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"(b) Any member of the Commission Is authorized to 

 administer oaths when It Is determined by a majority of 

 the Commission that testimony shall be taken or evidence 

 received under oath 



*'Sec. 5. (Powers AND Duties OF Chairman ] (a) Subject 

 to general policies adopted by the Commission, the 

 Chairman shall be the chief executive of the Commission 

 and shall exercise Its executive and administrative powers 

 as set forth in section 4(a)(2) through section 4(a)(8). 



"(b) The Chairman may make such provision as he shall 

 deem appropriate authorizing the performance of any 

 of his executive and administrative functions by the Ex- 

 ecutive Director or other personnel of the Commission 



"Sec 6. [Other Federal Agencies | (a) The Commission 

 may. to the extent practicable, utilize the services of the 

 Federal water resource agencies. 



'(b) Upon request of the Commission, the head of 

 any Federal department or agency or river basin commis- 

 sion created pursuant to title II of the Water Resources 

 Planning Act (section 1962b of this title] is authorized 

 (1) to furnish to the Commission, to the extent per-' 

 mltted by law and within the limits of available funds. 

 Including funds transferred for that purpose pursuant to 

 section 4(a) (7) of this Act. such Information as may 

 be necessary for carrying out Its functions and as may 

 be available to or procurable by such department or 

 agency, and (2) to detail to temporary duty with this 



Commission on a reimbursable basis such personnel 

 within his administrative Jurisdiction as it may need or 

 believe to be useful for carrying out Its functions, each 

 such detail to be without loss of seniority, pay. or other 

 employee status. 



"(c) Financial and administrative services (including 

 those related to Dudgeting. accounting, financial report- 

 ing, personnel, aid procurement) shall be provided the 

 Commission by the General Services Administration, for 

 which payment shall be made in advance, or by reim- 

 bursement from funds of the Commission In such 

 amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chairman of the 

 Commission and the Administrator of General Services: 

 Provided, That the regulations of the General Services 

 Administration for the collection of Indebtedness of per- 

 sonnel resulting from erroneous payments (5 U.S.C. sec. 

 5514) shall apply to the collection of erroneous payments 

 made to or on behalf of a Commission employee, and 

 regulations of said Administrator for the administrative 

 control of funds (31 USC 665(g)) shall apply to ap- 

 propriations of the Commission: And provided further. 

 That the Commission shall not be required to prescribe 

 such regulations 



"Sec 7. [ Authorization of Appropriations | There are 

 hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 

 $5,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act." 



22. Ocean Dumping 



33 U.S.C. 1401-1444 



(See Ocean Dumping under title VII Oceanography) 



23. Oil Pollution Act of 1961 



33 U.S.C. 1001-1015 

 (See Oil Pollution Act of 1961 un(3er title vm OceaTwgraphy) 



24. Pollution Control in Navigable Waters 



33 U.S.C. 1251-1376 



(See Pollution Control in Navigable Waters under title XI Water PoUution) 



25. Pollution of the Sea by Oil 



33 UJS.C. 1001-1015 



(See Oil Pollution Act under title VII Oceanography) 



26. Presidential Study of Water Resources 



42 UJS.C. 1962d-17(c) 



(c) Water and related resources projects ; Presidential 

 study; scope of study; report to Conprcss. 



The President shall make a full and complete In- 

 vestigation and study of principles and standards 

 for planning and evaluating water and related re- 



sources projects. Such Investigation and study shall 

 Include, but not be limited to, consideration of en- 

 hancing regional economic development, the quality 

 of the total environment including its protection and 

 improvement, the well-being of the people of the 



