108 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



"that permitting such individual to have access to such restricted data 

 will not endanger the common defense and security.'"' 



In our view pubsection 6(b) would have the effect of diluting the 

 Commission's control over restricted data without adequate demon- 

 strated need. Such a certification procedure for access to restricted 

 data, as proposed by subsection 6(b), has been accorded to only two 

 agencies, the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics 

 and Space Administration because the nature of the duties and func- 

 tions of these agencies have so required. In addition, as Dr. George M. 

 Kavanagh mentioned during his testimony before your subcommittee 

 on August 13, 1965, section 6(b) is technically defective in that (a) 

 the words "or any other person authorized access to restricted data 

 by the Commission" should follow the word "Commission" in line 

 14, and (6) the subsection does not provide a means under which per- 

 sons certified under S. 944 for access to restricted data may exchange 

 restricted data with persons certified for similar access under the Na- 

 tional Aeronautics and Space Act. 



However, we believe that a statutory provision such as subsection 

 6(b) for the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering- 

 Development is not necessary. There does not appear to be extensive 

 restricted data pertaining to oceanography and related marine sci- 

 ences, and we believe that need for access to such restricted data, which 

 the National Council's members and officers as well as its relatively 

 small staff may have, can be effectively handled through the Commis- 

 sion's usual security procedures. In this connection, it should be noted 

 that Public Law 87-206 (75 Stat. 475) amended the Atomic Energy 

 Act of 1954, as amended, on September 6, 1961, by adding a new sub- 

 section 145(c) in order to expedite clearances in such cases as this. 

 In order to allow the National Council to make full use of the clearance 

 procedure contained in section 145(c) of the Atomic Energy Act, it is 

 also recommended that section G(a) of the proposed bill be revised to 

 read as follows : 



"Seo. 6(a). The Council shall arrange with the Federal Bureau of 

 Investigation for the conduct of investigations, including full field 

 investigations, of the character, associations, and loyalty of the Coun- 

 cil's officers, em])loyees, and consultants, as it deems appropriate. The 

 results of such investigations shall be furnished to the Council."' 



The Bureau of the Budget has advised that there is no objection 

 to the presentation of this report from, tlie standpoint of the achnin- 

 istration's program. 



Sincerely yours, 



E. J. Bloch, 

 Deputy General Manager. 



Executive Office of the President, 



Bureau of the Budget, 

 Washmgfon, D.C., August 18, 1965. 

 Hon. Herbert C. Bonner, 



Chah'nian, Committee on Merchmit Marine and Fisheries^ House of 



Representatives^ Washington^ D.C 



Dear Mr. Chairman : This will acknowledge your letter of August 



10, 1965, inviting the Bureau of the Budget to comment on S. 944, a 



bill to establish a National Council on Marine Resources and Engi- 



