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regulations of the General Services Administration 

 for the collection of indebtedness of personnel re- 

 sulting from erroneous payments (section 46d of Title 

 5) shall apply to the collection of erroneous pay- 

 ments made to or on behalf of a Commission em- 

 ployee, and regulations of said Administrator for the 

 administrative control of funds (section 665(g) of 

 Title 31) shall apply to appropriations of the Com- 

 mission: And provided further. That the Commission 

 shall not be required to prescribe such regulations. 



(g) Information from Government agencies. 



The Commission Is authorized to secure directly 

 from any executive department, agency, or Inde- 

 pendent Instrumentality of the Government any In- 

 formation It deems necessary to carry out its func- 

 tions under this chapter; and each such department, 

 agency, and instrumentality is authorized to cooper- 

 ate with the Commission and. to the extent permit- 

 ted by law, to furnish such information to the Com- 

 mission, upon request made by the Chairman. 



(h) Report to President and Congress; termination 

 date. 

 The Commission shall submit to the President, 

 via the Council, and to the Congress not later than 

 twenty-four months after the establishment of the 

 Commission as provided In subsection (a) of this 

 section, a final report of its findings and recommen- 

 dations. The Commission shall cease to exist thirty 

 days after it has submitted its final report. (Pub. L. 

 89-454, title I, § 5, June 17, 1966, 80 Stat. 205; Pub. 

 L. 89-688, §2(b), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 1001; Pub. 

 L. 90-242, I 1, Jan. 2, 1968. 81 Stat. 780.) 

 Amendments 

 1968 — Subeec. (h). Pub. L. 90-242 substituted "twenty- 

 four months" for "eighteen months". 



1966 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-688 substituted "this 

 title", for "this Act", which, for purposes of codification, 

 had been changed to "this subchapter". 



§1105. International cooperation. 



The Council, under the foreign policy guidance of 

 the President and as he may request, shall coordinate 

 a program of International cooperation In work done 

 pursuant to this chapter, pursuant to agreements 

 made by the President with the advice and consent of 

 the Senate. (Pub. L. 89-454, title I. § 6, June 17, 

 1966, 80 Stat. 207.) 



§ 1106. Reports to Congress. 



(a) The President shall transmit to the Congress 

 in January of each year a report, which shall In- 

 clude (Da comprehensive description of the activi- 

 ties and the accomplishments of all agencies and de- 

 partments of the United States in the field of marine 

 science during the preceding fiscal year, and (2) an 

 evaluation of such activities and accomplishments 

 In terms of the objectives set forth pursuant to this 

 chapter. 



(b) Reports made under this section shall con- 

 tain such recommendations for legislation as the 

 President may consider necessary or desirable for 

 the attainment of the objectives of this chapter, and 

 shall conUin an estimate of funding requirements 

 of each agency and department of the United States 

 for marine science activities during the succeeding 

 fiscal year. (Pub. L. 89-454. title I, § 7, June 17, 1966. 

 80 Stat. 207.) 



§1107. Definitions. 



For the purposes of this subchapter, the term 

 "marine science" shall be deemed to apply to ocean- 

 ographic and scientific endeavors and disciplines, 

 and engineering and technology in and with rela- 

 tion to the marine environment; and the term "ma- 

 rine environment" shall be deemed to include (a) 

 the oceans, (b) the Continental Shelf of the United 

 States, (c) the Great Lakes, (d) seabed and subsoil 

 of the submarine areas adjacent to the^coasts of the 

 United States to the depth of two hundred meters, or 

 beyond that limit, to where the depths of the super- 

 jacent waters admit of the exploitation of the 

 natural resources of such areas, (e) the seabed and 

 subsoil of similar submarine areas adjacent to the 

 coasts of islands wh'ch comprise United States ter- 

 ritory, and (f) the resources thereof (Pub. L. 89- 

 454, tiUe I, § 8, June 17, 1966, 80 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 

 89-688, § 2(b), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 1001.) 



§1108. Authorization of appropriations. 



There are hereby authorized to be appropriated 

 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 

 subchapter, but sums appropriated for any one fiscal 

 year shall not exceed $1,200,000. (Pub. L. 89-454, 

 title I, § 9, June 17, 1966, 80 SUt. 208; Pub. L. 89- 

 688, § 2(b), Oct. 15, 1966. 80 SUt. 1001; Pub. L. 91- 

 15, § 2, May 23, 1969, 83 Stat. 10.) 



12. National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere 



Sec. 



857-6. National Advisory Committee oh Oceans and 



Atmosphere; establish [New]. 

 857-7. Same; membership (New]. 



(a) Appointment; representation. 



(b) Term of office 



(c) Term of original appointees. 



(d) Vacancies; service beyond term. 



(e) Chairman; Vice Chairman 



857-8. Same; senior policy officials as Federal observers 



and aids [New]. 

 867-9. Same; duties; reports to President and Congress 



[New]. 

 867-10. Same; compensation and travel expenses (New). 



33 U.S.C. 857-6 to 857-12 



857-11. Same; Department of Commerce and other Fed- 

 eral agencies, assistance (Newl. 

 857-12. Same; authorization of appropriations (New). 



§857-6. National Advisory Committee on Oceans and 

 Atmosphere; establishment. 



There is hereby established a committee of twenty- 

 five memljers to be known as the National Advisory 

 Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, (hereafter re- 

 ferred to in sections 857-6 to 857-12 of this Utle as 

 the "Advisory Committee"). (Pub L. 92-125, § 1. 

 Aug. 16, 1971, 85 Stat. 344.) 



