84 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



sought through treaty or legislation. Since the present procedure has 

 worked very satisfactorily, no change it- believed necessary at present. 

 More formal agreements can be made, of course, for any aspect of the 

 international programs requiring such action. Therefore, if the pro- 

 posed legislation is enacted, it is suggested that a period be placed 

 after the word "title" in line 25, page 7, of section 202(a) or that the 

 section be deleted. 



4. Section 202(c) : We suggest, also, the deletion of the words "the 

 Chairman or" from section 202(c). This section implies that the 

 President is required to include in his report to the Congress proposals 

 for additional legislation considered necessary by the Chairman of the 

 Council (whether the Vice President or an independent Chairman) 

 whether or not the President agreed with the proposal. 



5. Section 201(c), section 201(d), and section 301(a): The Depart- 

 ment notes that the authority in section 201(d) for members of the 

 Council to designate alternates is with the advice and consent of the 

 Senate, unless at the time of the designation the officer was appointed 

 with the advice and consent of the Senate. Section 301(a), however, 

 permits Government members of the Commission to designate any 

 officer of his department as alternate, without any restriction. The 

 Department suggests that a member of the Council or of the Com- 

 mission may wish to designate more than one alternate. First, there 

 may be times when both the member and a single alternate would be 

 unable to attend a meeting of the Council or of the Commission. 

 Second, in departments where more than one oceanographic specialty 

 is encountered, it may be desired to have more than one alternate in 

 order that the most appropriate officer may serve as alternate at a 

 particular meeting. Therefore, the Department suggests that the 

 Congress may wish to consider substituting the words "not more 

 than two officers" for the words "another officer" in sections 201(c) 

 and 301(a). Further, the Department does not believe it essential 

 that such alternates be designated with the advice and consent of the 

 Senate. Such a provision is designed to insure that an alternate 

 would be a policy level officer; the Department believes that it is 

 unlikely that members would designate other than policy level officers 

 as alternates. 



6. Section 203(a): The Department believes that the word "con- 

 sulted" in line 3, page 9, should be "consultants." 



7. Section 302(3) : This section provides, as one of the functions of 

 the proposed Commission, the development of an engineering capabil- 

 ity that will permit exploitation and development of the Continental 

 Shelf "and superjacent waters." The waters superjacent to the 

 Continental Shelf, as defined by the convention, are high seas, and 

 while the provision in question is not necessarily inconsistent with 

 that situation, nevertheless, it should be clear that the rights of the 

 coastal state in such waters are not exclusive. 



The Bureau of the Budget advises that from the standpoint of the 

 administration's program there is no objection to the submission of 

 this report. 



Sincerely yours, 



Douglas MacArthur II, 

 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations. 



