84 advancement of marine sciences 



General 

 Section 21 would provide: 



Nothing in this Act shall operate to limit, restrict, or 

 otherwise interfere with carrying out any work programed 

 prior to enactment of this Act. 



All appropriations authorized in the act shall be in addition to 

 other appropriations provided for the various departments, agencies, 

 bureaus, and offices to carry out their duties under law. 



Agreements or grants executed pursuant to the authority contained 

 in this act shall contain a provision that the Comptroller General of 

 the United States or his duly authorized representative shall have 

 the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, 

 and records of the grantee for a period of 3 years after the last payment 

 to the grantee. 



Secretaries of departments, and administrators of bureaus and offices 

 authorized and directed to carry out provisions of the act, shall, 

 after approval of the act by the President, include in their annual 

 reports a report on major activities or programs undertaken under 

 provisions of the act. 



All ships and surface or subsurface craft constructed pursuant to 

 the authorizations for appropriations contained in the act shall be 

 constructed in domestic commercial facilities. 



Committee amendments to section 21 



Page 55, line 21, strike all of this subsection designated (c) and 

 providing that — 



All agreements for grants executed pursuant to the authority 

 contained in this Act in excess of $50,000 shall contain a 

 provision that the Comptroller General of the United 

 States or liis duly authorized representatives shall have 

 the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, 

 papers, and records of tlie grantee relating to the purpose of 

 the grant for a period of three years after the last payment to 

 the grantee under the grant — 



and insert in lieu thereof the following: 



(c) The Comptroller General of the United States or his 

 duly autliorized representatives shall, until the expiration of 

 three years after the last payment to such grantee or con- 

 tractor, have access to and the right to examine any books, 

 documents, papers, and records of any grantee, contractor or 

 subcontractor engaged in the performance of any grant, 

 contract, or subcontract executed for the purpose of carrying 

 out the provisions of this Act, and a provision to that effect 

 shall be included in each such agreement, contract, and re- 

 lated subcontract. 



The amendatory language here was suggested to your committee by 

 the Comptroller General. 



Page 56, line 22, following the word "constructed" ending line 21 

 and before the word "pursuant" in line 22 insert the words "or 

 modernized". This amendment refers to ships and surface or sub- 

 surface craft provided pursuant to provisions of this act. 



