148 



80 Stat. 1000 

 80 Stat. 1001 



80 Stat. 1001 



Including, but not limited to, the fieMs oriented toward the 

 development, conservation, or economic utilization of the 

 physical, chemical, geological, and biological resources of the 

 marine environment; the fields of marine commerce and 

 marine engineering ; the fields relating to exploration or 

 research in, the recovery of natural resources from, and the 

 transmission of energy in, the marine environment ; the fields 

 of oceanography and oceanology ; and the fields -with respect 

 to the study of the economic, legal, medical, or sociological 

 problems arising out of the management, use, development, 

 recovery, and control of the natural resources of the marine 

 environment ; 



"(2) the term 'marine environment' means the oceans; the 

 Continental Shelf of the United States ; the Great Lakes ; the 

 seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the 

 coasts of the United States to the depth of two hundred 

 meters, or beyond that limit, to where the depths of the 

 superjacent waters admit of the exploitation of the natural 

 resources of the area ; the seabed and subsoil of similar sub- 

 marine areas adjacent to the coasts of islands which com- 

 prise United States territory ; and the natural resources 

 thereof ; ' 



"(3) the term 'sea grant college' means any suitable public 

 or private institution of higher education supi>orted pursuant 

 to the purposes of this title which has major programs de- 

 voted to increasing our Nation's utilization of the world's 

 marine resources; and 



"(4) the term 'sea grant program' means (A) any activi- 

 ties of education or research related to the development of 

 marine resources supported by the Foundation by contracts 

 with or grants to institutions of higher education either ini- 

 tiating, or developing existing, programs in fields related to 

 the purposes of this title, (B) any activities of education or 

 research related to the development of marine resources 

 supported by the Foundation by contracts with or grants to 

 suitable institutes, laboratories, and public or private agen- 

 cies, and (C) any programs of advisory services oriented 

 toward imparting information in fields related to the develop- 

 ment of marine resources supported by the Foundation by 

 contracts with or grants to suitable institutes, laboratories, 

 and public or private agencies. 



"ADVISOBT FUNCTIONS 



Antej p. 204. 



Report to 

 Congress. 



Ante, p. 203. 



"Sec. 205. The National Council on Marine Resources and Engi- 

 neering Development established by section 3 of title I of this Act 

 shall, as the President may request — 



"(1) advise the Foundation with respect to the policies, 

 procedures, and operations of the Foundation in carrying out 

 its functions under this title; 



"(2) provide policy guidance to the Foundation with re- 

 spect to contracts or grants in support of programs conducted 

 to pursuant to this title, and make sxich recommendations 

 thereon to the Foundation as may be appropriate ; and 



"(3) submit an annual report on its activities and its 

 recommendations under this section to the Speaker of the 

 House of Representatives, the Committee on Merchant Ma- 

 rine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives, the Presi- 

 dent of the Senate, and the Committee on Labor and Public 

 Welfare of the Senate." 

 Sec. 2. (a) The Marine Resources and Engineering Develop- 

 ment Act of 1966 is amended by striking out the first section and 

 inserting in lieu thereof the f oUovving : 



