10 OCEANOGRAPHY 



Sec. 15. (a) NothiiiK in this Act .shall operate to limit, restrict, or otherwise 

 interfere with carr.vinfj out any work programed prior to enactment. 



(b) All ai)propriations authorized in this Act shall be in addition to other 

 appropriations provided for the various departments, agencies, bureaus, and 

 offices to carry out their duties under law. 



[H.R. 10412, 86th CoiiR., 2d sess.] 



A BILL To establish a public policy with respect to oceanosraphlc surveys, and to provide 

 for coordination of the efforts of Federal agencies with respect to oceanographic 

 eurveys 



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

 States of America- in Congress assembled, That Congress hereby find.s 

 that the needs of the United States in the fields of navigation, commerce, fish- 

 eries, and national defense require that continuing oceanographic surveys be 

 made of the oceans and seas of the world. Congress further finds that al- 

 though there is authority for conducting these oceanographic surveys, this 

 authority has been granted to agencies of Government in the fields of their 

 special interest and thus coordination of effort is necessary to most effectively 

 carry out continuing oceanographic surveys. 



Sec. 2. (a) There is hereby established the Coordinating Committee on 

 Oceanographic Surveys (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee"). The 

 Committee shall be composed of one representative from each of the follow- 

 ing agencies : 



(1) Office of Naval Research, 



(2) the Hydrographic Office, 



(3) the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 



(4) the Maritime Administration, 



(5) the United States Coast Guard, 



(6) the United States Weather Bureau. 



(7) the Unitetl States Fish and Wildlife Service. 



(b) (1) The head of each agency represented on the Committee shall ap- 

 point the representative of that agency from among the officers and employees 

 of the agency. 



(2) The President may also appoint to the Committee a representative from 

 any other agency of the United States dealing with problems related to the 

 sea. 



(c) The Committee shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among 

 its members. 



(d) Tlie Committee is authorized to obtain fi-om the agencies represented on 

 the Committee such facilities and personnel as the Committee determines 

 necessary to carry out its duties under this Act. The head of each such agen- 

 cy shall furnish the Committee such facilities and personnel, from the facili- 

 ties, officers, and employees of the agency, as the Committee shall request. 



(e) The Committee is authorized and directed to coordinate the effort,s of 

 the represented agencies in carrying out their individual responsibilities with 

 respect to the collection, preparation, and disseminaticm of knowledge of the 

 oceans and their floors to the end that the United States can most effectively 

 conduct continuing comprehensive oceanographic surveys. 



(f) In carrying out its duties under subsection (e) of this section the Com- 

 mittee shall from time to time — 



(1) assess and appraise the objectives of the United States in the field 

 of oceanography, and 



(2) consider policies on matters of common interest to the agencies of 

 Government concerned with oceanography. 



Sec. 3. The Committee shall, not later than January 31 of each year, submit 

 to the President and to Congress an annual report of its activities under this 

 Act, including recommendations for any legislation which it deems necessary to 

 carry out this Act. 



