4 MARINE SCIENCE 
(6) maintenance of a National Oceanographic Data Center to assemble, 
prepare, and disseminate scientific and technical oceanographic and closely 
related data, including but not limited to physical, biological, fisheries, 
hydrographic, bathymetric, meteorological, and climatological data as may 
be submitted to it by the participating agencies or institutions. All non- 
classified data shall be made available for public use; and 
(7) development of formal international cooperation in the marine sci- 
ences and oceanographic surveys on a reciprocal basis subject to approval 
by the President. The Congress further declares that a coordinated, long- 
range program of marine research and surveys requires establishment of a 
Division of Marine Sciences in the National Science Foundation, the divi- 
sional committee of which shall include representation from Government 
agencies having duties or responsibilities connected with or related to the 
seas and oceans, and oceanographic scientists associated with universities, 
laboratories, industries, or foundations, and which Division shall be 
authorized and directed— 
(a) to develop and encourage a continuing national policy and pro- 
gram for the promotion of oceanographic research, surveys, and edu- 
cation in the marine sciences; 
(b) to recommend contracts, grants, loans, or other forms of assist- 
ance for the development and operation of a comprehensive national 
program of marine research, oceanographic surveys, and education in 
the marine sciences; 
(ec) to cooperate with and encourage the cooperation of the Office of 
Naval Research, the Bureau of Ships, the Hydrographic Office, the 
Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, the 
Atomic Energy Commission, the Maritime Administration, the United 
States Weather Bureau, the United States Coast Guard, the United 
States Geological Survey, the Public Health Service, the Smithsonian 
Institution, the National Bureau of Standards, the United States Army 
Corps of Engineers (including the Beach Erosion Board), the Depart- 
ment of State, and other Government agencies dealing with scientific 
or collateral problems related to the seas or to the Great Lakes, and the 
National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council, and ad- 
ministrators and scientists of all universities and institutions receiv- 
ing assistance from Federal agencies for oceanographic or fisheries re- 
search or education in the marine sciences in the form of contracts, 
loans, grants, leases, donations, scholarships, fellowships, research as- 
sistantships, or transfers of funds or property of the Federal Govern- 
ment; 
(d) to foster the interchange of information among marine scientists 
in the United States and foreign nations within the security provisions 
and limitations of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 
171) ; and 
(e) to evaluate the scientific aspects of marine research, surveys, and 
taxonomy undertaken by agencies of the Federal Government, universi- 
ties, and institutions receiving assistance from the Federal Govern- 
ment in these scientific and related fields. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, DIVISION OF MARINE SCIENCES 
Sec. 3. (a) Section 7(a) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 is 
hereby amended by striking “and” after the semicolon in (3), redesignating (4) 
as (5) and inserting immediately after (8) the following new section: 
(4) Division of Marine Sciences; and” 
(b) Section 8(b) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 is hereby 
amended by substituting a colon for the period afted “Board” and inserting 
immediately thereafter the following new proviso: ‘Provided, That the di- 
visional committee of the Division of Marine Sciences shall include among its 
membership a representative from the Office of Naval Research, the Hydro- 
graphic Office, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Bureau of Commercial Fish- 
eries, the Atomic Energy Commission, the United States Coast Guard, the 
Public Health Service, the United States Weather Bureau, the Beach Erosion 
Board of the United States Corps of Engineers, and at least six scientists se- 
lected on a basis of competence from universities and other non-Federal institu- 
tions and designated by the National Academy of Sciences and National Re- 
search Council to serve on this committee. 
