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 Federal Government for decisionmaking in marine affairs (1967). 



INTERAGENCY LAW-OF-THE-SEA TASK FORCE 



One of the major recommendations presented in the Marine Com- 

 mission's report called for the establishment of a Federal agency to 

 unify the national effort in marine affairs, and a non-Federal body 

 called the National Advisory Committee on the Oceans and Atmos- 

 phere (NACOA). 



While the Executive Branch was weighing these recommendations, 

 the Congress extended the life of the Council to preserve its coordinat- 

 ing functions. In October 1970, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration (NOAA) was established in the Department of Com- 

 merce, biit NOAA did not receive as wide a range of functions as the 

 Commission recommended. Still pending are bills in both the House 

 and the Senate to establish the other body — NACOA. And although 

 numerous ocean activities remained outside the NOAA which would 

 require coordination functions similar to those the Council had been 

 performing, the Council was not funded for 1971 and is considered 

 defunct. Its Committee on International Policy in the Marine Environ- 

 ment had not functioned during 1970, and a new body was formed to 

 take its place. 



The new body is now the only policy apparatus responsible for form- 

 ulating the U.S. position regarding international marine affairs and 

 seabed resources. It is called the Interagency Law-of-the-Sea Task 

 Force, under the chairmanship of the Legal Adviser of the Department 

 of State (now John R. Stevenson), Its members include representa- 

 tives from the Departments of State, Commerce, Interior, Transporta- 

 tion, and Justice ; and the National Science Foundation and the Na- 

 tional Security Council. 



