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(d) to foster the interchange of information among marine scientists in 

 the United States and foreign nations within the security provisions and 

 limitations of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (64 Stat. ch. 

 171) ; and 



(e) to evaluate the scientific aspects of programs of oceanographic and 

 fisheries research and surveys undertalfen by agencies of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, universities and institutions receiving assistance from the Federal 

 Government for oceanographic and fisheries research and ocean surveys. 



NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, DIVISION OF MARINE SCIENCES 



Sec. 3. (a) Section 7(a) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 is 

 hereby amended by striking "and" after the semicolon in (3), redesignating (4) 

 as (5) and inserting immediately after (3) the following new section: 



"(4) Division of Marine Sciences; and". 



(b) Section 8(b) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 is hereby 

 amended by substituting a semicolon for the period after "Board" and inserting 

 immediately thereafter the following new proviso : "Provided, That the Divi- 

 sion of Marine Sciences shall include among its membership a representative 

 from the Oflice of Naval Research, the Hydrographic Office, the Coast and Geo- 

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

 mission, the Maritime Administration, and at least six scientists from the uni- 

 versities and institutions receiving assistance from the foregoing agences." 



Sec. 4. It is necessary in order to carry out the policies of S. Res. 136, Eighty- 

 sixth Congress, and of this Act to have the National Science Foundation carry 

 out, under laws, as amended, relating to such Foundation, specified duties as 

 part of the general program for the development of the marine sciences in the 

 United States. Appropriations authorized in this section shall be in addition 

 to other appropriations provided for such Foundation to carry out its duties 

 under law. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 

 Foundation, during the ten-year period beginning with July 1 of the first fiscal 

 year following approval of this Act by the President, the following sums : 



(a) The sum of $9,950,000 for the construction of oceanographic research 

 ships ; 



(b) The sum of $12,440,000 for the operation of oceanographic research ships 

 constructed under this Act ; 



(c) The sum of $8,250,000 for construction of shore facilities for oceanographic 

 research ; 



(d) The sum of $37,200,000 for basic oceanographic research operations: 

 Provided, however, That the expenditure under this subsection (d) shall not 

 exceed $8,000,000 in any one year of the ten-year program. 



(e) Such sums as may be adequate for specialized equipment for ocean ex- 

 ploration and research which may include bathyscaphs and other manned 

 submersibles, manned and unmanned buoys, icebreakers and submarines con- 

 verted for scientific use, acoustic telemetering devices, current meters, direct 

 density measuring devices, cameras and underwater television, seismic equip- 

 ment, turbulence measuring devices, biological sampling devices, precision 

 salinometers, precision echo sounders, towed temperature recorders, mag- 

 netometers and other instruments and laboratory equipment: Provided, Iwivever, 

 That expenditures under this subsection (e) shall not exceed $10,000,000 in 

 any one year of the ten-year program. 



(f) The sum of $3,000,000 for fellowships to graduate students training to 

 become professional oceanographers : Provided, hoicever. That annual costs of 

 these fellowships shall not exceed $300,000. 



BUREAU OF MINES AND BUREAU OF COMMERCIAX FISHERIES, DEPARTMENT OF THE 



INTERIOR 



Sec 5. The Secretary of the Interior 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 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 underway, the following activities : 



(a) Make grants of funds to qualified scientists, research laboratories or 

 institutions in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, such grants to be used 



