MARINE SCIENCES AND RESEARCH ACT oe 
INSERTION OF ADDITIONAL SECTIONS TO BILL 
Page 28, line 4, delete after ‘‘Snc.” the numeral ‘'15” and substitute 
the numeral ‘'19”’. This section, headed ‘‘General’’ will then follow 
sections 15, 16, 17, and 18, to be inserted, as will follow. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
On the recommendation contained in the comments received from 
the Department of the Navy and which expresses also the views of the 
Department of Defense, 5. 2692 is amended by adding, under the 
heading ‘‘Department of the Army,” section 15 and section 16, which 
would provide, in effect, for participation of the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, through the Beach Erosion Board, in the 10-year compre- 
hensive program for development of the marine sciences. The Board 
is now engaged in beach erosion work in many States. 
The amendments, which are herewith printed in this report, 
indicate the broad scope of the activities of the Board in aquatic 
sciences in the near-shore areas of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, 
the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
Sec. 15. The Secretary of the Army is authorized and 
directed, with such funds as may be appropriated or other- 
wise made available to him, to undertake a ten-year program 
of study and research by the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers, through the Beach Erosion Board, as part of the 
general program for the development of the marine sciences 
in the United States. In furtherance of the purposes of this 
Act, the Secretary is authorized and directed to carry out, 
in addition to programs now under way, the following activi- 
ties relating to physical oceanography in the near-shore 
areas of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, 
and the Great Lakes, which areas include the zone from the 
shore to the fifty-fathom depth contour in the oceans and 
lakes, and bays and tidewaters connected therewith: 
a. Request and obtain cooperation from other Govern- 
ment agencies having an interest in the marine sciences and 
ocean surveys, and cooperate with educational institutions 
and laboratories devoted to the marine sciences and ocea- 
nography, and with other public and private organizations and 
persons who may be of assistance. 
b. Contract with qualified scientists, research laboratories, 
research organizations, or educational institutions to under- 
take basic and applied research studies and experiments in 
the laboratories and in coastal waters, in furtherance of the 
purposes of this section. 
c. Undertake in coastal waters studies of the action of 
waves, wave currents, tides, tidal currents, and large-scale 
ocean and littoral currents. 
d. Study and evaluate the interaction of the atmosphere, 
the sea, and the land as they affect the waves, currents, tides, 
surges, hydrographic contours, and hydrographic changes in 
the coastal zone. 
