Appendices 



Appendix B-3 — National Sea Grant College and Program 

 Act of 1966 — Continued 



able institutes, laboratories, and public or private agencies through marine 

 advisory programs with the object of imparting useful information to persons cur- 

 rendy employed or interested in the various fields related to the development of 

 marine resources, the scientific community, and the general public. 

 "(c) Programs to carry out the purposes of this title shall be accomplished through 

 contracts with, or grants to, suitable public or private institutions of higher education, 

 institutes, laboratories, and public or private agencies which are engaged in, or con- 

 cerned with, activities in the various fields related to the development of marine re- 

 sources, for the establishment and operation by them of such programs. 



"(d) (1) The total amount of payments in any fiscal year under any grant to or 

 contract with any participant in any program to be carried out by such participant un- 

 der this title shall not exceed 6634 per centum of the total cost of such program. 

 For purposes of computing the amount of the total cost of any such program furnished 

 by any participant in any fiscal year, the Foundation shall include in such computa- 

 tion an amount equal to the reasonable value of any buildings, facilities, equipment, 

 supplies, or services provided by such participant with respect to such program (but 

 not the cost or value of land or of Federal contributions). 



"(2) No portion of any payment by the Foundation to any participant in any pro- 

 gram to be carried out under this title shall be applied to the purchase or rental of 

 any land or the rental, purchase, construction, preservation, or repair of any building, 

 dock, or vessel. 



" ( 3 ) The total amount of payments in any fiscal year by the Foundation to partici- 

 pants within any State shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount appro- 

 priated to the Foundation for the purposes of this title for such fiscal year. 



"(e) In allocating funds appropriated in any fiscal year for the purposes of this 

 title the Foundation shall endeavor to achieve maximum participation by sea grant 

 colleges and other suitable institutes, laboratories, and public or private agencies 

 throughout the United States, consistent with the purposes of this title. 



"(f) In carrying out its functions under this title, the Foundation shall attempt 

 to support programs in such a manner as to supplement and not duplicate or overlap 

 any existing and related Government activities. 



"(g) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Foundation shall, in carrying 

 out its functions under this title, have the same powers and authority it has under the 

 National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to carry out its functions under that Act. 

 "(h) The head of each department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment is authorized, upon request of the Foundation, to make available to the 

 Foundation, from time to time, on a reimbursable basis, such personnel, services, and 

 facilities as may be necessary to assist the Foundation in carrying out its functions 

 under this title. 



"(i) For the purposes of this title — 



"(1) the term 'development of marine resources' means scientific endeavors 

 relating to the marine environment, including, but not limited to, the fields 

 oriented toward the development, conservation, or economic utilization of the 

 physical, chemical, geological, and biological resources of the marine environ- 

 ment; the fields of marine commerce and marine engineering; the fields relating 

 to exploration or research in, the recovery of natural resources from, and the 

 transmission of energy in, the marine environment; the fields of oceanography 

 and oceanology; and the fields with respect to the study of the economic, legal, 

 medical, or sociological problems arising out of the management, use, develop- 

 ment, recovery, and control of the natural resources of the marine environment; 



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