§1103 Executive Responsibilities; Utilization of Staff, Interagency, and Non-government Advisory Arrangements; Consultation with Agencies; Solicitation of Views of Non-federal Agencies

Summary

The President, with help from the Council, must oversee and organize federal marine science work. He must survey major marine science activities across all federal departments and agencies. He must create one broad program covering things like ocean exploration, describing and predicting the marine environment, using and protecting marine resources, marine engineering, air‑sea interaction, energy transmission, and communications. He must assign which agencies will do each task, make agencies cooperate and resolve disputes (including whether a project counts as marine science), study legal issues about managing and taking marine resources, study long‑term benefits to the U.S. economy, security, health, and welfare and the costs to get them, and review federal marine science activities every year. When planning and running the program, the President and Council must use whatever staff, interagency groups, and outside advisory arrangements they need. They must consult the federal agencies involved and ask non‑federal organizations and experts for their views.