LETTER OP TRANSMITTAL 



The Library of Congress, 

 Legislative Reference Service, 



Washington, D.C., July 15, 1965. 

 Hon. Alton Lennon, 



Chairman, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Committee on Merchant 

 Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 



Dear Mr. Lennon: I am pleased to forward an "Abridged Chro- 

 nology of Events Related to Federal Legislation for Oceanography, 

 1956-65" in response to your request. 



This chronology was first prepared in January 1965 on the initiative 

 of the Science Policy Research Division, when intensified activity 

 in the 89th Congress in the field of ocean sciences and engineering 

 was reflected in frequent requests for information and legislative 

 research. The chronology has been periodically updated, and the 

 enclosed material reflects congressional actions through July 15, 1965. 



The study is in five parts. Part I is a chronology, beginning with 

 landmark events in 1956, that highlights legislatively significant 

 action by both the President and the Congress; Part II contains 

 explanatory notes which elucidate contents of the earlier list ; Part III 

 is a brief summary of Federal funding in oceanography, by agency 

 and functional area; Part IV contains a summary of congressional 

 action by the 86th, 87th, 88th, and 89th Congresses related to oceano- 

 graphic legislation, and Part V is a selected bibliography of those 

 papers and articles bearing on elements of oceanography of legisla- 

 tive rather than scientific interest. 



This chronology was prepared under the guidance of Dr. Edward 

 Wenk, Jr., Chief of the Science Policy Research Division, with major 

 assistance by Miss Florence Broussard, research assistant. 

 Sincerely, 



Hugh L. Elsbree, Director. 



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