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<br />00073f <br /> <br />future.~/ Both reports reviewed the scientific and technical advances <br /> <br />and outlined the possibilities and problems of future development. <br /> <br />Both reports also outlined broad propositions for accelerated research <br /> <br />activity in weather modification. Complementing these two reports is <br /> <br />an informative Senate report prepared by the Library of Congress at <br />the request of Senator Warren G. Magnuson.].! <br /> <br />An extensive discussion and review of the wide range of weather modi- <br /> <br />fication aspects was conducted during 1966 through Congressional <br />hearings occasioned by the introduction of bills by Senator Magnuso~/ <br />and by Senator Clinton P. Anderson with 20 other senators.~/ Over <br />900 printed pages of hearings testimony have been summarized by the <br /> <br />National Science Foundation under five main thoughts: (1) Are we ready <br /> <br /> <br />to proceed with weather modification operations now?, (2) Scope of the <br /> <br />Effort., (3) Unification and Coordination., (4) Regulation., and (5) Insur- <br />ance and Indemnification.~/ There was general agreement during the <br /> <br />hearings with the NAS-NRC and NSF reports and recommendations. It <br /> <br />6/ "Weather and Cl1mate Modification," NSF 66-3, Report of the Special <br /><::ommission on Weather Modification, National Science Foundation, <br />Washington, D. C., 1966. <br />7/"Weather Modification and Control," Senate Report No. 1139. Com- <br />mittee on Commerce, 89th Congress, 2nd SesslOn, April 1966. <br />8/ "Weather Modification Act of 1966, " Senate Bill 2969, 89th Congress, <br />'2nd Session, '1966. <br />9/ "A Bill to Authorize and Direct the Secretary of the Interior to Conduct <br />a: Comprehensive Program of Scientific and Engineering Research, Experi- <br />ments, Tests, and Operations for Increasing the Yield of Water from <br />Atmospheric Sources, " Senate Bill 2875, 89th Congress, 2nd Session, <br />1966. <br />10/"Weather Modification--Eighth Annual Report, 1966," NSF 67-9, <br />National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C., 1967. <br /> <br />4 <br />