science activities. To carry out the Council's responsibilities, the Vice Presi- 

 dent took steps to augment the Council's policy advisory mechanism by 

 establishing the Committee for Policy Review stafTed by officials from the 

 member agencies of the Council at the Assistant Secretary level, and chaired 

 by the Council's Executive Secretary. (The Council's committees are out- 

 lined in table I-l.) 



Table 1-1 — Committees of the Marine Sciences Council 



[The committees of the Council have the general responsibility for advising and assisting the Vice President 

 and the Council, analyzing current and future activities of the Federal agencies, and undertaking studies 

 and submitting recommendations to the Council, either as assigned or on their own initiative. During 

 1969, the Council's operating procedures were augmented with the establishment of the Committee for 

 Policy Review and the dissolution of the following committees: Committee on Marine Research, Educa- 

 tion, and Facilities; Committee on Ocean Exploration and Envtrormiental Services; Committee on Food 

 from the Sea; and Committee on Multiple Use of the Coastal Zone.] 



Committee 



Responsibility 



Chairman 



Committee for 

 Policy Review. 



Committee on In- 

 ternational Policy 

 in the Marine 

 Environment.! 



National policy pertaining to the marine 

 environment; review and evaluation of 

 marine science issues requiring inter- 

 agency attention by the Government 

 at the policy level; development of 

 analyses and recommendations for con- 

 sideration of such issues by the Council. 

 The Committee establishes interagency 

 task forces and subsidiary bodies, as re- 

 quired, to develop specific issues and 

 recommendations for its consideration. 



U.S. foreign policy pertaining to the 

 marine environment ; international 

 activities and initiatives pertaining to 

 the marine environment, including co- 

 operation by the United States with 

 other nations and participation in in- 

 ternational organizations and meetings. 



Edward Wenk, Jr., 

 Executive Sec- 

 retary, National 

 Council on 

 Marine Re- 

 sources and 

 Engineering 

 Development. 



U. Alexis Johnson, 

 Under Sec- 

 retary of State 

 for Political 

 Affairs. 



' Established by the Secretary of State, at the request of the Vice President, to serve the mutual interests 

 of the Council and the Department of State. 



The Committee for Policy Review has met eight times since its estab- 

 lishment in June 1969, and has — 



(1) Endorsed establishment of an ad hoc planning stafT under the 

 Council secretariat to develop a detailed program for the International 

 Decade of Ocean Exploration, and subsequently, reviewed and en- 

 dorsed the Decade plan prepared by the planning staff; 



(2) Established other ad hoc task forces to deal with significant and 

 urgent issues, such as coastal zone management; marine laboratories; 

 national technology projects; man-in-the-sea; and ship utilization— 

 and acted on their recommendations; 



(3) Recommended assignment of lead agency responsibility for ma- 

 rine environmental prediction to the Department of Commerce, and 

 approved the Department of Commerce's plan for implementing the 

 marine environmental prediction program ; 



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