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engineering resources of the Nation, with close co- 

 operation among all Interested agencies, public and 

 private, in order to avoid unnecessary duplication 

 of effort, facilities, and equipment, or waste. 



(8) The cooperation by the United States with 

 other nations and groups of nations and lnt€ma- 

 tlonal organizations In marine science activities 

 when such cooperation Is In the national Interest. 



(Pub. L. 89-454, title I, } 2, June 17, 1966, 80 Stat. 



203.) 



§ 1102. National Council on Marine Resources and 

 Engineering Development. 



(a) Establishment; composition; Chairman. 



There Is hereby established. In the Executive Of- 

 fice of the President, the National Council on Marine 

 Resources and Engineering Development (herein- 

 after 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 Com- 

 mission. 



(7) The Director of the National Science Foun- 

 dation. 



(8) The Secretary of Health, Education, and 

 Welfare. 



(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 



(b) Executive appointments. 



The President may name to the Council such other 

 officers and officials as he deems advisable. 



(c) Alternate presiding officer over Council meetings. 



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, disabil- 

 ity, or unavailability of the Chairman. 



(d) Alternates for service on the Council. 



Each member of the Council, except those desig- 

 nated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, may 

 designate any officer of his department or agency 

 appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate 

 to serve on the Council as his alternate In his un- 

 avoidable absence. 



(e) Personnel; civilian executive secretary. 



The Council may employ a staff to be headed by 

 a civilian executive secretary who shall be appointed 

 by the President and shall receive compensation 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 authorized to appoint and 

 fix the compensation of such personnel, including 

 not more than seven persons who may be appointed 

 without regard to civil service laws or chapter 51 

 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 and com- 

 pensated at not to exceed the highest rate of grade 

 18 of the CJeneral Schedule as amended, as may be 

 necessary to perform such duties as may be pre- 

 scribed by the President. 



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(0 Termination date. 



The provisions of this chapter with respect to the 

 Council shall expire on June 30, 1971. (Pub. L. 89- 

 454, title I, § 3, June 17, 1966, 80 SUt. 204; Pub. L. 

 89-670, §8(j), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 943; Pub. L. 

 90-242, § 2, Jan. 2. 1968, 81 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 90-15. 

 § 1, May 23, 1969, 83 Stat. 10: Pub. L. 91-414, Sept. 

 25, 1970, 84 Stat. 865.) 



Amendment 



1970 — Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 91-414 substituted "June 30. 

 1971" for "June 30, 1970". 



1969 — Subsec. (f ) . Pub. L. 91-16 substituted "June 30, 

 1970" for "June 30, 1969". 



1968 — Subsec. (f ) . Pub. L. 90-242 substituted "on 

 June 30. 1969" for "one hundred and twenty days after 

 the submission of the final report of the Commission pur- 

 suant to section 1104(h) of this title". 



1966 — Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 89-670 substituted "Sec- 

 retary of Transportation" for "Secretary of the Treasury". 



§1103. Executive responsibilities; utilization of staff, 

 interagency, and non-Government advisory ar- 

 rangements; con.sultation with agencies; solicita- 

 tion of views of non-Fcdoral agencies. 



(a) In conformity' with the provisions of section 

 1101 of this title, it shall be the duty of the President 

 with the advice and assistance of the Council to — 



(1) survey all sitmificant marine science activi- 

 ties, 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, including, but not limited to, ex- 

 ploration, description and prediction of the marine 

 environment, exploitation and conservation of the 

 resources of the marine environment, marine en- 

 gineering, studies of air-sea interaction, transmis- 

 sion of energy, and communications, to be con- 

 ducted by departments and agencies of the United 

 States, independently or in cooperation with such 

 non-Federal organizations as States, institutions 

 and industry; 



(3) designate and fix responsibility for the con- 

 duct of the foregoing marine science activities by 

 departments and agencies of the United States; 



(4) insure cooperation and resolve differences 

 arising among departments and agencies of the 

 United States with respect to marine science activ- 

 ities under this chapter, including differences as 

 to whether a particular project is a marine science 

 activity; 



(5) undertake a comprehensive study, by con- 

 tract or otherwise, of the legal problems arising 

 out of the management, use, development, re- 

 covery, and control of the resources of the marine 

 environment; 



(6) establish long-range studies of the potential 

 benefits to the United States economy, security, 

 health, and welfare to be gained from marine re- 

 sources, engineering, and science, and the costs In- 

 volved in obtaining such benefits; and 



(7) review annually all marine science activi- 

 ties conducted by departments and agencies of the 

 United States in light of the policies, plans, pro- 

 grams, and priorities developed pursuant to this 

 chapter. 



(b) In the planning and conduct of a coordinated 



