Legislative Hearing on:
H.R. 3835, the National Ocean Exploration Program Act

PANEL I

Mr. Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D.
Assistant Administrator
NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

PANEL II

Ms. Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

Ms. Susan E. Humphris, Ph.D.
Chair and Senior Scientist
Geology and Geophysics 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 

Mr. Robert Ballard, Ph.D.
President
Institute for Exploration

Mr. Terry Garcia
Executive Vice President 
Mission Programs 
National Geographic Society

Mr. Michael P. De Luca
Senior Associate Director
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University