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(e) The Chairman of the Commission shall be responsible for (1) so stat. 206. 

 the assignment of dnties and responsibilities among such personnel *•* stat. 207. 

 and their continuing supervision, and (2) the use and expenditures of 



funds available to the Commission. In carrying out the provisions 

 of this subsection, the Chairman shall be governed by the general 

 policies of the Conunission with respect to the work to be accomplished 

 by it and the timing thereof. 



(f) Financial and administrative services (including those related 

 to budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procure- 

 ment) may be provided the Commission by the General Services Ad- 

 ministration, for which payment shall be made in advance, or by reim- 

 bursement from funds of the Commission in such amounts as may be 

 agreed upon by the Chairman of the Commission and the Adminis- 

 trator of General Services : Pravkled, That the regulations of the Gen- 

 eral Sendees Administration for the collection of indebtedness of per- 

 sonnel resulting from eiToneous payments (5 U.S.C. 46d) shall apply to es stat. 482. 

 the collection of erroneous payments made to or on behalf of a Com- 

 mission employee, and regulations of said Administrator for the ad- 

 ministrative control of funds (31 U.S.C. 665(g)) shall apply to 64 stat. 767. 

 appropriations of the Commission: And provided further, That the 

 Commission shall not be required to prescribe such regulations. 



(g) The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any execu- 

 tive department, agency, or independent instrumentality of the Govern- 

 ment any information it deems necessary to carry out its functions 

 under this Act ; and each such department, agency, and instriunentality 

 is authorized to cooperate with the Commission and, to the extent per- 

 mitted by law, to furnish such information to the Commission, upon 

 request made by the Chairman. 



(h) The Commission shall submit to the President, via the Council, Report to 

 and to the Congress not later than eighteen months after the establish- anrcoTgress. 

 ment of the Commission as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a 

 final report of its findings and recommendations. The Commission 

 shall cease to exist thirty days after it has submitted its final report. 



INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 



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

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

 cooperation in work done pursuant to this Act, pursuant to agree- 

 ments 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 descrip- 

 tion of the activities and the accomplishments of all agencies and de- 

 partments of the United States in the field of marine science during 

 the preceding fiscal year, and (2) an evaluation of such activities and 

 accomplisliments in terms of the objectives set forth pursuant to this 

 Act. 



