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amendments. Discusses purpose, legislative back- 

 ground, summary of legislation, cost, agency reports, 

 and changes in existing law. 



By a Unanimous -Consent Agreement, it was agreed 

 that on June 20, the Senate would consider S. 2 102 . 



Sen. Lausch spoke in the Senate ( Congressional Rec - 

 ord . June 16, 1966, pp. 12922-12933), in opposition to 

 the part of the bill which would give credit to 54 Aleuts, 

 Eskimos and Indians for employment with the U. S. 

 Government for a period of about 6 or 7 years prior to 

 1950. 



Senate June 20, 1966, passed with Committee amend- 

 ment (in the nature of a substitute), as amended, ^. 

 2 102 . a bill to protect and conserve fur seals on the 

 Pribilof Islands. The amendments to the Committee a- 

 mendment were on Bartlett motions: (1) respecting an- 

 nuities for certain retired natives of the Pribilof Is- 

 lands, (2) respecting use of proceeds from sale of lands 

 in these islands, and (3) waiving approval of the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior in issuance of deed after 10 years 

 following the enactment of this bill. The text of the bill 

 as passed is printed in Congressional Record , June 20, 

 1966 (p. 12995). Title was amended to read: "A bill to 

 protect and conserve the North Pacific fur seals, to 

 provide for the administration of the Pribilof Islands, 

 to conserve the fur seals and other wildlife on the 

 Pribilof Islands, and to protect sea otters on the high 

 seas." 



House June 21, 1966, received Senate-passed S. 2 102 , 

 to Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. 



GATT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS : Senate June 29, 

 1966, agreed to S. Con. Res. 100, which expresses the 

 sense of Congress that no agreement for the reduction 

 of duties be entered into by the executive branch, un- 

 less authorized under present law, without the prior 

 approval of Congress. An excerpt from the committee 

 report {No. 1341) was inserted in Congressional Record. 

 June 29, 1966 (pp. 14042-14048), 



ICNAF PROTOCOLS: Senate June 27. 1966, received 

 two treaties (Executive I), 89th Congress, 2nd session. 

 Protocol to the International Convention for the North- 

 west Atlantic Fisheries relating to measures of control; 

 and Protocol to the International Convention for the 

 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries relating to entry into 

 force of proposals adopted by the Commission. Sen. 

 Bartlett ( Congressional Record, June 27, 1966, pp. 

 137 19- 13720) asked unanimous consent that the injunc- 

 tion of secrecy be reinoved from the above-mentioned 

 Protocols. He also inserted in the Record the text of 

 the President's message transmitting these Protocols. 



Senate Committee on Foreign Relations July 12, 1966, 

 met in executive session and approved Protocols to the 

 International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic 

 Fisheries (Ex. I, 89th Cong., 2nd Sess.). 



INTERIOR DEPARTMENT A P PRO PR I A TIONS FY 

 1967 : House June 22, 1966, received a communication 

 from the President of the United States, transmitting an 

 amendment to the request for appropriations for the 

 Department of the Interior for fiscal year 1967; re- 

 ferred to Committee on Appropriations. 



NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND PROGRAM 

 ACT OF 1965 : Sea Grant Colleges : Hearings before 

 the Special Subcommittee on Sea Grant Colleges of the 

 Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States 



Senate, 89th Congress, 2nd session on S. 2439 . a bill to 

 amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 

 amended, so as to authorize the establishment and op- 

 eration of Sea Grant Colleges and programs by initiating 

 and supporting programs of education, training, and re- 

 search in the marine sciences and a program of advis- 

 ory services relating to activities in the marine sci- 

 ences, to facilitate the use of the submerged lands of 

 the outer Contine.ital Shelf by participants carrying out 

 these programs, and for other purposes. May 2, 1966-- 

 Kingston, R. I., May 3, 4, and 5, 1966-- Washington, 

 D. C, 291 pp., printed. Contents include text. Interior 

 Departmental Report, statements and communications 

 from various Federal and state officials, members of 

 Congress, University representatives and business rep- 

 resentatives. 



The Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, June 

 24, 1966, reported ( S. Rept. 1307 ). with amendments, 

 S.. 2439 . the proposed National Sea Grant Colleges and 

 Program Act. 



NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION ACT : S. Rept . 

 12 12 . National Water Commission (June 8, 1966, report 

 with additional views from the Committee on Interior 

 and Insular Affairs, U. S. Senate, 89th Congress, 2nd 

 session, to accompany S. 3 107 ), 11 pp., printed. Com- 

 mittee reported favorably with amendments. Discusses 

 background, need, mission, composition, amendments, 

 and major provisions of the bill. 



NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT : H. R. 

 15705 (Moorhead) introduced in House June 15, 1966, to 

 redesignate the Department of the Interior as the De- 

 partment of Natural Resources and to transfer certain 

 agencies to and from such Department; to Committee on 

 Government Operations. 



NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES ACT AMEND- 

 MENT: Both Houses July 11, 1966, received a letter 

 from the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Rela- 

 tions, Department of State, transmitting a report of the 

 ratification of the amendment to the Northwest Atlantic 

 Fisheries Act of 1950 ( P. L. 845 . 81st Congress), by 11 

 of the 13 parties to the convention; referred to House 

 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Senate Committee on 

 Commerce. 



OCEAN EXPLOITATION : Sen. Bartlett inserted in 

 Congressional Record . July 11, 1966 (pp. 14438-14439), 

 an address given by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. 

 Udall on June 28, before the Marine Technology Society 

 Conference in Washington, D. C, entitled "Exploiting the 

 Ocean." 



OCEANOGRAPHIC AGENCY OR COUNCIL : S. 944, 

 the Marine Resources and Engineering Act of 1966 was 

 signed by the President June 17, 1966, P. L . 89-454 . 



Rep. Rogers spoke in the Senate ( Congressional Rec - 

 ord, June 23, 1966, p. 13372), commending the President 

 for signing into law S. 944 , the Marine Resources and 

 Engineering Development Act of 1966. He stated that the 

 Presidential Commission, which the bill contains, marks 

 the first time a working dialogue will be established be- 

 tween Government, industry, and the academic commu- 

 nity in the field of oceanography. 



OC EANOGRA PHY : Sen. Fong inserted in Congres - 

 sional Record, June 29, 1966 (pp. 14058-14059), a press 

 release describing the purposes and plans of the Nation- 

 al Oceanography Association and listing the Board of Di- 

 rectors of the Association. 



