THE CHAIRMAN: I take it then, Captain, that you believe it is 

 possible to get both a reliable and an accurate instrument in that 

 range of accuracy? 



CAPTAIN C. N. G. HENDRIX (HO): Yes, sir. 



MR. WILLIAM R. DILLEN (Lockheed Aircraft); Is the program 

 being described here contingent upon the passage of the Marine 

 Sciences Bill, Senate Bill 901? 



THE CHAIRMAN: The program is not necessarily contingent upon 

 the passage of this Marine Sciences Bill. This is the Bill which 

 is also known as the Magnuson Bill, although it has much broader 

 support than Senator Warren G. Magnuson, himself. The Bill 

 would set up certain mechanisms within the Governnnent for hand- 

 ling the enlarged Oceanographic Program. It provides Congres- 

 sional recognition for this program and specifies both agencies 

 and general sums of money to be authorized for expenditures on 

 oceanography. It certainly is a progressive step in recognition 

 of the needs in this general field. 



On the other hand, the Government itself, with existing 

 legislation, is proceeding in funding the National Oceanographic 

 Program . 



I think that all of us in Government would agree that with 

 the passage of this Bill and its increased funding, the Oceanogra- 

 phic Program would be accelerated. I believe that this is one of 

 the reasons that some Senators and Congressmen are so interested 

 in the passage of this Bill. 



MR. WILLIAM R. DILLEN (Lockheed Aircraft) : Is it expected 

 that the Bill will be passed in this session of Congress? 



THE CHAIRMAN: I would not be in any better position than anyone 

 else to indicate the status of this legislation in this particular 

 session of Congress. 



MR. WILLIAM R. DILLEN (Lockheed Aircraft): Will future 

 budgeting for this program be by individual department and agency 

 budgets, or done so separately, under a "lead" department with 

 ICO coordination? 



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