104 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MARINE RESOURCES AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT 



Sec. 3. (a) There is hereby established, in the Executive Office of the Presi- 

 dent, the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development 

 (hereinafter called the "Council") which shall be composed of — 



(1 ) The Vice President, who shall be Chairman of the Council. 



(2) The Secretary of State. 



(3) The Secretary of the Navy. 



(4) The Secretary of the Interior. 



(5) The Secretary of Commerce. 



(6) The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. 



(7) The Director of the National Science Foundation. 



(8) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 



(b) The President may name to the Council such other officers and officials 

 as he deems advisable. 



(c) The President shall from time to time designate one of the members 

 of the Council to preside over meetings of the Council during the absence, 

 disability, or unavailability of the Chairman. 



,(d) Each member of the Council, except those designated pursuant to sub- 

 section (b), may designate another officer of his department or agency to serve 

 on the Council as his alternate in his unavoidable absence. 



(e) Each alternate member designated under subsection (d) of this section 

 shall be designated to serve as such by and with the advice and consent of the 

 Senate unless at the time of his designation he holds an office in the Federal 

 Government to which he was appointed with the advice and consent of the 

 Senate. 



(f) The Council shall advise and assist the President, as he may request, 

 with respect to the performance of Federal functions in the field of marine 

 science and engineering, including but not limited to the following functions : 



(1) survey all significant marine science activities, including the policies, 

 plans, programs, and accomplishments of all departments and agencies of 

 the United States engaged in such activities ; 



(2) develop a comprehensive program of marine science activities, in- 

 cluding, but not limited to, exploration, exploitation, and conservation of the 

 resources of the marine environment, marine engineering, studies of air-sea 

 interaction, transmission of energy, and communications, to be conducted 

 by departments and agencies of the United States : 



* (3) designate and fix responsibility for the conduct of marine science 

 activities, by departments and agencies of the United States, including, but 

 not limited to. exploration, exploitation, and conservation of the resources of 

 the marine environment, marine engineering, studies of air-sea interaction, 

 transmission of energy, and communications ; 



(4) provide for effective cooperation among all departments and agencies 

 of the United States engaged in marine science activities, and specify, in 

 any case in which primary responsibility for any category of the marine 

 science activities has been assigned to any department or agency, which of 

 those activities may be carried on concurrently by other departments or 

 agencies ; 



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

 United States with respect to marine science acti\'ities under this Act, 

 including differences as to whether a particular project is a marine science 

 activity ; 



(6) review annually all marine science activities conduced by depart- 

 ments and agencies of the United States in light of the policies, plans, pro- 

 grams, and priorities developed pursuant to this Act ; 



(7) undertake a comprehensive study of the legal problems arising out 

 of the management, use, development, recovery, and control of the resources 

 of the marine environment ; and 



(8) e.stablish long-range studies of the potential benefits to the United 

 States economy, security, health, and v^^elfare to be gained from marine 

 resources, engineering, and science. 



(g) Tlie Council may employ a staff to be headed by a civilian executive sec- 

 retai-y who shall be apiwinted by the President, by and with the advice and 

 consent of the Senate, and shall receive comi^ensation 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 



