Marine Science Affairs 



Appendix B-2 — Marine Resources and Engineering Development 

 Act of 1966— Continued 



(e) The Council may employ a staff to be headed by a civilian executive secretary 

 who shall be appointed by the President and shall receive compensation at a rate es- 

 tablished by the President at not to exceed that of level II of the Federal Executive 

 Salary Schedule. The executive secretary, subject to the direction of the Council, is au- 

 thorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel, including not more 

 than seven persons who may be appointed without regard to civil service laws or the 

 Classification Act of 1949 and compensated at not to exceed the highest rate of grade 

 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, as may be 

 necessary to perform such duties as may be prescribed by the President. 



(f) The provisions of this Act with respect to the Council shall expire one hundred 

 and twenty days after the submission of the final report of the Conunission pursuant 

 to section 5(h). 



RESPONSIBILITIES 



Sec. 4. (a) In conformity with the provisions of section 2 of this Act, it shall be 

 the duty of the President with the advice and assistance of the Council to — - 



( 1 ) survey all significant marine science activities, including the policies, plans, 

 programs, and accomplishments of all departments and agencies of the United 

 States engaged in such activities ; 



(2) develop a comprehensive program of marine science activities, including, 

 but not limited to, exploration, description and prediction of the marine environ- 

 ment, exploitation and conservation of the resources of the marine environment, 

 marine engineering, studies of air-sea interaction, transmission of energy, and 

 communications, to be conducted by departments and agencies of the United 

 States, independently or in cooperation with such non-Federal organizations as 

 States, institutions and industry; 



(3) designate and fix responsibility for the conduct of the foregoing marine 

 science activities by departments and agencies of the United States; 



(4) insure cooperation and resolve differences arising among departments and 

 agencies of the United States with respect to marine science activities under this 

 Act, including differences as to whether a particular project is a marine science 

 activity ; 



(5) undertake a comprehensive study, by contract or otherwise, of the legal 

 problems arising out of the management, use, development, recovery, and control 

 of the resources of the marine environment; 



(6) establish long-range studies of the potential benefits to the United States 

 economy, security, health, and welfare to be gained from marine resources, engi- 

 neering, and science, and the costs involved in obtaining such benefits ; and 



(7) review annually all marine science activities conducted by departments 

 and agencies of the United States in light of the policies, plans, programs, and 

 priorities developed pursuant to this Act. 



(b) In the planning and conduct of a coordinated Federal program the President 

 and the Council shall utilize such staff, interagency, and non-Government advisory 

 arrangements as they may find necessary and appropriate and shall consult with de- 

 partments and agencies concerned with marine science activities and solicit the views 

 of non-Federal organizations and individuals with capabilities in marine sciences. 



COMMISSION ON MARINE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND RESOURCES 



Sec. 5. (a) The President shall establish a Commission on Marine Science, Engi- 

 neering, and Resources (in this Act referred to as the "Commission"). The Commis- 

 sion shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the President, including 



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