requested by the President. Each such report shall be submitted to the Sec- 

 retary of Commerce who shall, within 90 days after receipt thereof, transmit 

 copies to the President and to the Congress, with his comments and recom- 

 mendations. The comprehensive annual report required herein shall be 

 submitted on or before June 30 of each year, beginning June 30, 1972. 



Sec. 5. Members of the Advisory Committee shall, while serving on busi- 

 ness of the Committee, be entitled to receive compensation at rates not to 

 exceed $100 per diem, including traveltime, and while so serving away from 

 their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, 

 including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as the ex- 

 penses authorized by section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code, for 

 persons in Government service employed intermittently. 



Sec. 6. The Secretary of Commerce shall make available to the Advisory 

 Committee such staff, information, personnel and administrative services 

 and assistance as it may reasonably require to carry out its activities. The 

 Advisory Committee is authorized to request from any department, agency, 

 or independent instrumentality of the Federal Government any information 

 and assistance it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this Act; 

 and each such department, agency, and instrumentality is authorized to 

 cooperate with the Advisory Committee and, to the extent permitted by 

 law, to furnish such information and assistance to the Advisory Committee 

 upon request made by its Chairman, without reimbursement for such serv- 

 ices and assistance. 



Sec. 7. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 

 Commerce $200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and each 

 succeeding fiscal year to carry out the purposes of this Act. 



Approved August 16, 1971. 



Legislative history: 



House Report No. 92-201 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries) . 



Senate Report No. 92-333 (Comm. on Commerce). 



Congressional Record, Vol. 117 ( 1971 ) : 



May 17, considered and passed House. 



Aug. 2, considered and passed Senate, amended. 



Aug. 5, House concurred in Senate amendments. 



NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE 



MEMBERSHIP 



Dr. William A. Nierenberg, Chairman — Scripps Institution of Oceanography 



Dr. William J. Hargis, Jr., Vice Chairman — Virginia Institute of Marine Science 



Mr. Charles F. Baird — International Nickel Company 



Dr. Werner A. Baum — University of Rhode Island 



Dr. Wayne V. Burt — Oregon State University 



Dr. John C. Calhoun, Jr. — Texas A&M University 



Mr. William D. Carey — A. D. Litde Corporation 



Dr. Dayton H. Clewell — Mobil Oil Corporation 



Dr. John P. Craven — University of Hawaii 



Dr. Charles L. Drake — Dartmouth College 



Mr. Thomas A. Fulham — Suffolk University 



Brig. Gen. Jos. J. George, USAF (retired) — Eastern Airlines 



Mr. Gilbert M. Grosvenor — National Geographic Society 



Dr. Francis S. Johnson — University of Texas, Dallas 



Dr. Ralph A. MacMuUan — Department of Natural Resources, Michigan 



Dr. Thomas F. Malone — University of Connecticut 



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