see 



80 STAT. 207. 



80 STAT. 208. 



(b) Eeports made under this section shall contain such recommenda- 

 tions for legislation as the President may consider necessary or desir- 

 able for the attainment of the objectives of this Act, and shall contain 

 an estimate of funding requirements of each agency and department of 

 the United States for marine science activities during the succeeding 

 fiscal year. 



DEFINITIONS 



Sec. 8. For the purposes of this Act the term "marine science" shall be 

 deemed to apply to oceanographic and scientific endeavors and disci- 

 plines, and engineering and technology in and with relation to the 

 marine environment; and the term "marine environment" shall be 

 deemed to include (a) the oceans, (b) the Continental Shelf of the 

 United States, (c) the Great Lakes, (d) seabed and subsoil of the sub- 

 marine areas adjacent to the coasts of the United States to the depth of 

 two hundred meters, or beyond that limit, to where the depths of the 

 superjacent waters admit of the exploitation of the natural resources 

 of such areas, (e) the seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas 

 adjacent to the coasts of islands which comprise United States terri- 

 tory, and (f) the resources thereof. 



AUTHORIZATION 



Sec. 9. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

 may be necessary to carry out this Act, but sums appropriated for any 

 one fiscal year shall not exceed $1,500,000. 



Approved June 17, 1966. 



LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 



HOUSE REPORTS : No. 1025 (Comm. on Merchant Marine & Fisheries) 



an<l No. 1548 (Comm. of Conference). 

 SENATE REPORT No. 528 (Comm. on Commerce). 

 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 



Vol. Ill (1965) : Aug. 5, considered and passed Senate. 



Sept. 20, considered and passed House, amended. 

 Vol. 112 (1966) : May 26, House agreed to conference report. 

 June 2, Senate agreed to conference report. 



