52 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



of the Federal Executive Salary Act of 1964. 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 com- 

 pensated 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 perform- 

 ance of its functions. 



Sec. 4. (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 

 consent of the Senate. 



(b) The President shall report annually during the month of February to 

 the Congress. Such report shall contain the following: 



(1) The general status of oceanography. 



(2) The status of research, development, studies, and surveys conducted 

 (directly or indirectly) by the United States in furtherance of oeeanograithy, 

 together with application of such research, development, studies, and surveys. 



(3) A financial analysis on a horizontal basis showing the totality of 

 the amounts proposed for appropriation by Congress for marine sciences, 

 by functions. 



(4) A detailed analysis of the amounts proposed for appropriation by 

 Congress for the ensuing fiscal year for each of the departments, agencies, 

 and instrumentalities of the Government to carry out the purposes of this 

 Act. 



(5) Current and future plans and policies of the United States with 

 respect of oceanography. 



(6) Requests for such legislation as may be necessary to carry out as 

 rapidly as possible the purposes of this Act. 



(c) 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. 5. (a) The Council shall arrange with the Federal Bureau of Inves- 

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

 the Council's officers, employees, and consultants, 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 inves- 

 tigation 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 

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

 Atomic Energy Act of 19.54 (42 U.S.C. 2165(b) ), to permit any member, officer, 

 or employee of the Council to have access to restricted data relating to ocean- 

 ography 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 determined, 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 security procedures and standards of the Council are 

 adequate and in reasonable conformity to the standards established by the 

 Atomic Energy Commission under 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 Department of Defense, or any department 

 or agency thereof, or a member of the Armed Forces, or a contractor or subcon- 

 tractor of any such department, agency, or armed force, or an officer or employee 

 of any such contractor or subcontractor, and (B) has been authorized to have 

 access to restricted data under the provisions of section 143 of the Atomic Energy 

 Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2163) . 



Sec. 6. Information obtained or developed by the Council in the performance 

 of its functions under this Act shall be made available for public inspection 

 except (A) information authorized or required by Federal statute to be with- 

 held, and (B) information classified to protect the national security. Nothing 

 in this Act shall authorize the witliholding of information by the Council from 

 the duly authorized committees of Congress. 



Sec. 7. ( a ) For the purposes of this Act the term — 



