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question of the gentleman from Wisconsin. You gentlemen don’t object 
to that, do you? 
Mr. Braas. No, sir. 
(The letter follows :) 
THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, 
Washington, D.C., October 22, 1969. 
Hon. Auton A. LENNON, 
Chairman, Subcommittee on Oceanography, 
House of Representatives, 
Washington, D.C. 
DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: We submit the following information for the record of 
the September 18, 1969 hearings of the Subcommittee on Oceanography of the 
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee on H.R. 13247 and Our Nation 
and the Sea. 
Mr. Schadeberg asked for a definition of the primary and secondary missions 
and responsibilities of the Department of Transportation and the U.S. Coast 
Guard. Within DOT and the Coast Guard it is extremely difficult to Clearly dif- 
ferentiate between primary and secondary duties. However, the missions and 
responsibilities of the Department of Transportation are set forth in the Depart- 
ment of Transportation Actas follows: 
(a) To assure the coordinated, effective administration of the transporta- 
tion programs of the Federal Government ; 
(6) To facilitate the development and improvement of coordinated trans- 
portation service, to be provided by private enterprise to the greatest extent 
feasible ; 
(c) To encourage cooperation of Federal, State and local governments, 
carriers, labor, and other interested persons toward achieving national trans- 
portation objectives; 
(ad) To stimulate technological advance in transportation ; 
(e) To provide general leadership in identifying and solving transporta- 
tion problems; and 
(f) To develop, and recommend to the President and Congress for approval, 
national transportation policies and programs to accomplish these objectives 
with full and appropriate consideration of the needs of the public, users, 
carriers, industry, labor and the national defense. 
The primary duties of the Coast Guard are set forth in 14 USC 2 which can 
be summarized as follows: 
(a) To enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable Federal laws 
upon the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States; 
(6) To administer laws and promulgate and enforce regulations for the 
promotion of safety of life and property on the high seas and on the waters 
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States covering all matters not 
specifically delegated by law to some other executive department ; 
(c) To develop, establish, maintain, and operate, with due regard to the 
requirements of national defense, aids to maritime navigation, icebreaking 
facilities, and rescue facilities for the promotion of safety on and over the 
high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; 
(d@) To engage in oceanographic research on the high seas and in waters 
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States ; and 
(e) To maintain a state of readiness to function as a specialized service 
in the Navy in time of war. 
Coast Guard secondary responsibilities may be categorized as those duties in- 
volved in cooperation with other agencies. These responsibilities are outlined 
in Chapter 7, Title 14 U.S. Code. Included is a general statement of cooperative 
responsibilities, Section 141(a): 
(a) The Coast Guard may, when so requested by proper authority, utilize 
its personnel and facilities to assist any Federal agency, State, Territory, 
possession, or political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia, to 
perform any activity for which such personnel and facilities are especially 
qualified. 
This section is followed by detailed expositions of cooperation allowed with the 
Departments of State, Treasury, Army, Air Force, Navy, Post Office, Commerce 
and as assigned to assist foreign governments. However, even these responsibili- 
