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Historical
documents that created
NOAA, its predecessor agencies, and influenced their course
and the course of American science.
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1807
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An
Act to provide for surveying the coasts
of the United States. This initial legislation led
to the formation of the United States Coast Survey.
[Act of Feb. 10, 1807, Sess. II, ch. 8, 2 Stat. 413-14 (1807)]
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1836
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Upon
the principles of the determination of Salaries, or Compensations
in a Republican Government.
An
Essay by Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler,
Founder and First Superintendent of the United States Coast
Survey
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1858
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Report
on the History and Progress of the American Coast Survey Up
to the Year 1858
The
Report of the Committee of Twenty of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, the first major report of an
outside scientific organization on the operation of an American
science agency.
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1870
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Joint Resolution to authorize
the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological
Observations at the military Stations and at other Points
in the Interior of the Continent, and for giving Notice on
the northern Lakes and Seaboard of the Approach and Force
of Storms. This resolution led to the formation of
a Weather Service under the United States Army Signal Service.
[Act of Feb. 9, 1870, Sess. II, Res. 12, 16 Stat. 369 (1870)]
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1871
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Joint Resolution for the Protection
and Preservation of the Food Fishes of the Coast of the United
States. This resolution established the office of
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries.
[Act of Feb. 9, 1871, Sess. III, Res. 22, 16 Stat. 593-94
(1871)]
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1890
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An
Act to increase the efficiency and reduce
the expense of the Signal Corps of the Army, and to transfer
the Weather Service to the Department of Agriculture.
This act established the Weather Service as a civilian Bureau.
[Act of Oct. 1, 1890, Sess. I, ch. 1266, 26 Stat. 653-55 (1890)]
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1922
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Roots
of the NOAA Corps
History of how the NOAA Corps was formed. |
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1965
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Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1965
established the Environmental Science Services Administration
within the Department of Commerce.
[Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, 3 C.F.R. xxx (1965), reprinted
in 5 U.S.C. app. at 1517 (1994), and in 79 Stat. 1318-20 (1965),
and in 30 Fed. Reg. 8819-xx (1965)]
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1969
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Stratton
Commission Report. Under the chairmanship of
Julius A. Stratton, the Commission on Marine Science, Engineering
and Resources investigated a broad array of marine problems,
then made recommendations in the form of Our Nation and
the Sea. A Plan for National Action.
[Our Nation and the Sea. A Plan for National Action. Report
of the Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources.
United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.,
305 pp., January 1969]
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1970
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Reorganization
Plan No. 3 of 1970 established the Environmental Protection
Agency and set forth the components of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration and described its role in improving
the understanding of marine resources.
[Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970, 3 C.F.R. xx (1970), reprinted
in 5 U.S.C. app. at 1551-56 (1994), and in 84 Stat.
xxxxxxx (1970), and in 35 Fed. Reg. xxxxxxxx (1970)]
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1970
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Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970
established the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, 3 C.F.R. xx (1970), reprinted
in 84 Stat. 2090-93 (1970), and in 35 Fed. Reg.
15627-30 (1970), and reprinted with amendments in 5
U.S.C. app. at 1557-61 (1994)]
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1970
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Executive Order No. 11564 transferred
certain functions from the Department of Defense and the Department
of Transportation to the Secretary of Commerce as part of
the implementation of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970.
[Executive Order No. 11,609, 3 C.F.R. xx (1970), reprinted
in 1970 U.S. Code Cong. and Admin. News 6296, and in
35 Fed. Reg. 15801 (1970)]
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1986
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Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970
as amended. Last date amended 1986.
[Reorg. Plan No. 4, 5 U.S.C. app. at 1557-61 (1994)]
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