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HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE 

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 



HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE 

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS 



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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT 



JOINT HEARING ON: DUAL-USE OCEANOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIPS 



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Navy's militaxy 'sxirvey ships are operated* u i iaer — 

 the technical control of the Naval Oceanographic 

 Office, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. The USNS 

 PATHFINDER and SUMNER are now operating, during their 

 first year, in U.S. waters as they complete their test 

 and evaluation phase. The USNS BOWDITCH will be 

 delivered late this summer and will go through a 

 similar year- long test phase in U.S. waters. The ships 

 are available and convenient during these periods for" 

 in-port tours and/or at-sea demonstrations of survey 

 equipment and operations. Because the schedules for 

 at-sea times change frequently, it would be best to 

 contact CDR Darrell Smith at 601-688-5103 to arrange a 

 time for a VIP visit. 



There are two opportunities for members of 

 Congress to visit a Navy sponsored ice camp. During 

 the Spring, the period 14-20 April 1996, we will be 

 sponsoring a research effort on acoustic propagation in 

 the Arctic Basin. The ice camp will be established in 

 the eastern Arctic, north of Alberta, Canada. The camp 

 can support up to 10 visitors at a time. 



We are also scheduling an ice camp for the fall of 

 1997 along with an unclassified arctic submarine 

 exercise, SCICEX-97. The camp will be staged from an 

 ice-breaker providing an excellent opportunity to view 

 arctic scientific research for a VIP visit. The Navy- 

 point of contact for these ice camp visits is LCDR Don 

 Kelso, Navy Office of Legislative Affairs at 

 (703-695-4172, FAX 703-693-0656) . 



