MARINE SCIENCE 7 



independent scientific laboratories undertaking or equipped to undertake such 

 programs : Provided, hoivevcr, Tliat tliose aspects of tlie program relating to 

 regulating and monitoring the introduction of radioactive material in the 

 ocean shall be carried out by the Coast and Geodetic Survey or the Public 

 Health Service, or both, with funds made available by the Atomic Energy Com- 

 mission. 



Sec. 12. It is necessary in order to carry out the policies of S. Res. 136, 

 Eighty-sixth Congress, and of this Act to have the Atomic Energy Commission 

 carry out, under laws relating to such Commission, 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 Commission to carry out its duties 

 under law. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Atomic Energy 

 Commission, 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 as are 

 necessary — 



for engineering studies in connection with control and monitoring as 

 authorized in section 11 of this Act : Provided, however, That expenditures 

 for this purpose not exceed $370,000 in any one year of the ten-year program 

 authorized by this Act ; 



for participating in international meetings of scientists and technical 

 experts relating to international control and monitoring of radioactive waste 

 disposal in the marine environment : Provided, Jioivever, That expenditures 

 for this purpose not exceeded $30,000 in any one year of the ten-year 

 program ; 



for estuarine and coastal studies authorized in section 12 of this Act: 

 Provided, hoivever. That expenditures for this purpose not exceed $2,800,000 

 in any one year of the ten-year program of estuarine and coastal studies 

 authorized by this Act ; 



for research to determine circulation and mixing processes which control 

 the dispersion of radioactive wastes introduced in deep waters of the open 

 ocean : Provided, however. That the expenditures for this purpose by the 

 Atomic Energy Commission not exceed $1,400,000 per annum ; 



for studies of the inorganic transfer of radioactive elements from sea 

 water to the sediments : Provided, however, That expenditures by the Atomic 

 Energy Commission for this purpose not exceed $484,000 in the first year 

 of the program or $299,000 in subsequent years of this ten-year period ; 



for studies of the effects of the biosphere on the distribution and circula- 

 tion of radioisotopes in the ocean and its seas : Provided, however, That ex- 

 penditures by the Atomic Energy Commission for this purpose not exceed 

 $938,000 per annum ; 



for studies of the genetic effects of atomic radiations on marine organ- 

 isms : Provided, however. That expenditures by the Atomic Energy Com- 

 mission for this purpose not exceed $100,000 per annum : 



for field experiments in confined bodies of water utilizing radioisotopes : 

 Provided, however, That expenditures by the Atomic Energy Commission 

 for this purpose not exceed $100,000 per annum ; and 



for two major open-sea tests of radiological contamination at sea, its ef- 

 fects on marine life, and its potential effects on humanity. 



DEPABTMENT OF THE NAVY 



Sec. 13. In order to carry out the policies of S. Res. 136, Eighty-sixth Con- 

 gress, of this Act and of the Navy's long-range program for oceanographic re- 

 search known as TENOC, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized and directed 

 to undertake a ten-year program of expanded basis oceanographic research and 

 hydrographic surveys as a part of the general program for the development of 

 the marine sciences in the United States. The Secretary is authorized and di- 

 rected with such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available to 

 him for purposes of this Act, to carry out the following activities : 



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

 in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, such grants to be used for the pur- 

 chase of equipment, acquisition or improvement of facilities, employment of 

 scientists and personnel, and for other uses necessary to carry out the work 

 hereunder. 



(b) Initiate and carry out a ten-year program for the replacement, modern- 

 ization, and enlargement in the number of ships for use in basic research and 



