INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 



Sec. 6. The Council, under the foreign policy guidance of the President 

 and as he may request, shall coordinate a program of international cooper- 

 ation in work done pursuant to this Act, pursuant to agreements made by 

 the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. 



reports 



Sec. 7. (a) The President shall transmit to the Congress in January of 

 each year a report, which shall include ( 1 ) a comprehensive description of 

 the activities and the accomplishments of all agencies and departments of 

 the United States in the field of marine science during the preceding fiscal 

 year, and (2) an evaluation of such activities and accomplishments in terms 

 of the objectives set forth pursuant to this Act. 



(b) Reports made under this section shall contain such recommendations 

 for legislation as the President may consider necessary or desirable for the 

 attainment of the objectives of this Act, and shall contain an estimate of 

 funding requirements of each agency and department of the United States for 

 marine science activities during the succeeding fiscal year. 



DEFINITIONS 



Sec. 8. For the purposes of this Act the term "marine science" shall be 

 deemed to apply to oceanographic and scientific endeavors and disciplines, 

 and engineering and technology in and with relation to the marine environ- 

 ment; and the term "marine environment" shall be deemed to include (a) the 

 oceans, (b) the Continental Shelf of the United States, (c) the Great Lakes, 

 (d) seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coasts of the 

 United States to the depth of two hundred meters, or beyond that limit, to 

 where the depths of the superjacent waters admit of the exploitation of the 

 natural resources of such areas, (e) the seabed and subsoil of similar sub- 

 marine areas adjacent to the coasts of islands which comprise United States 

 territory, and (f) the resources thereof. 



AUTHORIZATION 



Sec. 9. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 

 be necessary to carry out this Act, but sums appropriated for any one fiscal 

 year shall not exceed $1,500,000. 



Amendment 



(Public Law 90-242, January 2, 1968) 



AN ACT To amend the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966, as 

 amended, to extend the period of time within which the Commission on Marine Science, 

 Engineering, and Resources is to submit its final report and to provide for a fixed ex- 

 piration date for the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Marine Resources and 

 Engineering Development Act of 1966 is amended as follows: 



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