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sea grant program; (B) an applicant for, or bene- 

 ficiary (as determined by the Secretary) of any 

 grant or contract imder section 205 or 206; or 

 (C) a full-time officer or employee of the United 

 States . 



"(2) The term of office of a voting member of 

 the panel shall be 3 years, except that of the 

 original appointees, five shall be appointed for a 

 term of 1 year, five shall be appointed for a term 

 of 2 years, and five shall be appointed for a term 

 of 3 years. 



"(3) Any individual appointed to fill a vacancy 

 occurring before the expiration of the term for 

 which his or her predecessor was appointed shall 

 be appointed only for the remainder of such term. 

 No individual may be appointed as a voting mem- 

 ber after serving one full term as such a member. 

 A voting member may serve after the date of the 

 expiration of the term of office for which appointed 

 until his or her successor has taken office, or until 

 90 days after such date, whichever is earlier. 



"(4) The panel shall select one voting member to 

 serve as the Chairman and another voting member 

 to serve as the Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman 

 shall act as Chairman in the absence or incapacity 

 of the Chairman. 



"(5) Voting members of the panel shall — 

 "(A) receive compensation at the daily rate for 



GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 



5332 of title 5, United States Code, when actually 



engaged in the performance of duties for such 



panel; and 

 "(B) be reimbursed for actual and reasonable 



expenses incurred in the performance of such 



duties. 



"(6) The panel shall meet on a biannual basis 

 and, at any other time, at the call of the Chairman 

 or upon the request of a majority of the voting 

 members or of the Director. 



"(7) The panel may exercise such powers as are 

 reasonably necessary in order to carry out its 

 duties under subsection (b) . 



"Sec. 210. Interagency cooperation. 



"Each department, agency, or other instrumen- 

 tality of the Federal Government which is engaged 

 in or concerned with, or which has authority over, 

 matters relating to ocean and coastal resources — 

 "(1) may, upon a written request from the Sec- 

 retary, make available, on a reimbursable basis 

 or otherwise any personnel (with their consent 

 and without prejudice to their position and rat- 

 ing), service, or facility which the Secretary 

 deems necessary to carry out any provision of 

 this title; 



"(2) shall, upon a written request from the 

 Secretary, furnish any available data or other 

 information which the Secretary deems necessary 

 to carry out any provision of this title; and 



"(3) shall cooperate with the Administration 

 and duly authorized officials thereof. 



"Sec. 211. Annual report and evaluation. 



"(a) Annual Report. — The Secretary shall sub- 



mit to the Congress and the President, not later 

 than February 15 of each year, a report on the 

 activities of, and the outlook for, the national sea 

 grant program. 



"(b) Evaluation. — The Director of the Office of 

 Management and Budget and the Director of trfe 

 Office of Science and Technology Policy, in the 

 Executive Office of the President, shall have the 

 opportunity to review each report prepared pursu- 

 ant to subsection (a) . Such Directors may submit, 

 for inclusion in such report, comments and recom- 

 mendations and an independent evaluation of the 

 national sea grant program. Such material shall be 

 transmitted to the Secretary not later than Febru- 

 ary 1 of each year, and the Secretary shall cause it 

 to be published as a separate section in the annual 

 report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) . 



"Sec. 212. Authorization for appropriations. 



"There is authorized to be appropriated for pur- 

 poses of carrying out the provisions of this title 

 (other than section 206) not to exceed $50,000,000 

 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977. Such 

 sums as may be appropriated under this section 

 shall remain available until expended.". 



Sec. 3. International cooperation assistance. 



(a) In General. — The Secretary of Commerce 

 (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secre- 

 tary") may enter into contracts and make grants 

 under this section to — 



(1) enhance the research and development 

 capability of developing foreign nations with 

 respect to ocean and coastal resources, as such 

 term is defined in section 203 of the National Sea 

 Grant Program Act; and 



(2) promote the international exchange of 

 information and data with respect to the assess- 

 ment, development, utilization, and conservation 

 of such resources. 



(b) Eligibility and Procedure. — Any sea grant 

 college and sea grant regional consortium (as de- 

 fined in section 203 of the National Sea Grant Pro- 

 gram Act) and any institution of higher education, 

 laboratory, or institute (if such institution, labora- 

 tory, or institute is located within any State (as 

 defined in such section 203) ) may apply for and 

 receive financial assistance under this section. 

 Each grant or contract under this section shall be 

 made pursuant to such requirements as the Secre- 

 tary shall, after consultation with the Secretary of 

 State, by regulation prescribe. Application shall be 

 made in such form, and with such content and 

 other submissions, as may be so required. Before 

 approving any application for a grant or contract 

 under this section, the Secretary shall consult with 

 the Secretary of State. Any grant made, or contract 

 entered into, under this section shall be subject to 

 the limitations and provisions set forth in section 

 205(d) (2) and (4) of the National Sea Grant Pro- 

 gram Act and to such other terms, conditions, and 

 requirements as the Secretary deems necessary or 

 appropriate. 



