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Sec. 7. (a) The President shall transmit to the Congress in 

 January of each year a report, which shall include (1) a compre- 

 hensive description of the activities and the accomplishments of 

 all agencies and departments of the United States in the field of 

 marine science during the preceding fiscal year, and (2) an 

 evaluation of such activities and accomplishments in terms of 

 the objectives set forth pursuant to this Act. 



(b) Reports made under this section shall contain such recom- 

 mendations for legislation as the President may consider neces- 

 sary or desirable 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. 



80 Stat. 207. 

 80 Stat. 208. 



DEFINITIONS 



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

 shall be deemed to apply to oceanographic and scientific endeavors 

 and disciplines, and engineering and technology in and with rela- 

 tion to the marine environment ; and the term "marine environ- 

 ment" shall be deemed to include (a) the oceans, (b) the Con- 

 tinental Shelf of the United States, (c) the Great Lakes, (d) 

 seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coasts 

 of the United States to the depth of two hundred meters, or be- 

 yond 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 adacent 

 to the coasts of islands which comprise United States territory, 

 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 ap- 

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



Approved June 17, 1966. 



Legislative History 



House Reports : No. 1025 (Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries) 



and No. 1548 (committee of conference). 

 Senate Report No. 528 (Committee on Commerce). 

 Congressional Record : 

 Volume 111 (1965) : 



August 5, considered and passed Senate. 

 September 20, considered and passed House, amended. 

 Volume 112 (1966) : 



May 26, House agreed to conference report. 

 June 2, Senate agreed to conference report. 



Public Law 89-688 



[89th Congress, H. R. 16559, October 15, 1966] 



AN ACT To amend the Marine Resources and Engineering Development 

 Act of 1966 to autliorize the establisliment and operation of sea grant 

 colleges and programs by initiating and supporting programs of educa- 

 tion and research in the various fields relating to the development of 

 marine resources, and for otlier purposes 



Be it enacted 'by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

 United States of America in Coyxgress assembled, That the Marine 



National Sea 

 Grant College 



Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966 is amended Axt of^^me" 

 by adding at the end thereof the following new title : Ante, p. 203. 



