(6 MARINE SCIENCE 



Sec. 8. It is necessary in order to carry out tlie policies of S. Res. 136, Eighty- 

 sixth Congress, and of this Act to have the Department of Commerce and its 

 Bureaus and Offices carry out, under laws, as amended, relating to such Depart- 

 ment or such Bureaus and Offices, 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 Department to carry out its duties under law. There is hereby author- 

 ized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and its Bureaus and 

 Offices, 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 $250,000 for capital outlay in the establishment of a National 

 Oceanographic Records Center. 



(b) Such sums as are necessary for operating expenses of a National 

 Oceanographic Records Center : Provided, however, That expenses for this pur- 

 pose during the first year not exceed $100,000, and that this amount shall not 

 be increased more than 10 per centum per annum in each of the subsequent 

 years of this program. 



(c) Such sums as are necessary for construction by or for the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey of two survey ships of five hundred tons displacement, six survey 

 ships or one thousand two hundred to one thousand five hundred tons displace- 

 ment, and two survey ships of two thousand tons displacement or more. 



(d) Such sums as are necessary for operations of new Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey survey ships authorized under this Act during the ten-year life of this 

 program — 



for construction of new shore facilities for processing and evaluating 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey data obtained through surveys and related re- 

 search conducted from new oceangoing Coast and Geodetic Survey ships ; 



for expanded operations, excluding ship operations, of the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey during a ten-year period ; and 



for establishment and operations of a ten-year study of the interchange 

 of energy between the oceans and the atmosphere. 



DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDXJOATION, AND WELFARE, OFFICE OF EDUCATION 



Sec. 9. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized and 

 directed, with such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available 

 to him, to undertake a ten-year program of obtaining new faculty in oceanog- 

 raphy and marine sciences 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 to provide assistance through the Office of 

 Education in the form of teacher salaries and equipment. 



Sec. 10. It is necessary in order to carry out the policies of S. Res. 136, 

 Eighty-sixth Congress, and of this Act to have the Office of Education, Depart- 

 ment of Health, Education, and Welfare carry out, under laws relating to such 

 Department or Office, 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 Department or Office to carry out its duties under law. 



ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 



Sec. 11. In furtherance of the policies in S. Res. 136, Eighty-sixth Congress, 

 and of this Act, and for the purpose of determining the effects of radioactive 

 contamination upon the oceans and life within the oceans and their estauries, 

 and for regulating in the interests of public safety, health and welfare, the intro- 

 duction of radioactive materials in the oceans, the Atomic Energy Commission 

 is hereby authorized to conduct, in the marine environment, an intensive ten-year 

 program of control and monitoring of radioactive waste disposal and studies 

 including, but not limited to, circulation and mixing processes which affect the 

 dispersion of introduced contaminants in coastal and estuarine environments 

 and in the open ocean, inorganic transfer of radioactive elements from sea- 

 water to sediments, the effect of radioactive elements on living organisms in 

 the oceans, coastal waters and estuaries and the genetic effects of radiation on 

 such organisms. The Atomic Energy Comission is further authorized to carry 

 out any of its duties or functions under this or other Acts, including the use of 

 scientific ships and personnel, in cooperation with other agencies of the Fed- 

 eral Government, or through contracts with or grants to State institutions or 



