resources of the Nation, with close cooperation among all interested 
agencies, public and private, in order to avoid unnecessary dupli- 
cation of effort, facilities, and equipment, or waste. 
(8) The cooperation by the United States with other nations 
and groups of nations and international organizations in marine 
science activities when such cooperation is in the national interest. 
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MARINE RESOURCES AND ENGINEERING 
DEVELOPMENT 
Src. 3. (a) There is hereby established, in the Executive Office of 
the President, the National Council on Marine Resources and Engi- 
neering Development (hereinafter called the “Council”) which shall 
be composed of— 
(1) The Vice President, who shall be Chairman of the Council. 
(2) The Secretary of State. 
(3) The Secretary of the Navy. 
(4) The Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(6) The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. 
(7) The Director of the National Science Foundation. 
(8) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
(9) The Secretary of the Treasury. 
(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 subsection (b), may designate any officer of his department or 
agency appointed with 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 execu- 
tive secretary 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 18 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 submission of the final 
report of the Commission pursuant to section 5(h). 
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