MARINE SCIENCES AND RESEARCH ACT 21 
the agency’s requirements over a 10-year period would approximate 
$121 million. 
Amendments to section 4 
1. Page 8, line 8, and page 8, line 9, prior to the word “research” 
the word “oceanographic” is stricken and the wor¢ “marine”’ sub- 
stituted as a somewhat broader adjective. Suggested by several 
State fish and game departments. 
2. Page 9, line 2, insert the words “and postdoctoral fellows”’ after 
the word “students” and the words ‘‘physical, biological, chemical, 
and geological” after the word “professional”. The purpose of these 
amendments is to broaden opportunities for persons with specialized 
knowledge to qualify for fellowships to be used in training to become 
professional oceanographers. They were recommended to your com- 
mittee by the Committee on Oceanography and other scientific groups 
and individuals. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Section 5 of the bill would authorize and direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to undertake certain activities, studies, and research as part 
of the general 10-year program for development of the marine sciences. 
The Department and its agencies have a primary responsibility to 
conserve and develop resources in order to meet the requirements of 
national security and an expanding economy. 
Several agencies within the Department, notably the Bureau of 
Commercial Fisheries, the Bureau of Mines, and the Geological Survey 
have a direct interest in the resources, actual or potential, of and in 
the oceans and the Great Lakes. 
These resources include marine fisheries, metallic minerals, and 
offshore deposits of liquid fuels. To realize increased benefits from 
these resources an expanded program of ocean and Great Lakes 
research is required, both basic and applied. 
S. 2692 would authorize such a program, facilities to carry out 
such a program, and studies designed to augment the economic 
benefits of such a program to the Nation. 
Specifically, the Secretary of the Interior would be authorized and 
directed to— 
1. Make grants of funds to qualified scientists, research 
laboratories, institutions, or other non-Federal agencies in fur- 
therance of the purposes of the act. 
2. Replace, modernize, and enlarge the number of oceangoing 
ships being used for research, exploration, surveying, and the 
development of marine resources by the Department. 
3. Construct and operate shore facilities and laboratories 
adequate to support the above ships. 
4. Cooperate with other departments and agencies, including 
agencies of the several States, in the conduct of oceanwide surveys 
and of studies concerning the relation of marine life to radioactive 
elements. 
5. Conduct studies of the economic and legal aspects of com- 
mercial fisheries and the utilization of marine products. 
6. Cooperate with other governmental agencies, State agencies, 
educational institutions, and other public and private organiza- 
