NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 67 



in this title shall authorize the withholding of information by the Chairman 

 from the duly authorized committees of Congress. 



Sec. 205. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

 necessary to carry out this title, but sums appropriated for any one fiscal year 

 shall not exceed $500,000. 



TITLE III 



Sec. 301. (a) There is hereby established a Marine Exploration and Develop- 

 ment Commission to be composed of five members as follows — 



(1) two members to be ap])ointed from private life by the President, by 

 and with the advice and consent of the Senate ; 



(2) the Secretary of Defense ; 



(3) the Secretary of the Interior ; and 



(4) the Secretary of Commerce. 



One of the members appointed under clause (1) shall be designated by the 

 President at the time of appointment as Chairman of the Commission. Each 

 member specified in clause (2), (3), or (4) may designate another oflScer of his 

 department to serve on the Commission in his absence. 



(b) Members of the Commission appointed under subsection (a) (1) shall re- 

 ceive compensation at the rate of $100 per diem while engaged in the business 

 of the Commission, and while away from their homes or regular places of busi- 

 ness they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub- 

 sistence, as authorized by law for persons in the service of the Federal Govern- 

 ment who are employed intermittently. Members specified in subsection (a) (2), 

 (3), and (4), including persons designated to serve in their absence, shall not re- 

 ceive compensation in addition to that to which they are otherv,'ise entitled as 

 oflficers or employees of the Government but shall be reimbursed for travel or 

 other expenses incurred in carrying out the business of the Commission. 



(c) The Commission shall have an Executive Director, who shall be appointed 

 by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Execu- 

 tive Director shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall receive com- 

 pensation at the rate prescribed for level IV of the Federal Executive Salary 

 Schedule established by the Federal Executive Salary Act of 1964. Subject to 

 the general supervision of the Commission, the Executive Director shall perform 

 such of the functions conferred upon the Commission under this Act as the Com- 

 mission shall prescribe. 



(d) The Commission shall appoint and fix the compensation of such other 

 officers and employees as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions. 

 However, the Commission shall utilize the capacity of existing governmental 

 agencies to the maximum extent consistent with the purposes of this Act. The 

 Commission may also procure, without regard to the civil service laws and the 

 Classification Act of 1949, temporary and intermittent services to the same ex- 

 tent as is authorized for the departments by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 

 1946, but at rates not exceeding $75 per diem for individuals. 



Sec. 302. It shall be the function of the Commission to formulate and carry 

 out programs for purposes of exploration and development of the marine re- 

 sources of the Continental Shelf and waters above the Continental Shelf. Such 

 programs shall include but shall not be limited to the following : 



(1) Marine exploraton, expeditions, and surveys necessary to describe the 

 topography and to identify, locate, and economically develop physical, chemical, 

 geological, and biological resources of the Continental Shelf ; 



(2)1 Cooperative expeditions for these purposes with other Federal agencies 

 having missions on the Continental Shelf ; 



(8) Development of an engineering capability that will permit exploration and 

 development of the Continental Shelf and superjacent waters ; 



(4)i Fostering participation in marine exploration and economic development 

 by scientific institutions and industry, through grants, loans and cost-sharing ar- 

 rangements ; and 



(5) Providing for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of 

 information concerning marine discoveries, development of instrumentation, 

 equipment, and facilities, and other information as the Commission may deem ap- 

 propriate. 



Sec. 303. In carrying out its functions under section 302, the Commission is 

 authorized — 



(1) to enter into agreements with other Government agencies for the 

 carrying out by such agencies of any activities authorized by this title, and 



