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included funds for some strengthening of the Office of Marine 
Resources. : i 
I regret to say that the action on the other side last week in the 
Appropriations Committee deleted those increases. : 
Mr. Lennon. What was the budget request and the ultimate budget 
approval for this particular Office of Marine Resources to back up and 
support the staff of the so-called Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
Wildlife, Parks and Marine Resources for 1970 ? 
Mr. Train. Subject to permission to submit any correction to the 
record later, it is my understanding that the existing budget for the 
Office of Marine Resources is $32,300 and the Nixon administration 
1970 budget requested a $75,000 increase in that budget. 
Mr. Lennon. That is approximately the figure that I have in front 
of me. Thank you. I thought it appropriate to get this in the record 
at this point. 
Mr. Tratn. Creation of the Commission was in part an expression of 
the view that marine affairs in the Federal Government were diffuse 
and Jacked adequate coordination. Development of marine resources 
and protection of the environment also were matters of general 
concern. 
Recently, the Department published a brochure describing its inter- 
ests and responsibilities in the ocean. Copies of this report, “Marine 
Resources Development—A National Opportunity,” have been made 
available to the committee. The report describes the breadth and 
variety of Interior’s marine activities. Interior is the major civilian 
agency in the Federal Government in oceanic affairs. 
A conservative estimate of our budget for marine programs is about 
$80 to $100 million, which is 35 to 40 percent of the total civilian budget 
for oceanography. 
Mr. Lennon. Now, Mr. Secretary, at that point would you provide 
for the record a breakdown, a definitive explanatory breakdown, of 
the budgeting of the approximately $80 million to $100 million on an 
annual level which you say is directly related to the civilian budget 
for oceanography at this point in the record ? 
Would you furnish that so that it can be inserted in the record at 
this point? 
Mr. Train. I will be happy to doso, Mr. Chairman. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you. 
Mr. Tratn. We may have it right here. 
Mr. Lennon. If it is not too lengthy, I think it would be interesting 
to the members who are present for you to repeat it. If it is going to be 
too lengthy, we will just submit it. 
Mr. Tratn. No, sir; it is quite brief, and if I may just read the totals 
and then put the entire document into the record, I think it will give a 
good picture. 
The overall total on this document for the Department of the 
Interior 1970 budget for marine affairs is $78.2 million. Now, the 
breakdown of that total 
_ Mr. Lennon. That differs a little bit from your statement of $80 mil- 
lion to $100 million, but I am sure you can explain the difference 
between $78 million and $100 million. Now you bring it down to $78 
million, which is less than the lowest figure you gave. 
Ma. Trary. I think actually there is probably a little disagreement 
