64 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



The Department has stated its support of H.R. 2218 as a construc- 

 tive measure for assuring coordination of the eti'orts of the various 

 Government agencies in the area of oceanography. For the reasons 

 given above, tlie Department believes that tlie establisliment of a new 

 administrative organization, as outlined in the proposed bill, will not 

 achieve that result in as desirable a manner. 



Accordingly, the Treasury Department is opposed to the enact- 

 ment of H.R. 6457. 



The Department has been advised by the Bureau of the Budget 

 that there is no objection from the standpoint of the administration's 

 program to the submission of this report to your committee. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Feed B. Smith, 

 Acting General Counsel. 



[H.R. 7849, S9th Cong., 1st sess.] 



A BILL To provide for the development of ocean resources, to provide for economic devel- 

 opment of the Continental Shelf, to provide for expanded research in the oceans and 

 the Great Lakes, to establish a Psational Oceanographic Council, and for other purposes 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "Ocean 

 Resources Development Act of 1965". 



TITLE I 



Sec. 101. The oceanographic and marine activities of the United States should 

 be conducted so as to contribute to the following objectives : 



(1) The achievement of a capability to perform and carry on operations 

 within the marine envii'onment for the purposes of developing, managing, and 

 conserving the re.'^ources within and underlying the oceans for beneficial uses. 



(2) The exploration and development of the resources of the Continental 

 Shelf as recognized by the Convention on the Continental Shelf adopted at the 

 United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. 



(.3) The expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in and related to the 

 oceans, the marine environment, and the Great Lakes, their boundaries and 

 content.s. 



(4) The development and improvement of the capabilities, performance, and 

 efficiency of vehicles, equipment, and instruments for use in exploration, research, 

 surveys, recovery of resources, and the transmission of energy in the marine 

 environment. 



(5) The establishment of long-range studies of the potential benefits to the 

 United States economy, security, health, and welfare to be gained from the 

 opportunities for, and the problems involved in, utilization of scientific marine 

 and Great Lakes research and surveys. 



(6) The enhancement of the general welfare and security of the United States 

 and the preservation of the role of the United States as a leader in oceanographic 

 and marine science and technology. 



(7) The encouragament of private investment in the economic utilization of 

 the marine resources of the Continental Shelf. 



CS) The advancement of education and training in marine science and tech- 

 nology and the dissemination of discoveries and information which may have 

 value to United States industries, and to Federal and State agencies concerned 

 with ocean resource development missions. 



(9) The cooperation by the United States with other nations and groups of 

 nations in oceanographic and marine research and surveys, and in develop- 

 mental projects when such cooperation is in the national interest. 



Sec. 102. As used in this Act — ■ 



(1) The term "Council" means the National Oceanographic Council estab- 

 lished in section 201 of this Act. 



(2) The term "Commission" means the Marine and Exploration and Develop- 

 ment Commission established in section 301 of this Act. 



