66 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



(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 consent 

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

 President 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 or 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 title, a comprehensive program of proposed legislation in 

 furtherance of oceanography and the marine sciences. 



Sec. 202. (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 title, pursuant to agreements made by the President with the advice and 

 consent 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 pre- 

 ceding year, and (2) an evaluation of such activities and accomplishments in 

 tei'ms of the attainment of, or the failure to attain, the objectives develojped 

 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. 203. (a) Tlie Council shall arrange with the Federal Bureau of Investi- 

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

 Coimcil's ofiicers, 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 investigation 

 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, prosi>ective contractor, licensee, or prospective 

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

 Energy Act of 1954 (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 

 scurity, and (2) the Council or designee thereof finds that the established 

 personnel and other security procedures and standards of the Council are ade- 

 quate 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 

 oflicer or employee of the Department of Defense, or any department or agency 

 thereof, or a member of the Armed Forces, or a contractor or subcontractor 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 14.3 of the Atomic Energy Act of 

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



Sec. 204. Information obtained or developed by the Chairman in the perform- 

 ance of his functions under this title shall be made available for public inspection 

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

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



