Sec. 407. RECRUITMENT OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN FOR NOAA SCIENCE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

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## SEC. 407 RECRUITMENT OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN FOR NOAA SCIENCE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ###

(a)Findings The Congress finds the following: ####

(1)In this decade, more than two-thirds of the new entrants to the United States labor force will be minorities and women—groups which for the most part have been historically underrepresented in the sciences. ####

(2)The National Science Foundation estimates that by the year 2000, the United States will face a shortfall of more than 400,000 science and engineering personnel. ####

(3)Given the demographics of the United States workforce, the problem of underrepresented minorities and women in the sciences and engineering could seriously compromise the industrial and technological capability of the United States, as well as its ability to compete in international marketplaces. ####

(4)The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has made important efforts to promote education programs in the sciences for students, teachers, and other citizens. ###

(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should continue to expand its educational programs in the sciences, and in this effort, that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should develop and promote programs that reach out to and recruit minorities and women for education in the sciences. * * * * * * * # TITLE V NATIONAL MARINE MONITORING PROGRAM4 4This title added a new title V to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, which appears elsewhere in this compilation. * * * * * * * # TITLE VI NOAA FLEET MODERNIZATION