[Senate Document 113-23]
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113th Congress 2nd Session/Senate Document 113-23

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           NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2014-2015

                  Resolved: The United States Federal

                Government Should Substantially Increase

                  Its Non-Military Exploration and/or

                    Development of the Earth's Ocean

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           NATIONAL DEBATE TOPIC FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, 2014-2015

            Pursuant to 44 United States Code, Section 1333

             Compiled by the Congressional Research Service

                          Library of Congress

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                        44 U.S.C., SECTION 1333

CHAPTER 13--PARTICULAR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

        Sec. 1333. National high school and college debate topics

        (a) The Librarian of Congress shall prepare compilations of 
        pertinent excerpts, bibliographical references, and other 
        appropriate materials relating to:

                (1) the subject selected annually by the National 
                University Extension Association as the national high 
                school debate topic and

                (2) the subject selected annually by the American 
                Speech Association as the national college debate 
                topic.

      In preparing the compilations the Librarian shall include 
materials which in his judgment are representative of, and give equal 
emphasis to, the opposing points of view on the respective topics.

        (b) The compilations on the high school debate topics shall be 
        printed as Senate documents and the compilations on the college 
        debate topics shall be printed as House of Representative 
        documents, the cost of which shall be charged to the 
        congressional allotment for printing and binding. Additional 
        copies may be printed in the quantities and distributed in the 
        manner the Joint Committee on Printing directs.

(P.L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1270)

Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., Supp. III, Sec. 170 [Sec. 276a] (Dec. 
30, 1963, Pub. L. 88-246, Secs. 1, 2, 77 Stat. 802)

























                            C O N T E N T S

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FOREWORD.........................................................     V
INTRODUCTION.....................................................     3
SUMMARY..........................................................     3
BACKGROUND AND EXISTING OCEAN POLICY.............................     4
EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT......................................     5
  ORGANIZATIONS AND THINK TANKS..................................     5
  ARTICLES, BOOKS, REPORTS, AND CONFERENCES......................    11
    ECONOMIC ISSUES..............................................    11
    ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.........................................    11
    POLITICAL ISSUES.............................................    18
    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES................................    19
    SOCIAL ISSUES................................................    24
  U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS...................................    24
    ECONOMIC ISSUES..............................................    24
    ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.........................................    25
    POLITICAL ISSUES.............................................    25
    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES................................    26
    SOCIAL ISSUES................................................    27
  CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS.........................................    27
  FEDERALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT......................    33
  PRIVATELY-FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT......................    34
SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.............................................    35










Foreword

          The 2014-2015 high school debate topic is: ``Resolved: The 
United States Federal Government Should Substantially Increase its Non-
Military Exploration and/or Development of the Earth's Oceans.''

          In compliance with 44 U.S.C., Section 1333, the Congressional 
Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress prepared this 
bibliography to assist high school debaters in researching the topic. 
This bibliography is intended to assist debaters in the identification 
of further references and resources on the topic. In selecting items 
for inclusion in this bibliography, CRS has sampled a wide spectrum of 
opinions reflected in the current literature on this issue. No 
preference for any policy is indicated by the selection or positioning 
of articles, books, or websites cited, nor is CRS disapproval of any 
policy or article to be inferred from its omission.

          The bibliography was prepared by Michelle Cadoree Bradley, 
Audrey Crane-Hirsch, Denise Dempsey, Maria Kreiser, Sundeep Mahendra, 
and Elizabeth Schiller, Reference Librarians and Science Reference 
Specialists in the Knowledge Services Group of CRS and in the Science, 
Technology and Business Division of the Library of Congress.

          The project team leader was Jerry W. Mansfield, Information 
Research Specialist, Knowledge Services Group.

          We wish the best to each debater as they research, prepare, 
and present arguments on this year's topic.
                                              Mary B. Mazanec, Director
                                         Congressional Research Service




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