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<br />0009lH <br /> <br />,...<'.-""'" <br />\?-:~~t~.: <br />~;i~;: <br />;?:.~;~ <br /><-;."./'-- <br />;<.~.;.'>;:. <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />f~t~1.~ <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~~~;~- <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 />activity in weather modification. Complementing these two reports is <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 Magnuson!!/ <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 />National Science Foundation under five main thoughts: (1) Are we ready <br />to proceed with weather modification operations now?, (2) Scope of the <br />Effort., (3) Unification and Coordination" (4) Regulation" and (5) Insur- <br />ance and Indemnification,..!Q/ There was general agreement during the <br /> <br /> <br />hearings with theNAS-NRC and NSF reports and recommendations. <br /> <br />It <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />tt):~:t~ <br />~<~. <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />6/"Weather and Cl1mate Modification, " NSF 66-3, Report of the Special <br />"Commission 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 ::iesslOn, AprIL HHHl. <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 /> <br />National Science Foundation, Washington, D, C., 1967. <br /> <br />t:;N~~~t <br />i~Il~ <br />~~~~?::_~~ <br /> <br />:\:;~~j.~~ <br /> <br /> <br />4 <br />