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(b) The President may name to the Council such other officers and officials as 

 he deems advisable. 



(c) The President shall from time to time designate one of the members of the 

 Council to preside over meetings of the Council during the absence, disability, or 

 unavailability of the Chairman. 



(d) Each member of the Council, except those designated pursuant to subsec- 

 tion (b), may designate any officer of his department or agency appointed vrith 

 the advice and consent of the Senate to serve on the Council as his alternate in 

 his unavoidable absence. 



(e) The Council may employ a staff to be headed by a civilian executive secre- 

 tary who shall be appointed by the President and shall receive compensation at 

 a rate established by the President at not to exceed that of level II of the Federal 

 Executive Salary Schedule. The executive secretary, subject to the direction of 

 the Council, is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel, 

 including not more than seven persons who may be appointed without regard to 

 civil .service laws or the Classification Act of 1949 and compensated at not to 

 exceed the highest rate of grade IS of the General Schedule of the Classification 

 Act of 1949, as amended, as may be necessary to perform such duties as may be 

 prescribed by the President. 



(f) The provisions of this Act with respect to the Council shall expire one 

 hundred and twenty days after the submis.sion of the final report of the Com- 

 mission puruant to section 5(h). 



RESPONSIBILITIES 



Sec. 4. (a) In conformity with the provisions of section 2 of this Act, it shall 

 be the duty of the President with the advice and assistance of the Council to — 



(1) survey all significant marine science activities, including the policies, 

 plans, programs, and accomplishments of all departments and agencies of 

 the United States engaged in such activities ; 



(2) develop a comprehensive program of marine science activities, includ- 

 ing, but not limited to, exploration, description and prediction of the marine 

 environment, exploitation and conservation of the resources of the marine 

 environment, marine engineering, studies of air-sea interaction, transmis- 

 sion of energy, and communications, to be conducted by departments and 

 agencies of the United States, independently or in cooperation with such 

 non-Federal organizations as States, institutions and industry ; 



(3) designate and fix responsibility for the conduct of the foregoing marine 

 science activities by departments and agencies of the United States ; 



(4) insure cooperation and resolve differences arising among departments 

 and agencies of the United States with respect to marine science activities 

 under this Act, including differences as to whether a particular project is 

 a marine science activity ; 



(5) undertake a comprehensive study, by contract or otherwise, of the 

 legal problems arising out of the management, use, development, recovery, 

 and control of the resources of the marine environment ; 



(6) establish long-range studies of the potential benefits to the United 

 States economy, security, health, and welfare to be gained from marine re- 

 sources, engineering, and science, and the costs involved in obtaining such 

 benefits ; and 



(7) review annually all marine science activities conducted by depart- 

 ments and agencies of the United States in light of the policies, plans, pro- 

 grams, and priorities developed pursuant to this Act. 

 (b) In the planning and conduct of a coordinated Federal program the Presi- 

 dent and the Council shall utilize such staff, interagency, and non-Government 

 advi.sory arrangements as they may find necessary and appropriate and shall 

 consult with departments and agencies concerned with marine science activities 

 and solicit the views of non-Federal organizations and individuals with capa- 

 bilities in marine sciences. 



COMMISSION ON MARINE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND RESOURCES 



Sec. 5. (a) The President shall establish a Commission on Marine Science, 

 Engineering, and Resources (in this Act referred to as the "Commission"). The 

 Commission shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the President, 



