90 ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCES 



By making oceanographic research one of the primary duties of 

 the Coast Guard, under this bill, it appears that under the authority 

 of 14 U.S.C. 92(d) the Secretary of the Treasury could then construct 

 vessels for the exclusive purpose of oceanographic research. It is not 

 clear, however, whether the Coast Guard was intended to have this 

 additional ship construction authority since the bill would place a 

 monetary limitation on the amount of scientific equipment that may 

 be installed on each Coast Guard vessel assigned oceanographic research 

 duties. Accordingly, we recommend that the bill clearly indicate 

 whether this additional ship construction authority is intended to be 

 granted to the Coast Guard. 



Since section 10(d) does not appear to be related to the appropria- 

 tions referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this section, we suggest 

 that section 10(d) be redesignated as section 9(e). 



On page 34, line 4, the bill reads "(a) Provide funds, by contract 

 or otherwise * * *." We believe the word "grant" should be 

 substituted for "otherwise" because this would make the provision 

 more specific and would conform with the wording on line 23 of page 

 34 and in the general provisions on line 9 of page 54. 



We suggest that the term "operating costs" on page 39, line 17, be 

 clarified to indicate the actual costs intended to be included. We 

 have been advised informally by the Department of the Navy that 

 they overlooked this provision in then- review of the prior bill and that 

 careful consideration would be given thereto in their study of the pres- 

 ent bill. We observe that operating costs of ships are also referred to 

 in various other sections of the bill without indication of the costs 

 intended to be mcluded; e.g., line 23, page 8; hues 15 and 17, page 15; 

 and line 10, page 24. 



The general provisions on page 54 provide in section 21(c) that all 

 agreements for grants in excess of $50,000 shall contain a provision that 

 the General Accounting Office shall have the right to examine the per- 

 tinent records of the grantee relating to the grant. While this provi- 

 sion is in accord with our recommendation of November 17, 1959, 

 to your committee concerning S. 2692, 86th Congress, we now believe 

 that it would be more desirable not to place a monetary limit upon 

 our authority with respect to the review of such grants. Further- 

 more, in addition to grants, it is observed that the bill also contains 

 authority for entering into contracts with qualified scientists, research 

 laboratories, research organizations, or educational institutions to 

 undertake basic and applied research studies and experiments in 

 furtherance of the purposes of the act. In view thereof, we recom- 

 mend that section 21(c) of the bill be amended to read as follows: 



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

 authorized representatives shall, until the expiration of three years 

 after the last payment to such grantee or contractor, have access to 

 and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, and records 

 of any grantee, contractor, or subcontractor engaged in the perform- 

 ance 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 grant agreement, contract, and 

 related subcontracts." 



