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Report 

 No. 2221 



PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE, LONG-RANGE, AND 

 COORDINATED NATIONAL PROGRAM IN OCEANOGRA- 

 PHY 



August 14, 1962.- 



-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

 of the Union and ordered to be printed 



Mr. Bonner, from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fish- 

 eries, submitted the following 



REPORT 



[To accompany H.R. 12601] 



The Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to whom was 

 referred the bill (H.R. 12601) to provide for a comprehensive, long- 

 range, and coordinated national program in oceanography, and for 

 other pm"poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon 

 with amendments and recommend that the bill do pass. 



The amendments are as follows: 



On page 2, hnes 4 and 5, strike out "by both 'in house' and contract 

 research,". 



On page 3, lines 3 and 4, strike out "nongovernmental", and insert 

 in lieu thereof "non -Federal". 



On page 4, lines 7 and 8, strike out "Federal Government" and 

 insert in lieu thereof "United States". 



On page 4, line 15, after the word "physical,", insert "geological,". 



On page 4, line 16, insert a comma after the word "meteorological". 



PURPOSE 



The purpose of this bill is to provide for the development and 

 maintenance of a coordinated, comprehensive, and long-range national 

 program of oceanogTaphy, under the overall direction of the Office of 

 Science and Technology, with clear responsibility to the President and 

 to the Congress. 



Such a program is recognized by the President, the executive 

 departments, and the Congress, as being necessary in the national 

 interest in the coming years. 



The bill provides a proper and workable solution to the problem of 

 coordinating the activities in the marine sciences of a large number of 



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