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(c) Such sums as are necessary to double, within the ten-year period of the 
national oceanographic program authorized by this Act, research and studies in 
connection with the programs set forth in subsection (c) of section 9 of this Act. 
(d) Research contracted for, sponsored, cosponsored, or authorized under 
authority of section 9 of this Act, shall be provided for in such a manner that 
all information, uses, products, processes, patents, and other developments re- 
sulting from such research developed by Government expenditure shall be, sub- 
ject to the national and public health interest as determined by the Secretary 
and the Surgeon General of the United States, available to the general public: 
Provided, however, That nothing herein shall be construed as to deprive the 
owner of any background patent relating thereto to such rights as he may have 
thereunder. 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
Sec. 11. In furtherance of the policies in 8S. Res. 1386, Highty-sixth Congress, 
and of this Act, and for the purpose of determining the effects of radioactive 
contamination upon the oceans and life within the oceans and their estuaries, 
inshore ocean waters, and the Great Lakes, and for regulating in the interests of 
public safety, health, and welfare the introduction of radioactive materials in 
these waters, the Atomic Energy Commission is hereby authorized to conduct 
in the marine environment, an intensive ten-year program of control and moni- 
toring of radioactive waste disposal and studies including, but not limited to, 
circulation and mixing processes which affect the dispersion of introduced con- 
taminants in coastal and estuarine environments, the Great Lakes, and in the 
open ocean, inorganic transfer of radioactive elements from sea water to sedi- 
ments, the effect of radioactive elements on living organisms in the oceans, 
coastal waters, estuaries, and Great Lakes, and the genetic effects of radiation 
on such organisms. The Atomic Energy Commission is further authorized to 
carry out any of its duties or functions under this or other Acts, including the 
use of scientific ships and personnel, in cooperation with other agencies of the 
Federal Government, or through contracts with or grants to States or State 
agencies, institutions or independent scientific laboratories undertaking or 
equipped to undertake such programs: Provided, however, That those aspects 
of the program relating to regulating and monitoring the introduction of radio- 
active material in the ocean shall be carried out by the Coast and Geodetic 
Survey or the Public Health Service, or both, with funds made available by the 
Atomie Energy Commission. 
Src. 12. It is necessary in order to further the policies of S. Res. 136, Highty- 
sixth Congress, and of this Act to have the Atomic Energy Commission carry 
out, under laws relating to such Commission, specified duties as part of the 
general program for the development of the marine sciences in the United 
States. Appropriations authorized in this section shall be in addition to other 
appropriations provided for such Commission to carry out its duties under law. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated by the Atomic Hnergy Commis- 
sion, during the ten-year period beginning with July 1 of the first fiscal year 
following approval of this Act by the President, the fcllowing sums as are neces- 
sary— 
for engineering studies in connection with control and monitoring as 
authorized in section 11 of this Act: Provided, however, That expenditures 
for this purpose not exceed $370,000 in any one year of the ten-year program 
authorized by this Act; 
for participating in international meetings of scientists and technical 
experts relating to international control and monitoring of radioactive waste 
disposal in the marine environment: Provided, however, That expenditures 
for this purpose not exceed $30,000 in any one year of the ten-year pregram ; 
for control and monitoring of radioactive waste disposal in coastal and 
estuarine environments, and in the Great Lakes, as authorized in section 11 
of this Act: Provided, however, That expenditures for this purpose not 
exceed $2,800,000 in any one year of the ten-year program of studies by the 
Atomic Energy Commission in these waters; 
for research to determine circulation and mixing processes which control 
the dispersion of radioactive wastes introduced in deep waters of the open 
ocean: Provided, however, That the expenditures for this purpose by the 
Atomic Energy Commission not exceed $1,400,000 per annum ; 
for studies of the inorganic transfer of radioactive elements from sea 
water to the sediments: Provided, however, That expenditures by the Atomic 
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