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Marine Technology 



Achieve capability to occupy the bed and subsoil of U.S. 

 territorial sea and learn to utilize continental shelf and 

 slope to 2,000 feet Leg./Admin. 32 



Achieve capability to explore depths to 20,000 feet by 1980 



and utilize the depths by the year 2000 Leg./Admin. 32 



Initiate a comprehensive fundamental technology pro- 

 gram (NOAA) Leg./Admin. 37 



Establish National Projects to focus marine effort on 



specific areas of opportunity and need (NOAA) Leg./Admin. 



Establish a National Project of test facilities for undersea 



systems (NOAA) Admin. 



Involve private industry in planning and conducting Na- 

 tional Projects (NOAA) Admin. 39 



Plan and administer programs to advance marine tech- 

 nology so that industry can assume early responsibility 

 for development Admin. 40 



Utilize Navy development capabilities for fundamental 

 technology through cooperative arrangements with 

 NOAA Admin. 40 



Scientific and Technical Information 



Establish scientific and technical information and exten- 

 sion program (NOAA) Org. 



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43 



Manpower Development 



Assign oversight of marine manpower to NOAA Org. 



Expand programs for undergraduate education and plan 



postdoctoral and midcareer orientation (NSF) Admin. 43 



Expand support for ocean engineering and marine tech- 

 nician training and establish new graduate-level marine 

 programs in social sciences (NOAA/Sea Grant) Admin. 44 



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