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"(9) The term 'person' means any individual; 

 any public or private corporation, partnership, 

 or other association or entity (including any sea 

 grant college, sea grant regional consortium, in- 

 stitution of higher education, institute, or lab- 

 oratory) ; or any State, political subdivision of a 

 State, or agency or officer thereof. 



"(10) The term 'sea grant college' means any 

 public or private institution of higher education 

 which is designated as such by the Secretary un- 

 der section 207. 



"(11) The term 'sea grant program'' means 

 any program which — 



"(A) is administered by any sea grant col- 

 lege, sea grant regional consortium, institution 

 of higher education, institute, laboratory, or 

 State or local agency; and 



"(B) includes two or more projects involv- 

 ing one or more of the following activities in 

 fields related to ocean and coastal resources: 

 "(i) research, 

 "(ii) education, 

 "(Ui) training, or 

 "(iv) advisory services. 

 " ( 12 ) The term 'sea grant regional consortium' 

 means any association or other alliance which is 

 designated as such by the Secretary under sec- 

 tion 207. 



"(13) The term 'Secretary' means the Secre- 

 tary of Commerce. 



"(14) The term 'State' means any State of the 

 United States, the District of Columbia, the Com- 

 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

 Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 

 the Mariana Islands, or any other territory or 

 possession of the United States. 



"Sec. 204. National Sea Grant Program, 



" (a) In General. — The Secretary shall maintain, 

 within the Administration, a program to be known 

 as the national sea grant program. The national 

 sea grant program shall consist of the financial 

 assistance and other activities provided for in this 

 title. The Secretary shall establish long-range plan- 

 ning guidelines and priorities for, and adequately 

 evaluate, this program. 



"(b) Director. — (1) The Secretary shall ap- 

 point a Director of the national sea grant program 

 who shall be a qualified individual who has — 



"(A) knowledge or expertise in fields related 



to ocean and coastal resources; and 

 "(B) appropriate administrative experience. 



"(2) The Director shall be appointed and com- 

 pensated, without regard to the provisions of title 

 5, United States Code, governing appointments in 

 the competitive service, at a rate not in excess 

 of the maximum rate for GS-18 of the General 

 Schedule under section 5332 of such title. 



"(c) Duties.— The Director shall administer the 

 national sea grant program subject to the super- 

 vision of the Secretary and the Administrator. In 

 addition to any other duty prescribed by law or 

 assigned by the Secretary, the Director shall— 

 "(1) apply the long-range planning guidelines 



and the priorities established by the Secretary 

 imder subsection (a) ; 



"(2) advise the Administrator with respect to 

 the expertise and capabilities which are avail- 

 able within or through the national sea grant 

 program, and provide (as directed by the Admin- 

 istrator) those which are or could be of use to 

 other offices and activities within the Adminis- 

 tration ; 



"(3) evaluate activities conducted under 

 grants and contracts awarded pursuant to sec- 

 tions 205 and 206 to assure that the objective set 

 forth in section 202(b) is implemented; 



"(4) encourage other Federal departments, 

 agencies, and instrumentalities to use and take 

 advantage of the expertise and capabilities which 

 are available through the national sea grant 

 program, on a cooperative or other basis; 



"(5) advise the Secretary on the designation 

 of sea grant colleges and sea grant regional con- 

 sortia and, in appropriate cases, if any, on the 

 termination or suspension of any such designa- 

 tion; and 



"(6) encourage the formation and growth of 

 sea grant programs. 



"(d) Powers. — To carry out the provisions of 

 this title, the Secretary may — 



"(1) appoint, assign the duties, transfer, and 

 fix the compensation of such personnel as may 

 be necessary, in accordance with the civil service 

 laws; except that five positions may be estab- 

 lished without regard to the provisions of title 5, 

 United States Code, governing appointments in 

 the competitive service, but the pay rates for 

 such positions may not exceed the maximum 

 rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule under 

 section 5332 of such title; 



"(2) make appointments with respect to tem- 

 porary and intermittent services to the same ex- 

 tent as is authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

 United States Code; 



"(3) publish or arrange for the publication of, 

 and otherwise disseminate, in cooperation with 

 other services, offices, and programs in the Ad- 

 ministration, any information of research, edu- 

 cational, training, and other value in fields re- 

 lated to ocean and coastal resources and with 

 respect to ocean and coastal resources, without 

 regard to section 501 of title 44, United States 

 Code; 



"(4) enter into contracts, cooperative agree- 

 ments, and other transactions without regard to 

 section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the 

 United States (41 U.S.C. 5) ; 



"(5) accept donations and voluntary and un- 

 compensated services, notwithstanding section 

 3679 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 

 (31 U.S.C. 665(b)); and 



"(6) issue such rules and regulations as may 

 be necessary and appropriate. 



"Sec 205. Contracts and grants. 



"(a) In General. — The Secretary may make 

 grants and enter into contracts under this sub- 



