315 



Total 



No 

 Yes Percent No Percent opinion percent 



A. Civil works functions of U.S. Army Corps of En- 



gineers relating to the coasts_ 



B. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration 



(now in the Department of the Interior). 



C. Maritime Administration (now in the Department 



of Commerce) 



D. National Oceanographic Instrumentation Center.. 



E. Office of Saline Water (now in the Department of 



the Interior) - -- 192 63.4 56 18.5 55 18.1 



3. Alteruatives to establishing an independent National Oceanic and Atmos- 

 pheric Agency that would provide a Federal focus on ocean activities generally 

 include the following. Check the one alternative you think most suitable. If you 

 favor the independent agency approach, check item F. 



[Choose One] 



A. Coordination of Federal marine activities through a staff -level 



body similar to the former Interagency Committee on Ocean- Perr-ent 



ography 6 2. 1 



B. Continue present cabinet-level National Council on Marine Re- 



sources and Engineering Development 3 1. 



C. Continue present Council with the addition of some operating 



capacity and funds for that purpose 2 . 7 



D. Establish an interagency task force on marine matters to settle 



lead-agency responsibility for major projects 10 3. 4 



E. Group marine-related functions within an existing department, 



such as the Department of Commerce 3 1. 



Department of the Interior 10 3. 4 



Department of Transportation 1 . 3 



F. An independent, operating agency 170 58. 5 



G. Consolidate ocean activities in a new cabinet -level department 



similar in composition to the proposed agency but with higher 



status 86 29. 6 



No response 12 



Mr. Hathawat. Our next witness is Congressman Bob Wilson of 

 California. 



We are always happy to have a Member of Congress testify before 

 the committee. I understand, Bob, that you have a written statement 

 which you can either read or summarize. 



STATEMENT OP HON. BOB WILSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN 

 CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OP CALIPORNIA 



Mr. Wilson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the com- 

 mittee. I would like to submit a statement for the record and make a 

 few brief comments. 



Mr. Hathaway. Without objection, the statement will be xDrinted 

 in the record at this point. 



(The statement follows :) 



Statement of Hon. Bob Wilson, a Repeesentative in Congress From the State 



OF California 



Mr. Chairman and members of the Oceanography Subcommittee, I am pleased 

 to have this opportunity to appear before you today and discuss the report of the 

 Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources, "Our Nation and 

 the Sea." 



