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Senator Pell. I see. But there was an orfjanization. 



Mr. EcKLES. The two organizations were not together. 



Senator Pell. Thank you. 



Another question here is what is the amount of money presently 

 coming in from royalties and rents from the offshore oil lands? 



Dr. Bates. I believe it is the figure I have in the statement, this is 

 the 1965 figure, about $101 million. 



Senator Pell. On the average. 



Dr. Bates. About $1.7 billion for the last 10 years, as I recall. 



Senator Pell. So we would expect each year roughly to divide that 

 by 10, correct ? 



Dr. Bates. That is right, if you were to make arrangements to use 

 these funds. 



Senator Pell. Eight. All right. I would also like to put in the 

 record at this point a letter from the Department of Interior, Assistant 

 Secretary Stanley A. Cain, and he makes the suggestion here that we 

 ought to await action on my bill, our bill liere, luitil action has been 

 taken on Senator Magnuson's bill to establish an Oceanographic Coun- 

 cil. Actually, I think the two are perfectly complementary and there 

 is no real reason to wait. 



(The departmental report referred to follows:) 



Department of the Intekiob, 



Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington, B.C., May 2, 1966. 

 Hon. Lister Hill, 



Chairman, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 

 U.S. Senate, Washington, B.C. 



Dear Senator Hill : There is pending before your committee S. 2439, a bill 

 to amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, so as to 

 authorize the establishment and operation of sea grant colleges and programs 

 by initiating and supporting programs of education, training, and research in 

 the marine sciences and a program of advisory services relating to activities 

 in the marine sciences, to facilitate the use of the submerged lands of the Outer 

 Continental Shelf by participants carrying out these programs, and for other 

 purposes. 



This bill amends the National Science Foundation Act of 19o0 by authorizing 

 appropriation to NSF of 10 percent of all payments received after June 30, 1965, 

 from leases on the Outer Continental Shelf, to be used for supporting education, 

 training, and research in the marine sciences and advisory services relating 

 to activities in the marine sciences. The Foundation is authorized to enter into 

 agreements with the Secretary of the Interior for joint or exclusive use of 

 appropriate areas of the Outer Continental Shelf by program participants. The 

 Foundation is authorized to carry out the program through grants or contracts 

 with public or private agencies, museums, industries, laboratories, corporations, 

 etc. 



The general purpose of the sea grant college program is to improve the Nation's 

 capability to obtain and use the natural resources of the oceans. 



The purpose of this bill is to implement a suggestion made several years ago 

 by Dean A. F. Spilhaus, of the University of Minnesota, who at the time was 

 Chairman of the Committee on Oceanography of the National Academy of 

 Sciences-National Research Council. The proposal was discussed at a conference 

 held at Newport, R.I., on October 28 and 29, 1965, at which over 200 individuals 

 concerned with the subject matter of the bill were present. It was generally 

 agreed at the meeting that the objectives of the bill were desirable and that 

 legislation, such as S. 2439, would have a beneficial effect on the development of 

 marine science and ocean engineering in this country. 



This Department also firmly believes that more and more emphasis must be 

 placed by the Federal Government, the States, educational institutions, industry, 

 and other public and private organizations and individuals on improving the 

 Nation's capability to obtain and use wisely our marine resoiu'ces. S. 24.39 is 

 designed to supply this emphasis on the national level. Legislation along the 



