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89TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

S. 2439

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 19 (legislative day, AUGUST 18), 1965

Mr. PELL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

A BILL

To amend the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, so as to authorize the establishment and operation of sea grant colleges and programs by initiating and supporting programs of education, training, and research in the marine sciences and a program of advisory services relating to activities in the marine sciences, to facilitate the use of the submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf by participants carrying out these programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "National

5 Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1965".

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DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares

(a) that marine resources, including animal and vegetable life and mineral wealth, constitute a far-reaching and largely untapped asset of immense potential significance to the United States; and

(b) that it is in the national interest of the United States to develop the skilled manpower, including scientists, engineers and technicians, and the facilities and equipment necessary for the exploitation of these resources; and

(c) that aquaculture, as with agriculture on land, and the gainful use of marine resources can substantially benefit the United States by providing greater economic opportunities, including expanded employment and trade; new sources of food; new means for the utilization of water, both salt and fresh; and other valu

able substances, such as those contained in the vast mineral deposits of the marine environment, advantageous to United States citizens and to the Nation's position in the world; and

(d) that, in order to implement these findings, the Federal Government should support sea grant colleges and programs by

(1) initiating and supporting programs at sea

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grant colleges for the education and training of par

ticipants in the marine sciences;

(2) initiating and supporting necessary research and development programs in the marine sciences resulting in the acquisition of knowledge of a

direct and practical nature, with preference given to programs that translate the findings of basic research to practices, techniques, and equipment applicable to the marine sciences;

(3) encouraging and developing programs consisting of instruction, practical demonstrations, publications, and otherwise, with the object of imparting useful information to persons currently employed or interested in the marine sciences, to the scientific community, and to the general public;

(4) encouraging the development of the marine resources by facilitating the use by participants

under this Act of such portions of the submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of clauses (1), (2), and (3); and

(5) encouraging and facilitating the expansion. development, or creation, of regional "centers of excellence" in the various fields related to the

marine sciences, while retaining the traditional in

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tes of the existing regional institutions and

laboratories.

GRANT AND CONTRACTS FOR SEA GRANT

COLLEGES AND PROGRAMS

SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (a) of section 3 of the National

6 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1862) is 7 amended by striking out the period at the end of clause 8 (9) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon, and by add9 ing after clause (9) the following new clause:

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"(10) to initiate and support programs of education, 11 training, and research in the marine sciences and a program 12 of advisory services relating to activities in the marine 13 sciences."

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(b) Subsection (a) of section 17 of the National Sci15 ence Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1875) is amended 16 by adding at the end thereof the following: "Notwithstand17 ing the provisions of section 9 of the Outer Continental 18 Shelf Lands Act, 10 per centum of all bonuses, rentals, 19 royalties, and other sums (excluding amounts refunded un20 der section 10 of such Act) paid to the Federal Government 21 after June 30, 1965, for leases under such Act shall be de22 posited in a special account in the Treasury to be available 23 only for appropriations to the Foundation, which are hereby 24 authorized, to carry out the purposes of section 3 (a) (10).” (c) The National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42

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1 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.) is amended by inserting the following

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new section at the end thereof:

"MARINE SCIENCES

"SEC. 18. (a) In carrying out the provisions of section

5 3 (a) (10), the Foundation shall consult with scientists and 6 engineers engaged in pursuits in the marine sciences and with 7 agencies of the Government interested in, or affected by, 8 activities in the marine sciences.

9 "(b) The Foundation shall exercise the authority de10 rived from section 3 (a) (10) in a manner consistent with 11 the declaration of policy stated in section 2 of the National 12 Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1965.

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"(c) Programs to carry out the purposes of section 14 3 (a) (10) shall be accomplished through contracts with, or grants to, suitable public or private agencies, public or private 16 institutions of higher learning, museums, foundations, indus17 tries, laboratories, corporations, organizations, or groups of 18 individuals, which are engaged in, or concerned with, activ19 ities in the marine sciences, for the establishment and opera20 tion by them of such programs.

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"(d) In order to facilitate the carrying out of programs engaged in pursuant to contracts or grants made under the

provisions of section 3 (a) (10), the Foundation is author24 ized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of the In25 terior with respect to the use, jointly or exclusively, by par

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