46 MARINE SCIENCES AND RESEARCH ACT 
The Navy’s research program, TENOC, for 10 years in oceanog- 
raphy, is recognized as the cornerstone of the national program. 
TENOC is now being revised to include all phases of oceanography 
such as research, development, surveys, and long-range requirements. 
for ship and facility construction. It, therefore, appears appropriate 
that the portion of section 14 relating to ship construction should be 
worded in general terms similar to the provision calling for the con- 
struction of new shore facilities. The Navy oceanographic ship- 
building program should be developed within Navy and approved by 
Congress as a portion of the Navy’s total shipbuilding program in 
accordance with established procedures. 
It is noted that the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 
is not included in 8. 2692. This Department is contributing to ocean- 
ography with studies of radioactivity in the oceans and could also 
participate in an educational program which is essential to train the 
manpower required for an expansion of the national effort in ocean- 
ography. Further legislative authority is not needed by this 
Department, we understand. 
ursuant to sections 426—426h of title 33 of the United States Code, 
the Department of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers and the 
Beach Erosion Board, has a primary interest in near-shore oceanog- 
raphy and the interaction between the oceans and the land (shore and 
near-shore bottom). In order that this interest may be given recog- 
nition, 1t is recommended that the following revisions be made in 
S. 2692: 
In the fourth line of the title, add ‘“‘and coastal’ after ‘ocean’’. 
On page 3, line 17, and page 8, line 16, after ‘‘buoys,” add “‘instru- 
mented marine towers, wave gages,’’. 
On page 6, line 1, after “Standards,” add ‘‘the United States Army 
Corps of Engineers (including the Beach Erosion Board),”’. 
On page 7, line 13, after ““Administration,”’ add ‘‘the Beach Erosion 
Board of the United States Army Corps of Engineers,”’. 
On page 28, insert the following new heading and new sections 15 
and 16 and renumber present general section 15 as section 17: 
“DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
“Src. 15. The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed, 
with such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise 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 Ero- 
sion 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 activities 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 50-fathom depth contour in the 
oceans and lakes, and bays and tidewaters connected therewith: 
“a. Request and obtain cooperation from other Government 
agencies having an interest in the marine sciences and ocean surveys, 
and cooperate with educational institutions and laboratories devoted 
to the marine sciences and oceanography, and with other public and 
private organizations and persons who may be of assistance. 
