Considers numerous bills, to establish a National Oceanographic Agency or Council Commission or Office or Committee to conduct, coordinate and administer oceanographic research programs and grants.

Considers numerous bills, to establish a National Oceanographic Agency or Council Commission or Office or Committee to conduct, coordinate and administer oceanographic research programs and grants.

Considers. H.R. 9361, the Marine Sciences and Research Act of 1959, to authorize implementation of policies expressed in S. Res. 136 and coordination with Navy Dept "Ten Years in Oceanography" (TENOC) program to establish a Government wide ten year program of ocean and marine research and development. H.R. 10412, to establish a Coordinating Committee on Oceanographic Surveys consisting of representatives of Federal agencies conducting oceanographic surveys. H.R. 12018, to establish a National Oceanographic Data Center under the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in the Commerce Dept.

Committee Serial No. 88-23. Includes Interagency Committee on Oceanography reports "University Curricula in Oceanography," June 1963 (p. 205-368); "Oceanography -- The Ten Years Ahead," June 1963 (p. 427-492); "National Oceanographic Program -- Fiscal Year 1964," April 1963 (p. 497-565); and "National Oceanographic Program -- Fiscal Year 1965," Mar. 1964 (p. 569-620)