2 MARINE SCIENCE 



ocean fisheries, or the contamination of adjacent seas by the dumping of radio- 

 active wastes or other harmful agents. 



The Congress further declares that to meet the objectives outlined in the 

 preceding paragraphs of this Act there must be a coordinated, long-range pro- 

 gram of oceanographic research similar or identical to that recommended as a 

 minimal program by the Committee on Oceanography of the National Academy 

 of Sciences-National Research Council which requires but is not limited to 

 the— 



1. construction of modern, oceangoing ships for scientific research, surveys, 

 fisheries exploration and marine development ; 



2. construction of laboratory and shore facilities adequate to service and 

 supplement the research and survey fleets ; 



3. development and acquisition of new and improved research tools, 

 devices, instruments, and techniques including but not limited to bathyscaphs 

 and other manned submersibles, manned and unmanned deep ocean buoys, 

 modified icebreakers, accoustical equipment and telemetering devices, current 

 meters, direct density, turbulence and radioactivity measuring devices, 

 biological sampling instruments, precision salinometers and echo sounders, 

 magnetometers, and deep sea underwater cameras ; 



4. recruitment of prospective oceanographers from among undergraduate 

 students of physics, chemistry, biology and geology and the facilitating of 

 their advanced education in the marine sciences by a long-term fellow- 

 ship program, where necessary, supported by or through the National Science 

 Foundation or other appropriate agency of the Federal Government ; 



5. improvement of the economic and general welfare by obtaining more 

 adequate information in the field of oceanography concerning the occur- 

 rence, behavior, and potential use of fish, shellfish, and other marine life, and 

 thereby to enhance the development and utilization of living marine re- 

 sources • 



6. establishment of a national oceanographic records center to assemble, 

 prepare and disseminate all scientific and technical oceanographic and closely 

 related data, including but not limited to physical, biological, fisheries, 

 hydrographic and coastal survey, meteorological and climatological data. 

 All nonclassified data shall be made available for public use; and 



7. development of a formal international cooperation in the marine sciences 

 on a reciprocal basis subject to approval by the President. 



The Congress further declares that a coordinated, long-range program of 

 oceanographic research requires establishment of a Division of Marine Sciences 

 in the National Science Foundation, which shall include representation from 

 Government agencies having duties or responsibilities connected with or related 

 to the seas and oceans, and oceanographic scientists associated with universi- 

 ties, institutions affiliated with universities, laboratories or foundations, and 

 which Division shall be authorized and directed — 



(a) to develop and encourage a continuing national policy and program for 

 the promotion of oceanographic research, surveys and education in the 

 marine sciences : Provided, That the long range program for oceanographic 

 research developed and projected by the Chief of Naval Research, Depart- 

 ment of the Navy, and approved by the Chief of Naval Operations, known as 

 project TENOC (Ten Years in Oceanography) be incorporated in the 

 national program and policy ; 



(b) to recommend contracts, grants, loans or other forms of assistance for 

 the development and operation of a comprehensive national program of 

 oceanographic research and education in the marine sciences ; 



(c) to cooperate with and encourage the cooperation of the Oflice of Naval 

 Research, the Hydrographic Office, the Bureau of Ships, the Coast and Geo*- 

 detic Survey, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, the Atomic Energy Com- 

 mission, the Maritime Administration, the United States Weather Bureau, 

 the United States Coast Guard, the United States Geological Survey, the 

 National Bureau of Standards, and other Government agencies dealing with 

 problems related to the seas, and the National Academy of Sciences — ^Na- 

 tional Research Coxmcil and administrators and scientists of all universities 

 and institutions receiving assistance from Federal agencies for oceanog- 

 raphic or fisheries research or education in the marine sciences in the form 

 of contracts, loans, grants, leases, donations, scholarships, fellowships or 

 transfers of funds or property of the Federal Government ; 



