APPENDIX VI 
An Act 
To provide for a comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated national program 
in marine science, to establish a National Council on Marine Resources and 
Engineering Development, and a Commission on Marine Science, Engineering 
and Resources, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the “Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act 
of 1966”. 
DECLARATION OF POLICY AND OBJECTIVES 
Src. 2. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States 
to develop, encourage, and maintain a coordinated, comprehensive, 
and long-range national program in marine science for the benefit of 
mankind to assist in protection of health and property, enhancement of 
commerce, transportation, and national security, rehabilitation of our 
commercial fisheries, and increased utilization of these and other 
resources. 
(b) The marine science activities of the United States should be 
conducted so as to contribute to the following objectives: 
(1) The accelerated development of the resources of the marine 
environment. 
(2) The expansion of human knowledge of the marine 
environment. 
(3) The encouragement of private investment enterprise in 
exploration, technological development, marine commerce, and 
economic utilization of the resources of the marine environment. 
(4) The preservation of the role of the United States as a leader 
in marine science and resource development. 
(5) The advancement of education and training in marine 
science. 
(6) The development and improvement of the capabilities, 
performance, use, and efficiency of vehicles, equipment, and in- 
struments for use in exploration, research, surveys, the recovery 
of resources, and the transmission of energy in the marine 
environment. 
(7) The effective utilization of the scientific and engineering 
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