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Appendix B: Congressional Request
Pages 26-30

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From page 26...
... To direct the Secretary of Commerce to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to establish the Coordinated Oceanographic Program Advisor~v Pane! to report to the Congress on the feasibility and social value of a coordinated oceanography program.
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From page 27...
... As this trend in population growth continues, increasing demands will be placed on ocean and coastal resources, not only as a result of population growth in coastal regions, but also from the need to harvest increasing amounts of marine life as a source of food to satisfy world protein requirements, and from the mining of energy-producing materials from offshore resource deposits.
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From page 28...
... (~) The National Academy of Sciences has the means by which to study and make determinations regarding the adoption and establishment of a coordinated oceanography program for the exploration of the seas, in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could participate in a role similar to that of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with regard to the International Space Station.
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From page 29...
... shall include in its final report recommendations for implementing such program, including recommendations regarding-(~) the institutional arrangements, treaties, or laws necessary to implement a coordinated oceanography program; (2)
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... A BILL To direct the Secretary of Commerce to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to establish the Coordinated Oceanographic Program Advisor~v Pane! to report to the Congress on the feasibility and social value of a coordinated oceanography program.
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