

 to operating costs of research ships of 1,200-1,500 tons, and the word 

 "basic" not only implies that these ships are to be constructed for 

 institutional use, but that the limitation to $420,000 per annum of 

 expenditures for operations shall not apply to the ships constructed 

 for acoustics and applied research. 



Page 41, line 8, following the word "for" and before the word "re- 

 search" insert the word "basic". This amendment has the same 

 purpose as the amendment above and applies to ships of 2,000-3,000 

 tons displacement. 



Page 41, line 9, following the word "or" insert the word "for", a 

 perfecting amendment. Also in line 9 of page 41 following the word 

 "each" strike the words "per annum". 



Page 41, line 10, strike the words "and that of new five hundred 

 ton ships not exceed, or in other words the entire line". This phrase 

 is redundant in view of previous amendment. 



Page 41, line 11, before the word "each" strike the figure "$250,000". 

 This relates to the amendment of page 41, line 10, and is likewise 

 redundant for the same reason. 



Department of the Army 



Section 15 would authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army,. 

 with such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise available to him, 

 to undertake a 10-year program of study and research by the Corps of 

 Engineers, through the Beach Erosion Board, related to the functions 

 of the latter. 



In addition to programs now underway, the Secretary would be 

 authorized to carry out, in near-shore areas of the Atlantic and 

 Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Alexico, and the Great Lakes extending 

 outward to the 50-fathom-deptli contom', the following activities: 



1. Undertake in coastal waters studies of the action of waves, wave 

 currents, tides, tidal currents, and large-scale ocean and littoral 

 currents. 



2. Study and evaluate the interaction of the atmosphere, the sea, 

 and the land as they affect the waves, currents, tides, surges, hydro- 

 graphic contours, and hydrographic changes in the coastal zone. 



3. Establish observation stations in coastal waters to determine 

 the short-term, seasonal, and yearly changes in waves, currents, and 

 hydrography in the area surrounding the station. 



4. Develop, construct, or acquire instruments and equipment in 

 furtherance of these studies. 



5. Determine the sources of bottom materials in the coastal area, 

 the rates and methods of movement of these materials, and the effects 



