Oceanography On United States. Curpress. House. Committee 4 - MAR 5 1975 HEARINGS BEFORE THE Copy SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY AND THE COMMITTEE ON NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE BRIEFING SEPTEMBER 25, 1974 AUTHORIZATION INCREASE-GRANT H.R. 16215 SEPTEMBER 18, 1974 FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONSHIPS IN H.R. 16411, H.R. 17508, H.R. 17517, H.R. 17571, H. Con. Res. 687 DECEMBER 10, 11, 1974 Serial No. 93-42 Printed for the use of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 43-881 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1975 COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES LEONOR K. (Mrs. John B.) SULLIVAN, Missouri, Chairman FRANK M. CLARK, Pennsylvania THOMAS L. ASHLEY, Ohio JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan FRANK A. STUBBLEFIELD, Kentucky GLENN M. ANDERSON, California GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts JAMES R. GROVER, JR., New York PHILIP E. RUPPE, Michigan GEORGE A. GOODLING, Pennsylvania PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California ROBERT H. STEELE, Connecticut EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey TRENT LOTT, Mississippi DON YOUNG, Alaska ROBERT E. BAUMAN, Maryland ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California WJ/3 24mar 75 KF27 CONTENTS Brown, Ambassador L. Dean, Deputy Under Secretary for Manage- Hogue, Capt. Phillip A., Deputy Chief, Office of Operations, U.S. Lynn, Comdr. John B., Chief, Maritime Laws and Treaties Branch, Moore, Hon. John Norton, Chairman, the National Security Council Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea and Deputy Special Assistant of the President for the Law of the Sea Conference.. Stevenson, Ambassador John R., Special Representative of the Presi- dent for the Law of the Sea Conference, Department of State... U.S. delegation report of the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, in Caracas, Venezuela, dated June 20- Moore, John Norton, letter dated September 5, 1974- Wright, Marshall, letter dated January 16, 1974... Brennan, James, esq., Office of General Counsel, NOAA.. Knecht, Robert W., director, Office of Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of |