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Sea Task Force under the Department of State. Outside the Federal 

 Government, assistance is also provided by the National Academy 

 of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. 



CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 



In the Legislative Branch, numerous committees and subcommittees 

 are involved, either directly or indirectly, with ocean-related activities. 

 Committees directly concerned with the outer continental shelf and 

 the international aspects of ocean affairs are the following : 

 In the House of Representatives : 

 Committee on Foreign Affairs 



Subcommittee on International Organizations and Move- 

 ments 

 Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific 



Developments 

 Subcommittee on State Department Organization and For- 

 eign Operations 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 

 Subcommittee on Merchant Marine 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography 

 In the Senate: 



Committee on Commerce 



Subcommittee on Oceans and Atmosphere 

 Committee on Foreign Relations 



Subcommittee on Oceans and International Environment 

 Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 



Special Subcommittee on Outer Continental Shelf 

 The Senate Subcommittee on Oceans and Atmosphere, chaired by 

 Senator Ernest F. Hollings, was formerly the Subcommittee on Ocean- 

 ography which was created as the Special Study on United Nations 

 Suboceanic Land Policy. The Subcommittee on Oceans and Interna- 

 tional Environment was formerly the Subcommittee on Ocean Space, 

 created also in the 91st Congress to consider the major aspects of the 

 ocean space issue, including the military, economic, scientific, .and 

 legal, interacting to form the international issue before the United 

 Nations. It is chaired by Senator Claiborne Pell, and the Special Sub- 

 committee on Outer Continental Shelf was chaired by Senator Lee 

 Metcalf. All three Subcommittees were established in 1969 and held 

 hearings on issues related to the United Nations and the seabed. 



In matters of scientific and technological nature, advice and assist- 

 ance for the formulation of policy are provided to the Committee staff 

 and Members by the staff of the Science Policy Research Division of 

 the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress, which 

 wascreated forthat purpose in 1964. 



COUNCIL ON MARINE RESOURCES AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT 



In June of 1966, Congress passed the Marine Resources and Engi- 

 neering Development Act, which became Public Law 89 l.vi. estab- 

 lishing policies and objectives for the U.S. effort to develop the 

 Nation's marine resources. It also provided for the establishment of 



a National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Develop- 

 ment under the chairmanship of the Vice President. 



