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[CITE: 16USC1463b]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                   CHAPTER 33--COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 1463b. National Coastal Resources Research and Development 
        Institute
        

(a) Establishment by Secretary; administration

    The Secretary of Commerce shall provide for the establishment of a 
National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Institute'') to be 
administered by the Oregon State Marine Science Center.

(b) Purposes of Institute

    The Institute shall conduct research and carry out educational and 
demonstration projects designed to promote the efficient and responsible 
development of ocean and coastal resources, including arctic resources. 
Such projects shall be based on biological, geological, genetic, 
economic and other scientific research applicable to the purposes of 
this section and shall include studies on the economic diversification 
and environmental protection of the Nation's coastal areas.

(c) Determination of Institute policies

    (1) The policies of the Institute shall be determined by a Board of 
Governors composed of--
        (A) two representatives appointed by the Governor of Oregon;
        (B) one representative appointed by the Governor of Alaska;
        (C) one representative appointed by the Governor of Washington;
        (D) one representative appointed by the Governor of California; 
    and
        (E) one representative appointed by the Governor of Hawaii.

    (2) Such policies shall include the selection, on a nationally 
competitive basis, of the research, projects, and studies to be 
supported by the Institute in accordance with the purposes of this 
section.

(d) Establishment of Advisory Council; functions and composition

    (1) The Board of Governors shall establish an Advisory Council 
composed of specialists in ocean and coastal resources from the academic 
community.
    (2) To the maximum extent practicable, the Advisory Council shall be 
composed of such specialists from every coastal region of the Nation.
    (3) The Advisory Council shall provide such advice to the Board of 
Governors as such Board shall request, including recommendations 
regarding the support of research, projects, and studies in accordance 
with the purposes of this section.

(e) Administration of Institute

    The Institute shall be administered by a Director who shall be 
appointed by the Chancellor of the Oregon Board of Higher Education in 
consultation with the Board of Governors.

(f) Evaluation of Institute by Secretary

    The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct an ongoing evaluation of the 
activities of the Institute to ensure that funds received by the 
Institute under this section are used in a manner consistent with the 
provisions of this section.

(g) Report to Secretary

    The Institute shall report to the Secretary of Commerce on its 
activities within 2 years after July 17, 1984.

(h) Access to Institute books, records, and documents

    The Comptroller General of the United States, and any of his duly 
authorized representatives, shall have access, for the purpose of audit 
and examination, to any books, documents, papers and records of the 
Institute that are pertinent to the funds received under this section.

(i) Status of Institute employees

    Employees of the Institute shall not, by reason of such employment, 
be considered to be employees of the Federal Government for any purpose.

(j) Authorization of appropriations

    For the purposes of this section, there are authorized to be 
appropriated in each fiscal year $5,000,000, commencing with fiscal year 
1985.

(Pub. L. 98-364, title II, Sec. 201, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 443.)

                       References in Text

    This section, referred to in subsecs. (a) to (d), (f), (h) and (j), 
was in the original ``this title'', meaning title II of Pub. L. 98-364, 
which enacted this section.

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972 which comprises this chapter.


                    Termination of Advisory Councils

    Advisory councils established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
their establishment, unless, in the case of a council established by the 
President or an officer of the Federal Government, such council is 
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year 
period, or in the case of a council established by the Congress, its 
duration is otherwise provided for by law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of 
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix 
to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
