APPENDIX C— ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL ADVISORY 

 COMMITTEE ON THE OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE 



(Public Law 92-125 92d Cong., H.R. 2587 Aug. 16, 1971) 



AN ACT to establish the National Advisory Committee on the Oceans 

 and Atmosphere. 



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

 States of America in Congress assembled, There is hereby established a com- 

 mittee of twenty-five members to be known as the National Advisory Com- 

 mittee on Oceans and Atmosphere (hereafter referred to in this Act as the 

 "Advisory Committee" ) . 



Sec. 2. (a) The members of the Advisory Committee, who may not be 

 full-time officers or employees of the United States, shall be appointed by 

 the President and shall be drawn from State and local government, industry, 

 science, and other appropriate areas. 



(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), members shall be 

 appointed for terms of three years. 



(c) Of the members first appointed, as designated by the President at 

 the time of appointment — 



( 1 ) nine shall be appointed for a term of one year, 



(2) eight shall be appointed for a term of two years, and 



(3) eight shall be appointed for a term of three years. 



(d) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expira- 

 tion of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed 

 only for the remainder of such term. A member may serve after the expira- 

 tion of his term until his successor has taken office. 



(e) The President shall designate one of the members of the Advisory 

 Committee as the Chairman and one of the members as the Vice Chairman. 

 The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence or incapacity of, or 

 in the event of a vacancy in the office of, the Chairman. 



Sec. 3. Each department and agency of the Federal Government con- 

 cerned with marine and atmospheric matters shall designate a senior policy 

 official to participate as observer in the work of the Advisory Committee and 

 to offer necessary assistance. 



Sec. 4. The Advisory Committee shall ( 1 ) undertake a continuing review 

 of the progress of the marine and atmospheric science and service programs 

 of the United States, and (2) advise the Secretary of Commerce with 

 respect to the carrying out of the purposes of the National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration. The Advisory Committee shall submit a com- 

 prehensive annual report to the President and to the Congress setting forth 

 an overall assessment of the status of the Nation's marine and atmospheric 

 activities and shall submit such other reports as may from time to time be 



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