26 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



(5) resolve differences arising among departments and agencies of the 

 United States with respect to oceanographic and marine science activities 

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

 an oceanographic and marine science activity ; and 



(6) review annually all existing oceanographic and marine sciences 

 activities conducted by departments and agencies of the United States in 

 light of the policies, plans, programs, and priorities developed pursuant 

 to this Act. 



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

 tary who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and con.sent 

 of the Senate, and shall receive compensation at a rate established by the Presi- 

 dent 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 of 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 Council 

 in connection with the performance of its functions. 



(g) The Council shall submit to Congress within one year from the date of 

 enactment of this Act, a comprehensive program of proposed legislation in 

 furtherance of oceanography and the marine sciences. 



Sec. 401. (a) The Council, under the foreign policy guidance of the President, 

 may engage in a program of international cooperation in work done pursuant to 

 this Act, pursuant to agreements made by the President with the advice and con- 

 sent of the Senate. 



(b) The President shall transmit to the Congress in January of each year a 

 report, which shall include (1) a comprehensive description of the programed 

 activities and the accomplishments of all agencies and departments of the 

 United States in the field of oceanography and marine science activities during 

 the preceding year, and (2) an evaluation of such activities and accomplish- 

 ments in terms of the attainment of, or the failure to attain, the objectives de- 

 veloped pursuant to this Act. 



(c) Any report made under this section shall contain such recommendations 

 for additional legislation as the Chairman or the President may consider neces- 

 sary or desirable for the attainment of the objectives developed pursuant to this 

 Act, and shall contain an estimate of funding requirements of each agency and 

 department of the United States in the field of oceanography and the marine 

 science activities for its projected program activities during the succeeding 

 fiscal year. 



(d) No information which has been classified for reasons of national security 

 shall be included in any report made under this section, unless such information 

 has been declassified by, or pursuant to authorization given by, the President. 



Sec. 501. (a) The Council shall arrange with the Federal Bureau of In- 

 vestigation for the conduct of such security or other personnel investigation of 

 the Council's officers, employees, and consulted, as it deems appropriate, and if 

 any such investigation develops any data reflecting that the individual who is 

 the subject thereof is of questionable loyalty there shall be a full field investiga- 

 tion of the matter, the results of which shall be furnished to the Council. 



(b) The Atomic Energy Commission may authorize any of its employees, or 

 employees of any contractor, prospective contractor, licensee, or prospective Li- 

 censee of the Atomic Energy Commission under subsection 145(b) of the Atomic 

 Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2165(b)), to permit any member, oflBcer, or em- 

 ployee of the Council to have access to restricted data relating to oceanography 

 and the marine sciences which is required in the performance of his duties and so 

 certified by the Council but only if (1) the Council or designee thereof has de- 

 termined, in accordance with the established personnel security procedures and 

 standards of the Council, that permitting such individual to have access to such 

 restricted data will not endanger the common defense and security, and (2) the 

 Council or designee thereof finds that the established personnel and other securi- 

 ty procedures and standards of the Council are adequate and in reasonable 

 conformity to the standards established by the Atomic Energy Commission un- 

 der section 145 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2165) . Any individual 

 granted access to such restricted data pursuant to this subsection may exchange 

 such data with any individual who (A) is an officer or employee of the Depart- 

 ment of Defense, or any department or agency thereof, or a member of the Armed 



