647 



25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1181; Pub. L. 94-69, § 1, Aug. 5, 1975, 

 89 Stat. 384.) 



Amendments 

 1975 — Pub. L. 94-69 substituted provisions authoriz- 

 ing to be appropriated not to exceed $445,000 for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, $111,250 for the transi- 

 tion period (July 1 through Sept. 30, 1976), and $445,000 

 for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1977 for provisions 

 authorizing to be appropriated for succeeding fiscal years 



only such sums as may be authorized by law. 



1972 — Pub. L. 92-567 deleted appropriations authoriza- 

 tion of $200,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, 

 substituted authorization of not to exceed $400,000 for 

 fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, 1974, and 1975, for 

 prior authorization of $200,000 tor fiscal years ending 

 June 30. 1973, and succeeding fiscal years, and provided 

 for such sums as may be authorized by law for suc- 

 ceeding fiscal years. 



13. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration— Reorganization Plan 



No. 4 of 1970 



(84 Stat. 2090) 



Eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090 

 Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate 

 and the Hbuse of Representatives In Congress assem- 

 bled, July 9, 1970, pursuant to the provisions of Chap- 

 ter S of Title 5 of the United States Code. 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 



ADMINISTRArnON 



SBCTTON 1. TBANSrERS TO SBCBTTART or COMIIXBCI 



The following are hereby trensferred to the Secretary 

 of Commerce : 



(a) All (unctions vested by law In the Bureau of Com- 

 mercial Fisheries of the Department of the Interior or In 

 Its head, together with all functions vested by law In the 

 Secretary of the Interior or the Department of the Inte- 

 rior which are administered through that Bureau or are 

 primarily related to the Bureau, exclusive of functions 

 with respect to (1) Oreat Lakes fishery research and 

 activities related to the Great Lakes Fisheries Commis- 

 sion, (2) Missouri River Reservoir research, (3) the Qulf 

 Breeze Biological Laboratory of the said Bureau at Oulf 

 Breeze, Florida, and (4) Trans-Alaska pipeline Investiga- 

 tions. 



(b) The functions vested in the Secretary of the Inte- 

 rior by the Act of September 22, 1959 (Public Law M-369. 

 73 Stat. 642, 16 U.S.C. 760e-760g; relating to migratory 

 marine species of game Osh) . 



(c) The functions vested by law in the Secretary of the 

 Interior, or In the Department of the Interior or In any 

 officer or Instrumentality of that Department, which are 

 administered through the Marine Minerals Technology 

 Center of the Bureau of Mines. 



(d) All functions vested In the National Science Foun- 

 dation by the National Sea Grant College and Program 

 Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 998), as amended (33 n.S.C. 1131 

 et seq.) . 



(e) Those functions vested In the Secretary of De- 

 fense or In any officer, employee, or organizational entity 

 of the Department of Defense by the provision of Public 

 Law 91-144, 83 Stat. 326, under the heading "Operation 

 and maintenance, general" with respect to "surveys and 

 charting of northern and northwestern lakes and con- 

 necting waters," or by other law, which come under the 

 mission assigned as of July 1, 1969, to the Unlited States 

 Army Engineer EMstrlct, Lake Survey, Corps of Engineers, 

 Department of the Army and relate to (1) the conduct 

 of hydrographic surveys of the Oreat Lakes and their 

 outflow rivers. Lake Champlain, New York State Barge 

 Canals, and the Minnesota-Ontario border lakes, and the 

 compilation and publication of navigation charts, includ- 

 ing recreational aspects, and the Oreat Lakes Pilot for the 

 benefit and use of the public, (2) the conception, plan- 

 ning, and conduct of basic research and development In 

 the fields of water motion, waiter characteristics, water 

 quantity, and Ice and snow, and (3) the publication of 

 data and the results of research projects In forms useful 

 to the Corps of Engineers and the public, and the opera- 

 tion of a Regional Data Center for the oolleotion. coor- 

 dination, analysis, and the furnishing to Interested 

 agencies of data relating to water resources of the Great 

 lAkes. 



(f) So much of the functions of the transferor officers 

 and agencies referred to In or affected by the foregoing 

 provisions of this section as Is incidental to or neces- 

 sary for the performance by or under the Secretary of 

 Commerce of the functions transferred by those provi- 

 sions or relates primarily to those functions. The trans- 

 fers to the Secretary of Commerce made by this section 

 shall be deemed to Include the transfer of authority, pro- 

 vided by law, to prescribe regulations relating primarily 

 to the transferred functions. 



Sec 2. Establishment op Aoministbation 



(a) There Is hereby established In the Department of 

 Commerce an agency which shall be known as the Na- 

 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, here- 

 inafter referred to as the "Administration." 



(b) There shall be at the head of the Administration 

 the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos- 

 pheric Administration, hereinafter referred to as the 

 "Administrator." The Administrator shall be appointed 

 by the President, by and with the advice and consent of 

 the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate now 

 or hereafter provided for Level m of the Executive 

 Schedule Pay Rates (6 U.S.C. 6314). 



(c) There shall be in the Administration a Deputy Ad- 

 ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- 

 ministration who shall be appointed by the President, by 

 and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall 

 be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided 

 for Level IV of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (6 

 U.S.C. 6315). The Deputy Administrator shall perform 

 such functions as the Administrator shall from time to 

 time assign or delegate, and shall act as Administrator 

 during the absence or disability of the Administrator or 

 in the event of a vacancy In the office of Administrator. 



(d) There shall be in the Administration an Associate 

 Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration who shall be appointed by the President, 

 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 

 shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter 

 provided for Level TV of the Executive Schedule Pay 

 Rates (5 U.S.C. 5315) . The Associate Administrator shall 

 perform such functions as the Administrator shall from 

 time to time assign or delegate, and shall act as Ad- 

 ministrator during the absence or disability of the 

 Administrator and Deputy Administrator. The office of As- 

 sociate Administrator may be filled at the discretion of 

 the President by appointment (by and with the advice 

 and consent of the Senate) from the active list of com- 

 missioned officers of the Administration In which case the 

 appointment shall create a vacancy on the active list 

 and while holding the office of Associate Administrator 

 the officer shall have rank, pay, and allowances not ex- 

 ceeding those of a vice admiral. 



(e) There shall be In the Administration three addi- 

 tional officers who shall perform such functions as the 

 Administrator shall from time to time assign or dele- 

 gate. Each such officer shall be appointed by the Secre- 

 tary, subject to the approval of the President, under the 

 classified civil service, shall have such title as the Secre- 

 tary shall from time to time determine, and shall receive 



