80 Stat. 204. 



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Engineering 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 oflBcers 

 and officials as he deems advisable. 



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

 the members of the COundl 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 pur- 

 suant to subsection (b), may designate any officer of his depart- 

 ment 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 

 executive secretary who shall be appointed by the President and 



78 Stat. 416. shall receive compensation at a rate established by the Presi- 

 o^'^?^^ ^<?rh^' dent at not to exceed that of level II of the Federal Executive Sal- 

 ary Schedule. The executive secretary, subject to the direction of 

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



80 Stat. 205. such personnel, including not more than seven persons who may 



5^u^*c*i07l ^^ appointed without regard to civil service laws or the Classi- 



note. fication Act of 1949 and compensated at not to exceed the highest 



79 Stat. 1111. rate of grade 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act 

 5 use 1113. 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 shaU 

 expire one hundred and twenty days after the submission of 

 the final report of the Commission pursuant to section 5(h). 



RESPON SIBILITIES 



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 Coimcil to — 



(1) survey all significant marine science activities, includ- 

 ing 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, including, but not limited to, exploration, descrip- 

 tion 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 de- 

 partments 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 agen- 

 cies 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 ; 



