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[H.R. 4008 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 345

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4008

                  [Report No. 103-583, Parts I and II]

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                                 A BILL

 To authorize appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
 Administration for fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and for other purposes.

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                             July 29, 1994

 Reported from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology with an 
 amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
                of the Union, and ordered to be printed





                                                 Union Calendar No. 345
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4008

                  [Report No. 103-583, Parts I and II]

 To authorize appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
 Administration for fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 1994

 Mr. Ortiz (for himself, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Studds, Mr. Fields of Texas, 
   Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Manton and Mr. Young of Alaska) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine 
                             and Fisheries

                              July 8, 1994

 Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology for a period ending not later than July 29, 1994, 
    for consideration of such provisions contained in the bill and 
amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee pursuant to 
                          clause 1(r), rule X
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                             July 29, 1994

                     Additional sponsor: Mr. Saxton

                             July 29, 1994

 Reported from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology with an 
 amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
                of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                           in boldface roman]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               10, 1994]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
 Administration for fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Authorization Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act, the term--
            (1) ``Act of 1890'' means the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        increase the efficiency and reduce the expenses of the Signal 
        Corps of the Army, and to transfer the Weather Bureau to the 
        Department of Agriculture'', approved October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. 
        653);
            (2) ``Act of 1947'' means the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic 
        Survey, and for other purposes'', approved August 6, 1947 (33 
        U.S.C. 883a et seq.); and
            (3) ``Act of 1970'' means the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        clarify the status and benefits of commissioned officers of the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other 
        purposes'', approved December 31, 1970 (33 U.S.C. 857-1 et 
        seq.).

                TITLE I--NOAA OCEAN AND COASTAL PROGRAMS

SEC. 101. NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE.

    (a) Mapping and Charting.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out mapping and charting 
        activities under the Act of 1947 and any other law involving 
        those activities, $29,005,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
        $30,049,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (2) Automated nautical charting.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop and 
        implement an automated nautical charting system, $1,300,000 for 
        fiscal year 1995 and $1,347,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (b) Geodesy.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to carry out geodesy activities under the Act of 1947 
and any other law involving those activities, $19,332,000 for fiscal 
year 1995 and $20,028,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (c) Observation and Prediction.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out observation and 
        prediction activities under the Act of 1947 and any other law 
        involving those activities, $12,429,000 for fiscal year 1995 
        and $12,876,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (2) Circulatory survey program.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
        the Circulatory Survey Program, $700,000 for fiscal year 1995 
        and $725,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (3) Ocean and earth sciences.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
        ocean and earth science activities, $4,442,000 for fiscal year 
        1995 and $4,602,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (4) Center for ocean analysis and prediction.--In addition 
        to amounts authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue the 
        activities of the Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction, 
        $400,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $414,000 for fiscal year 
        1996.
            (5) Observation buoys.--In addition to amounts authorized 
        under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to operate and maintain observation 
        buoys in the Chesapeake Bay, $400,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
        $414,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (d) Estuarine and Coastal Assessment.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to support estuarine and coastal 
        assessment activities under the Act of 1947 and any other law 
        involving those activities, $2,420,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
        $2,507,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (2) Ocean assessment.--In addition to amounts authorized 
        under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out the National Status and 
        Trends Program, the Strategic Environmental Assessment Program, 
        and the Hazardous Materials Response Program, $18,945,000 for 
        fiscal year 1995 and $19,627,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (3) Damage assessment program.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
        the Damage Assessment Program, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1995 
        and $1,554,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (4) Coastal ocean program.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce to, enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
        the Coastal Ocean Program, $11,433,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
        $11,845,000 for fiscal year 1996. Of the amounts authorized 
        under this paragraph for fiscal years 1995 and 1996, a total of 
        $120,000 is available until expended to study the use of 
        oceanographic data obtained from satellite imagery and other 
        sources to determine and predict the presence of endangered sea 
        turtles in the Gulf of Mexico.
    (e) Ocean Management.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to carry out deep ocean mineral and ocean 
energy activities, $500,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

SEC. 102. OCEAN AND GREAT LAKES RESEARCH.

    (a) Marine Prediction Research.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out marine prediction 
        research activities under the Act of 1947, the Act of 1890, and 
        any other law involving those activities, $10,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 1995 and $10,360,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (2) Great lakes environmental research laboratory.--
                    (A) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, for the 
                operation and maintenance of the Great Lakes 
                Environmental Research Laboratory, $4,558,000 for 
                fiscal year 1995 and $4,722,000 for fiscal year 1996.
                    (B) Great lakes nearshore research.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
                Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration to carry out nearshore 
                research activities of the Great Lakes Environmental 
                Research Laboratory, $500,000 for each of fiscal years 
                1995 and 1996.
                    (C) Zebra mussel research.--In addition to amounts 
                authorized under subparagraph (A), there are authorized 
                to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to 
                enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                Administration to carry out zebra mussel research 
                activities of the Great Lakes Environmental Research 
                Laboratory under the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
                Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et 
                seq.), $911,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $1,125,000 for 
                fiscal year 1996.
            (3) Southeast florida and caribbean recruitment program.--
        In addition to amounts authorized under paragraph (1), there 
        are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 
        a total of $2,000,000 for fiscal years 1995 and 1996 to enable 
        the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry 
        out, through the Cooperative Institute for Marine and 
        Atmospheric Studies, collaborative investigations to examine 
        the physical and biological processes which--
                    (A) occur in tropical marine environments in 
                coastal waters of the United States, Florida, and the 
                Caribbean; and
                    (B) impact variability and development of fisheries 
                resources.
    (b) National Undersea Research Program--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out undersea research 
activities under the National Undersea Research Program established by 
section 411, $22,100,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $24,200,000 for 
fiscal year 1996, of which $1,250,000 shall be available each fiscal 
year for implementing section 411(c).
    (c) Climate and Global Change Research.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out climate and global 
        change research activities, $84,012,000 for fiscal year 1995 
        and $87,036,000 for fiscal year 1996. Of sums appropriated 
        under this subsection, sufficient funds should be made 
        available by the Secretary of Commerce to initiate and support 
        research on the effects of climate and global change on the 
        Nation's major freshwater systems, including the Great Lakes 
        and the Mississippi River.
            (2) Environmental observations.--In addition to the amounts 
        authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), there is 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 
        $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for a program 
        to increase scientific understanding of the earth by using a 
        network of schools to collect environmental observations.

                 TITLE II--NOAA MARINE FISHERY PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine 
Fisheries Program Authorization Act (Public Law 98-210; 97 Stat. 1409) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 2(a) by--
                    (A) striking ``1992 and'' and inserting ``1992,''; 
                and
                    (B) inserting after ``1993'' the following: ``, 
                $51,092,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $52,931,000 for 
                fiscal year 1996'';
            (2) in section 3(a) by--
                    (A) striking ``1992 and'' and inserting ``1992,''; 
                and
                    (B) inserting after ``1993'' the following: ``, 
                $14,198,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $14,709,000 for 
                fiscal year 1996''; and
            (3) in section 4(a) by--
                    (A) striking ``1992 and'' and inserting ``1992,''; 
                and
                    (B) inserting after ``1993'' the following: ``, 
                $17,089,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $17,704,000 for 
                fiscal year 1996''.

SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936.

    Section 1104A(b)(2) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. 
U.S.C. 1274(b)(2)), is amended in the third proviso by striking ``, 
except that no debt may be placed under this proviso through the 
Federal Financing Bank''.

SEC. 203. SCALLOP RESTORATION PROGRAM.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Commerce $200,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996, for the 
establishment and maintenance of a scallop restoration program for Long 
Island Sound.

SEC. 204. SALTONSTALL-KENNEDY PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (15 U.S.C. 
713c-3), popularly known as the ``Saltonstall-Kennedy Act'', is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1) by--
                    (A) striking subparagraph (B);
                    (B) striking ``only for--'' and all that follows 
                through ``the Secretary--'' and inserting ``only for 
                use by the Secretary--'';
                    (C) redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) in 
                order as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C); and
                    (D) moving subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, 2 
                ems to the left so that the left margin of those 
                subparagraphs is aligned with the left margin of 
                section 2(a)(5) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 713c-3(a)(5)); 
                and
            (2) by striking the heading for subsection (c) and all that 
        follows through paragraph (4) of that subsection, and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(c) Fisheries Research and Development Projects.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants from the 
        fund established under subsection (b) for the purpose of 
        assisting persons in carrying out research and development 
        projects to promote the sustainable use and development of 
        United States fisheries, including harvesting, processing, 
        aquaculture, marketing, and associated infrastructures.
            ``(2) Secretary's duties.--The Secretary shall each fiscal 
        year--
                    ``(A) receive at least once, during a 60-day period 
                specified by the Secretary, applications for grants 
                under this subsection pursuant to a Request for 
                Proposals published in the Federal Register;
                    ``(B) prescribe in that Request for Proposals the 
                form and manner in which applications for grants under 
                this subsection must be made, including the 
                specification of the information which must accompany 
                applications to ensure that the proposed projects 
                comply with Federal law and can be properly evaluated 
                under paragraph (3);
                    ``(C) include in that Request for Proposals a list 
                of priorities for grants under this subsection that is 
                based on the priorities recommended for the fiscal year 
                under paragraph (3)(F); and
                    ``(D) approve or disapprove each such application--
                            ``(i) based primarily on the 
                        recommendations of the grants review panel 
                        established under paragraph (3) for the fiscal 
                        year; and
                            ``(ii) before the end of the 90-day period 
                        beginning on the day after the last day of the 
                        application period specified in the Request for 
                        Proposals under subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(E) to the extent amounts are available, obligate 
                funds for grants for approved applications before the 
                end of the fiscal year for which the funds are 
                available, except that up to 10 percent of funds 
                available for a fiscal year may be obligated in the 
                next fiscal year.
            ``(3) Evaluation and approval of proposals.--
                    ``(A) Suitability for evaluation.--For each 
                application received under paragraph (2) in a fiscal 
                year, the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) make a determination whether the 
                        project proposed in the application meets the 
                        requirements of this subsection and is 
                        consistent with the priorities recommended for 
                        the fiscal year under subparagraph (F); and
                            ``(ii) if so, forward the proposal to the 
                        grants review panel established for the fiscal 
                        year under subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Grants review panel.--Each fiscal year, the 
                Secretary shall establish a grants review panel that 
                consists of individuals with expertise in fisheries 
                research, development, or management, that represents a 
                balance among those disciplines, that is balanced in 
                the representation of those disciplines, and that is 
                balanced in the representation of the geographic 
                regions of the United States. Each grants review panel 
                shall review each proposal forwarded by the Secretary 
                under subparagraph (A)(ii) and make recommendations to 
                the Secretary for awarding grants under this subsection 
                among those proposals for the fiscal year, subject to 
                the criteria described in subparagraph (C) and 
                consistent with the funding available for the fiscal 
                year.
                    ``(C) Criteria for evaluation of proposals.--Each 
                grants review panel shall evaluate each proposal as 
                to--
                            ``(i) the value of the proposal in 
                        promoting the purpose described in paragraph 
                        (1) in general and in fulfilling the applicable 
                        regional priorities recommended under 
                        subparagraph (F);
                            ``(ii) the soundness of its design 
                        (including the likelihood of securing useful 
                        results, and the organization and management of 
                        the proposal);
                            ``(iii) the minimization of duplication 
                        within fisheries research and development 
                        activities; and
                            ``(iv) based on the criteria in clauses 
                        (i), (ii) and (iii), the overall quality and 
                        rank of the proposal relative to the other 
                        proposals under review.
                    ``(D) Industrial partners.--In evaluating and 
                ranking proposals under this subsection that are of 
                equivalent overall quality and rank based on the 
                criteria set forth in subparagraph (C), a grants review 
                panel and the Secretary shall give preference to 
                proposals in which at least 1 of the persons that would 
                be a principal grantee under the proposal receives a 
                substantial portion of income from seafood harvesting, 
                processing, marketing, or propagation.
                    ``(E) Notice of decision by the secretary.--If the 
                Secretary approves or disapproves an application for a 
                proposal contrary to the recommendations of a grants 
                review panel, the Secretary shall notify the panel, the 
                Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House 
                of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
                Science, and Transportation of the Senate in writing of 
                that decision, including the reasons for that decision.
                    ``(F) Recommendations for future funding 
                priorities.--Each grants review panel shall, after 
                evaluating proposals and making grants recommendations, 
                and after consulting with interested parties, recommend 
                to the Secretary for the next fiscal year national and 
                regional priorities for grants under this subsection.
            ``(4) Terms and conditions.--Each grant made under this 
        subsection shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary may require to protect the interests of the United 
        States, including the following:
                    ``(A) Records.--The recipient of the grant--
                            ``(i) must keep such records as the 
                        Secretary shall require as being necessary and 
                        appropriate for disclosing the use made of 
                        grant funds; and
                            ``(ii) shall allow the Secretary and the 
                        Comptroller General of the United States, or 
                        any of their authorized representatives, access 
                        to such records for purposes of audit and 
                        examination.
                    ``(B) Amount of grant.--The amount of a grant may 
                not be less than 50 percent of the estimated cost of 
                the project.
                    ``(C) Period of grant.--A grant may not provide 
                funding for more than 2 years from the date of the 
                release of the funds to the grantee.
                    ``(D) Status report.--The recipient of a grant 
                shall submit annually to the Secretary a project status 
                report. The Secretary may not release funds to the 
                recipient for any subsequent period of funding for that 
                grant or for any other grant to that recipient made by 
                the Secretary under this subsection until the Secretary 
                receives that report.''.
    (b) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by this section apply to fiscal years beginning 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) List of regional priorities.--Notwithstanding section 
        2(c)(2)(C) of the Act of August 11, 1939, as amended by 
        subsection (a)(2) of this section, the list of priorities 
        referred to in that section for the first fiscal year beginning 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act is not required to 
        be based on priorities recommended under paragraph (3)(F) of 
        that section.

              TITLE III--ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER ACCOUNTS

SEC. 301. PROGRAM SUPPORT.

    (a) Executive Direction and Administrative Activities.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
executive direction and administrative activities under the Act of 1970 
and any other law involving those activities, $25,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1995 and $25,900,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (b) Systems Acquisition Office.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to operate and maintain the 
Systems Acquisition Office under the Act of 1970, $1,100,000 for fiscal 
year 1995 and $1,140,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (c) Central Administrative Support.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out central 
administrative support activities under the Act of 1970 and any other 
law involving those activities, $38,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
$39,368,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (d) Retired Pay.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Commerce, for retired pay for retired commissioned 
officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under 
the Act of 1970, $7,706,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $7,983,000 for 
fiscal year 1996.
    (e) Marine Services.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to carry out marine services activities 
(including ship operations, maintenance, and support) under the Act of 
1947 and any other law involving those activities, $63,508,000 for 
fiscal year 1995 and $65,794,000 for fiscal year 1996.

                 TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS NOAA PROGRAMS

SEC. 401. NAUTICAL PRODUCTS.

    (a) Deposit and Use of Receipts from Nautical Products.--
Notwithstanding section 1307(b) of title 44, United States Code, one-
sixth of the fees collected each fiscal year from the sale of nautical 
products by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 
from any licensing of those products by the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration which is authorized by law--
            (1) shall be deposited into the Operations, Research, and 
        Facilities account of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration; and
            (2) shall be available to the Secretary of Commerce, in the 
        manner provided for under section 312(d) of the National Marine 
        Sanctuaries Act, only for the acquisition and installation of 
        Physical Ocean Real-Time Systems, the acquisition and 
        maintenance of upgraded hydrographic survey equipment, and 
        other National Ocean Service activities directly related to the 
        modernization and improvement of maritime safety.
    (b) Budgetary Treatment of Receipts from Nautical Products.--
Amounts deposited and available to the Secretary of Commerce under 
subsection (a)(1) and (2)--
            (1) shall not be considered to be offsetting receipts of 
        the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the 
        Department of Commerce; and
            (2) shall not be available for administrative costs of the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the 
        Department of Commerce.
    (c) Deployment of Physical Ocean Real Time System.--No later than 
270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall deploy, in Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel a 
Physical Ocean Real Time System consisting, at a minimum, of current, 
wind, tide, salinity, and water level measuring devices and necessary 
computer links.

SEC. 402. USE OF OCEAN RESEARCH RESOURCES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Changes in the defense needs of the United States have 
        redefined the status of many defense-related assets.
            (2) Observing, monitoring, and predicting the ocean 
        environment has been a high priority for the defense community 
        to support ocean operations.
            (3) Many advances in ocean research have been made by the 
        defense community which could be shared with civilian 
        researchers.
            (4) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
        missions to describe and predict the ocean environment, manage 
        the Nation's ocean and coastal resources, and promote 
        stewardship of the world's oceans would benefit from increased 
        cooperation with defense agencies.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should expand its 
efforts to develop interagency agreements to further the use of 
defense-related technologies, data, and other resources to support its 
oceanic missions.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
        submit to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
        Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
        feasibility of expanding the use of defense-related 
        technologies, data, and other resources to support and enhance 
        the oceanic missions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration.
            (2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (A) a detailed listing of defense-related resources 
                currently available to the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration and the National Ocean and 
                Atmospheric Administration missions which utilize those 
                resources;
                    (B) detailed findings and recommendations, 
                including funding requirements, on the potential for 
                expanding the use of available defense-related 
                resources;
                    (C) a detailed listing and funding history of the 
                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
                resources, including data and technology, which could 
                be supplemented by defense-related resources;
                    (D) a listing of currently unavailable defense-
                related resources, including data and technology, which 
                if made available would enhance the National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration mission performance;
                    (E) recommendations on the regulatory and 
                legislative structures needed to maximize the use of 
                defense-related resources;
                    (F) an assessment of the respective roles in the 
                use of defense-related resources of the Corps, data 
                centers, operational centers, and research facilities 
                of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
                and
                    (G) recommendations on how to provide access to 
                relevant defense-related data for non-Federal 
                scientific users.

SEC. 403. NAUTICAL CHARTING MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
report on the status of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
programs related to marine navigation safety.
    (b) Contents.--The study under subsection (a) shall include the 
funding history of navigation-related programs of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, adjusted for inflation, over at least 
the last 10 fiscal years, and detailed findings and recommendations on 
the following:
            (1) The missions and objectives of the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration's navigation-related programs, 
        including the statutory or other authorities that enable or 
        require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
        conduct those programs.
            (2) The technological, financial, or other factors that 
        limit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
        ability to modernize its navigation-related programs.
            (3) Near-term actions, without regard to financial 
        constraints, that are required to enable the National Oceanic 
        and Atmospheric Administration to address critical deficiencies 
        in its navigation-related programs.
            (4) Actions that need to be taken to allow the National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fulfill its 
        navigation-related responsibilities into the 21st century.
            (5) A comparison of the resources and activities of the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's navigation-
        related programs with those of other Federal agencies 
        supporting the United States maritime infrastructure.
            (6) Past organizational changes within the National Oceanic 
        and Atmospheric Administration and foreseeable future 
        organizational changes that have affected, or would affect, the 
        ability of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
        to provide navigation-related services.

SEC. 404. WEST COAST GROUNDFISH LABORATORY.

    In selecting a site for placement of a replacement for the National 
Marine Fisheries Service Lab at Tiburon, California, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall take into account the following factors:
            (1) The proximity of sites considered to--
                    (A) groundfish fisheries, salmon fisheries, and 
                other unique marine study areas;
                    (B) academic and private research institutions 
                which conduct relevant marine habitat and environmental 
                research;
                    (C) other National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                Administration research and management elements; and
                    (D) other Federal, State, and private marine 
                related research facilities.
            (2) The ability of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration to retain current staff.
            (3) The relative construction and operation costs, 
        including the potential for colocation with other Federal 
        facilities.

SEC. 405. MARINE SANCTUARIES FACILITIES.

    Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall report to the Committee on 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on 
needs of the Department of Commerce for facilities (including real 
property for facilities) for the National Marine Sanctuary Program 
established under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 
et seq.).

SEC. 406. SAN FRANCISCO BAY PORT SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish for San 
Francisco Bay in accordance with this section the safe navigation 
system known as the Physical Ocean Real Time System (known, and 
hereinafter in this section referred to, as the ``PORT System''), after 
completion of implementation of section 401(c).
    (b) Study.--After completion of implementation of section 401(c), 
and not later than 1 year after the date of that completion, the 
Secretary shall conduct a hydrodynamics modeling study of San Francisco 
Bay to determine the appropriate technology and equipment and the 
effective placement of instruments for the establishment of the PORT 
System for San Francisco Bay.
    (c) Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the completion 
        of the study under subsection (b), the Secretary, in 
        consultation with the State of California Office of Oil Spill 
        Prevention and Response and subject to paragraph (2), shall 
        acquire, install, and activate appropriate equipment to 
        establish an operational PORT System for San Francisco Bay.
            (2) Condition.--The Secretary may not take any action under 
        paragraph (1) unless the State of California Office has 
        provided to the Secretary adequate assurances that the State 
        will fund the operation and maintenance of the PORT System for 
        San Francisco Bay after its installation.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section a total of 
$4,200,000 for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

SEC. 407. CONVEYANCE OF NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE LABORATORY AT 
              GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall convey to 
        the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, all right, title, and 
        interest of the United States in and to the property comprising 
        the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory located on 
        Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
            (2) Terms.--A conveyance of property under paragraph (1) 
        shall be made--
                    (A) without payment of consideration; and
                    (B) subject to the terms and conditions specified 
                under subsections (b) and (c).
    (b) Conditions for Transfer.--
            (1) In general.--As a condition of any conveyance of 
        property under this section, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
        shall assume full responsibility for maintenance of the 
        property for as long as the Commonwealth retains the right and 
        title to that property.
            (2) Continued use of property by nmfs.--The Secretary may 
        enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth 
        of Massachusetts under which the National Marine Fisheries 
        Service is authorized to occupy existing laboratory space on 
        the property conveyed under this section, if--
                    (A) the term of the memorandum of understanding is 
                for a period of not longer than 5 years beginning on 
                the date of enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) the square footage of the space to be occupied 
                by the National Marine Fisheries Service does not 
                conflict with the needs of, and is agreeable to, the 
                Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    (c) Reversionary Interest.--All right, title, and interest in and 
to all property conveyed under this section shall revert to the United 
States on the date on which the Commonwealth of Massachusetts uses any 
of the property for any purpose other than the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries resource management program.

SEC. 408. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 3302 (b) and (c) of title 
31, United States Code, and subject to subsection (b) of this section, 
all amounts received by the United States in settlement of, or judgment 
for, damage claims arising from the October 9, 1992, allision of the 
vessel ZACHERY into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
research vessel DISCOVERER--
            (1) shall be retained as an offsetting collection in the 
        Fleet Modernization, Shipbuilding, and Conversion account of 
        the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
            (2) shall be deposited in that account upon receipt by the 
        United States Government; and
            (3) shall be available only for obligation for National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel repairs.
    (b) Limitation.--Not more than $518,757.09 of the amounts referred 
to in subsection (a) may be deposited into the Fleet Modernization, 
Shipbuilding, and Conversion account pursuant to subsection (a).

SEC. 409. NOAA FLEET MODERNIZATION.

    (a) Authority To Contract.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into only the 
        following contracts in fiscal years 1995 and 1996 to implement 
        the Plan:
                    (A) Repairs to extend the service life of the R/V 
                DISCOVERER.
                    (B) Construction of a medium endurance 
                oceanographic research vessel.
                    (C) A service life extension of the R/V DELAWARE 
                II.
                    (D) Conversion of a T-AGOS vessel for oceanographic 
                research.
                    (E) Construction of a coastal/low endurance vessel 
                for living marine research.
                    (F) Leasing to fulfill any NOAA mission 
                requirements.
                    (G) Necessary repairs to and maintenance of any 
                vessel in the NOAA fleet, subject to subsection (b).
                    (H) Necessary requirements, designs, and 
                specifications for future vessel repair, conversion, 
                construction, or lease.
            (2) Contract defined.--Section 602 of the NOAA Fleet 
        Modernization Act (33 U.S.C. 891) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following:
            ``(6) `contract' means any contract or other agreement for 
        the construction, conversion, lease, chartering, service life 
        extension, or repair or maintenance of any vessel of the NOAA 
        fleet, and provision of related equipment, including the 
        development of any necessary requirement, design, or 
        specification. The term includes contracts entered into on 
        behalf of the Secretary by another Federal department, agency, 
        or instrumentality, if the vessel which is the subject of the 
        contract will be operated by or for the benefit of the 
        Department of Commerce.''.
    (b) Limitation on Expenditures for Repairs and Maintenance.--
Notwithstanding any other law, of the total amount appropriated for 
fiscal years 1991 through 1996 to the Fleet Modernization, 
Shipbuilding, and Conversion account of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, not more than 20 percent may be expended by 
the Secretary for repairs and maintenance of vessels in the NOAA fleet.
    (c) Leasing and Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall for each of fiscal 
        years 1995 and 1996, enter into contracts, including service 
        contracts, under the NOAA Fleet Modernization Act (33 U.S.C. 
        891 et seq.) to use University-National Oceanographic 
        Laboratory System or non-Federal vessels.
            (2) Amount subject to obligation.--Amounts subject to 
        obligation under paragraph (1) shall be, for each fiscal year, 
        the greater of $6,000,000 or 10 percent of the amounts 
        appropriated to the Fleet Modernization, Shipbuilding, and 
        Conversion account for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section each of the terms ``contract'', 
``NOAA'', ``NOAA fleet'', ``Plan'', and ``Secretary'' has the meaning 
given to that term in section 602 of the NOAA Fleet Modernization Act 
(33 U.S.C. 891), as amended by this section.

SEC. 410. STUDY OF NOAA CORPS.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Commerce shall, subject to the 
availability of appropriations, contract with the Marine Board of the 
National Research Council to examine and report to the Secretary on the 
appropriate role of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Corps in supporting NOAA missions. In particular, the Marine Board 
shall--
            (1) examine whether there is a continued need for a 
        uniformed service to operate the NOAA fleet, fly weather 
        observations, conduct hydrographic surveys, manage national 
        marine sanctuaries, conduct NOAA research, and participate in 
        other NOAA activities;
            (2) examine the role of the NOAA Corps in modernizing the 
        NOAA fleet and the involvement of the NOAA Corps in obtaining 
        efficient, effective, low-cost ship support of NOAA missions;
            (3) compare the full costs of utilizing the services of the 
        NOAA Corps compared to civilian employees in similar positions; 
        and
            (4) determine whether adequately trained civilian employees 
        are available to fill NOAA Corps positions.
    (b) Deadline.--No later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit the report of the 
Marine Board under subsection (a) to the Committee on Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section, the definitions in section 
409(d) apply.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out this section a 
total of $100,000 for fiscal years 1995 and 1996, to remain available 
until expended.

SEC. 411. UNDERSEA RESEARCH PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration a program to be known as the National 
Undersea Research Program.
    (b) Program Purpose.--The National Undersea Research Program shall 
develop, maintain, and conduct undersea research programs to enhance 
the understanding of processes in the oceans, coastal areas, and large 
lakes of the world through the use and development of undersea 
technologies.
    (c) Center for Gulf of Mexico Region.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
        establish and maintain, at a qualified public institution, a 
        National Undersea Research Program center for the Gulf of 
        Mexico to carry out the National Undersea Research Program for 
        the Gulf of Mexico region.
            (2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        ``qualified public institution'' means a public institution or 
        consortium of public institutions of higher education--
                    (A) located directly on the coastline of, or having 
                direct access to, the Gulf of Mexico, and proximate to 
                the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary;
                    (B) with strong undergraduate and graduate programs 
                in engineering, science, and technology as they may 
                apply to undersea research;
                    (C) with nationally-recognized programs in marine 
                science and maritime studies, including the presence of 
                a degree-granting maritime academy;
                    (D) with facilities for maintaining and operating 
                research and other vessels appropriate for deployment 
                of equipment necessary to conduct undersea research;
                    (E) with faculty and other personnel with expertise 
                in undersea research;
                    (F) which maintains cooperative institutional 
                relationships with Federal agencies responsible for 
                research work in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Gulf 
                of Mexico coast;
                    (G) which participates in cooperative undersea 
                research programs with Mexico; and
                    (H) has received funding for undersea research from 
                the Secretary in the past.
            (3) Limitation.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
        Secretary of Commerce shall not reduce amounts available for 
        carrying out the Memorandum of Agreement Concerning Support of 
        a National Academic Deep Submergence Facility of Scientific 
        Use.

SEC. 412. REPORT ON RESEARCH AND EFFECTS OF CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE 
              ON FRESHWATER SYSTEMS.

    Within 60 days after the date of submission of the President's 
budget request for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall submit a report to the Committee on Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, on--
            (1) the amount of funds allocated and the activities 
        supported for research on the effects of climate and global 
        change on the Nation's major freshwater systems, including 
        international commitments;
            (2) the criteria used in determining those allocations and 
        in selecting those activities; and
            (3) specific proposed agency plans for implementing 
        research programs and activities to evaluate the effects of 
        climate and global change on the Nation's major freshwater 
        systems.

SEC. 413. PROMOTION AND COORDINATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH 
              RESERVES.

    The Secretary of Commerce shall take such action as is necessary 
and reasonable to promote and coordinate the use of National Estuarine 
Research Reserves for research, monitoring, and education purposes. 
Such action may include consulting with Federal agencies, States, local 
governments, regional agencies, interstate agencies, or other persons 
to promote use of one or more such reserves for research, monitoring, 
and education, including coordination with the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Program.

SEC. 414. STUDY ON EFFECTS OF DOLPHIN FEEDING.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study on the 
effects of feeding noncaptive dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico and 
Southern Atlantic Ocean. The study shall consider the potential impacts 
on the behavior or general health of wild populations of dolphins 
resulting from this feeding.
    (b) Use of the Study.--The Secretary of Commerce shall use the 
results of the study required under subsection (a) in determining 
whether and under what conditions feeding noncaptive dolphins may be 
authorized.
    (c) Report.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
results of the study.

SEC. 415. FLOWER GARDEN BANKS BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

    (a) Modification.--Notwithstanding section 304 of the National 
Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1434), the boundaries of the Flower 
Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, as designated by Public Law 
102-251, are amended to include the area described in subsection (d), 
popularly known as Stetson Bank. This area shall be part of the Flower 
Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and shall be managed and 
regulated as though it had been designated by the Secretary of Commerce 
under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.
    (b) Depiction of Sanctuary Boundaries.--The Secretary of Commerce 
shall--
            (1) prepare a chart depicting the boundaries of the Flower 
        Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, as modified by this 
        section; and
            (2) submit copies of this chart to the Committee on 
        Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
        the Senate.
    (c) Application of Regulations.--Regulations issued by the 
Secretary of Commerce to implement the designation of the Flower Garden 
Banks National Marine Sanctuary shall apply to the area described in 
subsection (d), unless modified by the Secretary. This subsection shall 
take effect 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Area Described.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        area referred to in subsections (a), (b), and (c) is the area 
        that is--
                    (A) generally depicted on the Department of the 
                Interior, Minerals Management Service map titled 
                ``Western Gulf of Mexico, Lease Sale 143, September 
                1993, Biologically Sensitive Areas, Map 3 of 3, 
                Final'';
                    (B) labeled ``Stetson'' on the High Island Area 
                South Addition diagram on that map; and
                    (C) within the 52 meter isobath.
            (2) Minor boundary adjustments.--The Secretary of Commerce 
        may make minor adjustments to the boundaries of the area 
        described in paragraph (1) as necessary to protect the living 
        coral resources of Stetson Bank or to simplify administration 
        of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
    (e) Publication of Notice.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall, as soon 
        as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        publish in the Federal Register a notice describing--
                    (A) the boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks 
                National Marine Sanctuary, as modified by this section, 
                and
                    (B) any modification of regulations applicable to 
                that Sanctuary that are necessary to implement that 
                modification of the boundaries of the Sanctuary.
            (2) Treatment as notice required under national marine 
        sanctuaries act.--A notice published under paragraph (1) shall 
        be considered to be the notice required to be published under 
        section 304(b)(1) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 
        U.S.C. 1434).

SEC. 416. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL COASTAL RESOURCES RESEARCH 
              AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.

    (a) Administration of Institute.--Section 201(a) of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 for fiscal years 1985 through 1988, and 
for other purposes'' (16 U.S.C. 1463b(a)) is amended by striking ``by 
the Oregon State Marine Science Center'' and inserting ``by the Oregon 
State System of Higher Education''.
    (b) Functions of Institute.--Section 201(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1463b(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) The Institute shall promote the economic growth and 
prosperity of the United States by transferring research and technology 
into applications to improve the economic, environmental, and social 
well-being of the Nation's coastal communities and the competitiveness 
of coastal businesses.''.
    (c) Membership of Board of Governors.--Section 201(c)(1) of such 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1463b(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c)(1) The policies of the Institute shall be determined by a 
Board of Governors composed of--
            ``(A) 1 representative appointed by the Chancellor of the 
        Oregon State System of Higher Education; and
            ``(B) 1 representative of each of the following regions, 
        appointed jointly by Governors of the States comprising that 
        region:
                    ``(i) The Alaska region, consisting of Alaska.
                    ``(ii) The Northwest Pacific Coast region, 
                consisting of Oregon and Washington.
                    ``(iii) The Southwest Pacific Coast region, 
                consisting of California.
                    ``(iv) The Pacific Islands region, consisting of 
                Hawaii, American Samoa, and Guam.
                    ``(v) The Great Lakes region, consisting of 
                Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, 
                Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
                    ``(vi) The Gulf Coast region, consisting of Texas, 
                Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
                    ``(vii) The South Atlantic and Caribbean region, 
                consisting of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Puerto 
                Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
                    ``(viii) The Mid-Atlantic region, consisting of 
                Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.
                    ``(ix) The North Atlantic region, consisting of New 
                Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, 
                Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.''.
    (d) Advisory Council.--Section 201(d)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1463b(d)(1)) is amended by inserting ``and leaders in coastal 
communities and businesses'' after ``community''.
    (e) Conforming Amendment.--Section 201(e) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1463b(e)) is amended by striking ``Oregon Board of Higher Education'' 
and inserting ``Oregon State System of Higher Education''.
    (f) Reports.--Section 201(g) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1463b(g)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) The Institute shall report to the Congress on its activities 
annually, and shall report to the Secretary of Commerce in a like 
manner biennially.''.

SEC. 417. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PROMOTION OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN 
              IN COASTAL AND OCEAN PROGRAMS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration should develop and promote programs that 
reach out to and recruit minorities and women for education in the 
sciences and take actions to increase the direct involvement of 
underrepresented minorities in coastal and ocean resource stewardship 
programs carried out directly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and in partnership with State and local governments, 
universities, and other entities. To this end, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration should create minority internship programs 
to develop a pool of professionals in coastal and ocean science and 
management, and to make these programs an eligible use of grant and 
program funds distributed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to States, universities, and other entities.

SEC. 418. CHESAPEAKE BAY.

    (a) Repeal.--If by December 1, 1994, the Secretary of Commerce 
fails to obligate all funds appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 
by Public Law 103-121 for oyster disease research, section 307 of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 
1511d), requiring the establishment of a National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Resources Office, 
is repealed.
    (b) Assignment of Functions.--If section 307 of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 1511d) is 
repealed by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall 
immediately--
            (1) enter into a cooperative agreement with the directors 
        of the Maryland and Virginia Sea Grant colleges to administer 
        all funds appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce under any 
        law for oyster disease research and Chesapeake Bay studies; and
            (2) transfer the functions of the former National Oceanic 
        and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Estuarine 
        Resources Office to the Director of the Coastal Ocean Program.
The Director may delegate any of the functions transferred under 
paragraph (2) to the directors of the Maryland and Virginia Sea Grant 
colleges under the cooperative agreement required under paragraph (1).
    (c) Repeal and Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) Repeal.--Section 2(e) of the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program 
        Authorization Act (Public Law 98-210, 97 Stat. 1409) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Authorization.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Secretary of Commerce to implement section 307 of the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1992 (15 
        U.S.C. 1511d) and this section, $2,500,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 1995 and 1996, to remain available until expended.

SEC. 419. WEATHER REPORTING STATIONS FOR PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND.

    (a) Installation.--To provide more comprehensive weather 
information to ensure the safety of fishermen and tank vessels and to 
protect the resources of Prince William Sound from potential oil 
spills, the Secretary of Commerce may expend $340,000 to acquire, 
construct, and install weather reporting stations in Prince William 
Sound, Alaska, as follows:
            (1) In the vicinity of Seal Rocks, to acquire and install a 
        weather buoy capable of measuring and reporting wind speed and 
        direction, barometric pressure, wave height and period, and air 
        temperature.
            (2) On the existing tower at Bligh Reef, to acquire and 
        install a weather instrument capable of measuring and reporting 
        wind speed and direction.
            (3) At Potato Point, to relocate the existing anemometer to 
        a more exposed location in order to provide more accurate 
        information.
            (4) At the Hinchinbrook Lighthouse site, to acquire and 
        install an anemometer.
    (b) Maintenance.--The Secretary of Commerce may expend $160,000 in 
each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 to maintain the equipment identified 
in subsection (a).

                   TITLE V--GREAT LAKES IMPROVEMENTS

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Great Lakes Improvements Act''.

SEC. 502. GREAT LAKES OFFICE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Under Secretary may establish and maintain 
within the Administration a Great Lakes Office in the Washington, 
District of Columbia area.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Great Lakes Office shall be to 
promote and coordinate Administration research, monitoring, and 
assessment work in the Great Lakes region consistent with the goals of 
the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
    (c) Director.--The Director of the Great Lakes Office shall be an 
individual with extensive knowledge and expertise in the Great Lakes 
ecosystem, and with appropriate administrative experience.

SEC. 503. GREAT LAKES REPORT.

    (a) Contents.--Subject to the availability of appropriations under 
section 505, the Under Secretary, in consultation with the Director of 
the Great Lakes Office if established, shall prepare and submit to 
Congress an annual Great Lakes Report in accordance with this section. 
The Report shall provide information relating to Great Lakes ecosystem 
research, monitoring, and assessment, including--
            (1) the individual activities, projects, or proposals 
        conducted by the Administration in the previous fiscal year, 
        including a summary of funds expended in support of these 
        activities, projects, or proposals;
            (2) the amount of funds received from the Administration by 
        each State or local government unit bordering the Great Lakes;
            (3) the amount of funds received by individuals or 
        institutions residing or located within a State bordering the 
        Great Lakes;
            (4) an inventory of Administration facilities and personnel 
        located in a State bordering the Great Lakes or in the Great 
        Lakes used to conduct or support Administration-funded 
        activities, projects, or proposals in the Great Lakes, 
        including vessels;
            (5) the proposed Administration activities, projects, and 
        proposals to benefit the Great Lakes ecosystem for the current 
        fiscal year, including requested funds; and
            (6) a proposal for increasing the presence of the 
        Administration in the Great Lakes, and improving the 
        coordination of research within the Administration and with 
        other entities, including the Government of Canada.
    (b) Deadline.--Subject to the availability of appropriations under 
section 505, the Under Secretary shall submit the Great Lakes Report to 
the Congress by October 1 of 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.

SEC. 504. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title--
            (1) the term ``Administration'' means the National Oceanic 
        and Atmospheric Administration;
            (2) the term ``Great Lakes'' means--
                    (A) Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake 
                Ontario, and Lake Superior;
                    (B) their connecting waters, including the St. 
                Marys River, the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the 
                Detroit River, and the Niagara River; and
                    (C) the St. Lawrence River;
            (3) the term ``Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement'' means 
        the bilateral agreement between the United States and Canada 
        which was signed in 1978 and amended by the Protocol of 1987; 
        and
            (4) the term ``Under Secretary'' means the Under Secretary 
        of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.

SEC. 505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary to 
carry out this title $100,000 for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 
1997, and 1998.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Authorization Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act, the term--
            (1) ``Act of 1890'' means the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        increase the efficiency and reduce the expenses of the Signal 
        Corps of the Army, and to transfer the Weather Bureau to the 
        Department of Agriculture'', approved October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. 
        653);
            (2) ``Act of 1947'' means the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic 
        Survey, and for other purposes'', approved August 6, 1947 (33 
        U.S.C. 883a et seq.); and
            (3) ``Act of 1970'' means the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        clarify the status and benefits of commissioned officers of the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other 
        purposes'', approved December 31, 1970 (33 U.S.C. 857-1 et 
        seq.).

                TITLE I--NOAA OCEAN AND COASTAL PROGRAMS

SEC. 101. NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE.

    (a) Mapping and Charting.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out mapping and charting 
        activities under the Act of 1947 and any other law involving 
        those activities, $29,005,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
        $30,049,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (2) Automated nautical charting.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop and 
        implement an automated nautical charting system, $1,300,000 for 
        fiscal year 1995 and $1,347,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (b) Geodesy.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to carry out geodesy activities under the Act of 1947 
and any other law involving those activities, $19,332,000 for fiscal 
year 1995 and $20,028,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (c) Observation and Prediction.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out observation and 
        prediction activities under the Act of 1947 and any other law 
        involving those activities, $12,429,000 for fiscal year 1995 
        and $12,876,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (2) Circulatory survey program.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
        the Circulatory Survey Program, $700,000 for fiscal year 1995 
        and $725,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (3) Ocean and earth sciences.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
        ocean and earth science activities, $4,442,000 for fiscal year 
        1995 and $4,602,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (4) Center for ocean analysis and prediction.--In addition 
        to amounts authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue the 
        activities of the Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction, 
        $400,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $414,000 for fiscal year 
        1996.
            (5) Observation buoys.--In addition to amounts authorized 
        under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to operate and maintain observation 
        buoys in the Chesapeake Bay, $400,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
        $414,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (d) Estuarine and Coastal Assessment.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to support estuarine and coastal 
        assessment activities under the Act of 1947 and any other law 
        involving those activities, $2,420,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
        $2,507,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (2) Ocean assessment.--In addition to amounts authorized 
        under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out the National Status and 
        Trends Program, the Strategic Environmental Assessment Program, 
        and the Hazardous Materials Response Program, $18,945,000 for 
        fiscal year 1995 and $19,627,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (3) Damage assessment program.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
        the Damage Assessment Program, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1995 
        and $1,554,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (4) Coastal ocean program.--In addition to amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
        the Coastal Ocean Program, $11,433,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
        $11,845,000 for fiscal year 1996. Of the amounts authorized 
        under this paragraph for fiscal years 1995 and 1996, a total of 
        $120,000 is available until expended to study the use of 
        oceanographic data obtained from satellite imagery and other 
        sources to determine and predict the presence of endangered sea 
        turtles in the Gulf of Mexico.
    (e) Ocean Management.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to carry out deep ocean mineral and ocean 
energy activities, $500,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

SEC. 102. OCEAN AND GREAT LAKES RESEARCH.

    (a) Marine Prediction Research.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out marine prediction 
        research activities under the Act of 1947, the Act of 1890, and 
        any other law involving those activities, $10,000,000 for 
        fiscal year 1995 and $10,360,000 for fiscal year 1996.
            (2) Great lakes environmental research laboratory.--
                    (A) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, for the 
                operation and maintenance of the Great Lakes 
                Environmental Research Laboratory, $4,558,000 for 
                fiscal year 1995 and $4,722,000 for fiscal year 1996.
                    (B) Great lakes nearshore research.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
                Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration to carry out nearshore 
                research activities of the Great Lakes Environmental 
                Research Laboratory, $500,000 for each of fiscal years 
                1995 and 1996.
                    (C) Zebra mussel research.--In addition to amounts 
                authorized under subparagraph (A), there are authorized 
                to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to 
                enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                Administration to carry out zebra mussel research 
                activities of the Great Lakes Environmental Research 
                Laboratory under the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
                Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701 et 
                seq.), $911,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $1,125,000 for 
                fiscal year 1996.
            (3) Southeast florida and caribbean recruitment program.--
        In addition to amounts authorized under paragraph (1), there 
        are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 
        a total of $2,000,000 for fiscal years 1995 and 1996 to enable 
        the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry 
        out, through the Cooperative Institute for Marine and 
        Atmospheric Studies, collaborative investigations to examine 
        the physical and biological processes which--
                    (A) occur in tropical marine environments in 
                coastal waters of the United States, Florida, and the 
                Caribbean; and
                    (B) impact variability and development of fisheries 
                resources.
    (b) National Undersea Research Program.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out undersea research 
activities under the National Undersea Research Program established by 
section 411, $22,100,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $24,200,000 for 
fiscal year 1996, of which $1,250,000 shall be available each fiscal 
year for implementing section 411(c).
    (c) Climate and Global Change Research.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to carry out climate and global 
        change research activities, $66,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 
        and $84,012,000 for fiscal year 1996. Of sums appropriated 
        under this subsection, sufficient funds should be made 
        available by the Secretary of Commerce to initiate and support 
        research on the effects of climate and global change on the 
        Nation's major freshwater systems, including the Great Lakes 
        and the Mississippi River.
            (2) Environmental observations.--In addition to the amounts 
        authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), there is 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 
        $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for a program 
        to increase scientific understanding of the earth by using a 
        network of schools to collect environmental observations. 
        Beginning in fiscal year 1996, amounts appropriated for such 
        program may be obligated only to the extent that an equal or 
        greater amount of non-Federal funding is provided for such 
        program.
            (3) Implementation of landsat agreement.--Section 103 of 
        the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 is amended by adding 
        at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Implementation of Agreement.--If negotiations under 
subsection (a) result in an agreement that the Landsat Program 
Management determines generally achieves the goals stated in subsection 
(a)(1) through (8), the Landsat Program Management shall award an 
extension, until the practical demise of Landsat 4 or Landsat 5, 
whichever occurs later, of the existing contract with the Landsat 6 
contractor incorporating the terms of such agreement.''.

                 TITLE II--NOAA MARINE FISHERY PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine 
Fisheries Program Authorization Act (Public Law 98-210; 97 Stat. 1409) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 2(a) by--
                    (A) striking ``1992 and'' and inserting ``1992,''; 
                and
                    (B) inserting after ``1993'' the following: ``, 
                $51,092,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $52,931,000 for 
                fiscal year 1996'';
            (2) in section 3(a) by--
                    (A) striking ``1992 and'' and inserting ``1992,''; 
                and
                    (B) inserting after ``1993'' the following: ``, 
                $14,198,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $14,709,000 for 
                fiscal year 1996''; and
            (3) in section 4(a) by--
                    (A) striking ``1992 and'' and inserting ``1992,''; 
                and
                    (B) inserting after ``1993'' the following: ``, 
                $17,089,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $17,704,000 for 
                fiscal year 1996''.

SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936.

    Section 1104A(b)(2) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. 
U.S.C. 1274(b)(2)), is amended in the third proviso by striking ``, 
except that no debt may be placed under this proviso through the 
Federal Financing Bank''.

SEC. 203. SCALLOP RESTORATION PROGRAM.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Commerce $200,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996, for the 
establishment and maintenance of a scallop restoration program for Long 
Island Sound.

SEC. 204. SALTONSTALL-KENNEDY PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (15 U.S.C. 
713c-3), popularly known as the ``Saltonstall-Kennedy Act'', is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Sec. 2.'' the second place it appears;
            (2) in subsection (b)(1) by--
                    (A) striking subparagraph (B);
                    (B) striking ``only for--'' and all that follows 
                through ``the Secretary--'' and inserting ``only for 
                use by the Secretary--'';
                    (C) redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) in 
                order as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C); and
                    (D) moving subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, 2 
                ems to the left so that the left margin of those 
                subparagraphs is aligned with the left margin of 
                section 2(a)(5) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 713c-3(a)(5)); 
                and
            (3) by striking the designation and heading for subsection 
        (c) and all that follows through paragraph (4) of that 
        subsection, and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Fisheries Research and Development Projects.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants from the 
        fund established under subsection (b) for the purpose of 
        assisting persons in carrying out research and development 
        projects to promote the sustainable use and development of 
        United States fisheries, including harvesting, processing, 
        aquaculture, marketing, and associated infrastructures.
            ``(2) Secretary's duties.--The Secretary shall each fiscal 
        year--
                    ``(A) receive at least once, during a 60-day period 
                specified by the Secretary, applications for grants 
                under this subsection pursuant to a Request for 
                Proposals published in the Federal Register;
                    ``(B) prescribe in that Request for Proposals the 
                form and manner in which applications for grants under 
                this subsection must be made, including the 
                specification of the information which must accompany 
                applications to ensure that the proposed projects 
                comply with Federal law and can be properly evaluated 
                under paragraph (3);
                    ``(C) include in that Request for Proposals a list 
                of priorities for grants under this subsection that is 
                based on the priorities recommended for the fiscal year 
                under paragraph (3)(F); and
                    ``(D) approve or disapprove each such application--
                            ``(i) based primarily on the 
                        recommendations of the grants review panel 
                        established under paragraph (3) for the fiscal 
                        year; and
                            ``(ii) before the end of the 90-day period 
                        beginning on the day after the last day of the 
                        application period specified in the Request for 
                        Proposals under subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(E) to the extent amounts are available, obligate 
                funds for grants for approved applications before the 
                end of the fiscal year for which the funds are 
                available, except that up to 10 percent of funds 
                available for a fiscal year may be obligated in the 
                next fiscal year.
            ``(3) Evaluation and approval of proposals.--
                    ``(A) Suitability for evaluation.--For each 
                application received under paragraph (2) in a fiscal 
                year, the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) make a determination whether the 
                        project proposed in the application meets the 
                        requirements of this subsection and is 
                        consistent with the priorities recommended for 
                        the fiscal year under subparagraph (F); and
                            ``(ii) if so, forward the proposal to the 
                        grants review panel established for the fiscal 
                        year under subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Grants review panel.--Each fiscal year, the 
                Secretary shall establish a grants review panel that 
                consists of individuals with expertise in fisheries 
                research, development, or management, that represents a 
                balance among those disciplines, that is balanced in 
                the representation of those disciplines, and that is 
                balanced in the representation of the geographic 
                regions of the United States. Each grants review panel 
                shall review each proposal forwarded by the Secretary 
                under subparagraph (A)(ii) and make recommendations to 
                the Secretary for awarding grants under this subsection 
                among those proposals for the fiscal year, subject to 
                the criteria described in subparagraph (C) and 
                consistent with the funding available for the fiscal 
                year.
                    ``(C) Criteria for evaluation of proposals.--Each 
                grants review panel shall evaluate each proposal as 
                to--
                            ``(i) the value of the proposal in 
                        promoting the purpose described in paragraph 
                        (1) in general and in fulfilling the applicable 
                        regional priorities recommended under 
                        subparagraph (F);
                            ``(ii) the soundness of its design 
                        (including the likelihood of securing useful 
                        results, and the organization and management of 
                        the proposal);
                            ``(iii) the minimization of duplication 
                        within fisheries research and development 
                        activities; and
                            ``(iv) based on the criteria in clauses 
                        (i), (ii) and (iii), the overall quality and 
                        rank of the proposal relative to the other 
                        proposals under review.
                    ``(D) Industrial partners.--In evaluating and 
                ranking proposals under this subsection that are of 
                equivalent overall quality and rank based on the 
                criteria set forth in subparagraph (C), a grants review 
                panel and the Secretary shall give preference to 
                proposals in which at least 1 of the persons that would 
                be a principal grantee under the proposal receives a 
                substantial portion of income from seafood harvesting, 
                processing, marketing, or propagation.
                    ``(E) Notice of decision by the secretary.--If the 
                Secretary approves or disapproves an application for a 
                proposal contrary to the recommendations of a grants 
                review panel, the Secretary shall notify the panel, the 
                Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House 
                of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
                Science, and Transportation of the Senate in writing of 
                that decision, including the reasons for that decision.
                    ``(F) Recommendations for future funding 
                priorities.--Each grants review panel shall, after 
                evaluating proposals and making grants recommendations, 
                and after consulting with interested parties, recommend 
                to the Secretary for the next fiscal year national and 
                regional priorities for grants under this subsection.
            ``(4) Terms and conditions.--Each grant made under this 
        subsection shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary may require to protect the interests of the United 
        States, including the following:
                    ``(A) Records.--The recipient of the grant--
                            ``(i) must keep such records as the 
                        Secretary shall require as being necessary and 
                        appropriate for disclosing the use made of 
                        grant funds; and
                            ``(ii) shall allow the Secretary and the 
                        Comptroller General of the United States, or 
                        any of their authorized representatives, access 
                        to such records for purposes of audit and 
                        examination.
                    ``(B) Amount of grant.--The amount of a grant may 
                not be less than 50 percent of the estimated cost of 
                the project.
                    ``(C) Period of grant.--A grant may not provide 
                funding for more than 2 years from the date of the 
                release of the funds to the grantee.
                    ``(D) Status report.--The recipient of a grant 
                shall submit annually to the Secretary a project status 
                report. The Secretary may not release funds to the 
                recipient for any subsequent period of funding for that 
                grant or for any other grant to that recipient made by 
                the Secretary under this subsection until the Secretary 
                receives that report.''.
    (b) Application.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by this section apply to fiscal years beginning 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) List of regional priorities.--Notwithstanding section 
        2(c)(2)(C) of the Act of August 11, 1939, as amended by 
        subsection (a)(2) of this section, the list of priorities 
        referred to in that section for the first fiscal year beginning 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act is not required to 
        be based on priorities recommended under paragraph (3)(F) of 
        that section.

              TITLE III--ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER ACCOUNTS

SEC. 301. PROGRAM SUPPORT.

    (a) Executive Direction and Administrative Activities.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 
executive direction and administrative activities under the Act of 1970 
and any other law involving those activities, $25,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1995 and $25,900,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (b) Systems Acquisition Office.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to operate and maintain the 
Systems Acquisition Office under the Act of 1970, $1,100,000 for fiscal 
year 1995 and $1,140,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (c) Central Administrative Support.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out central 
administrative support activities under the Act of 1970 and any other 
law involving those activities, $38,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
$39,368,000 for fiscal year 1996.
    (d) Retired Pay.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Commerce, for retired pay for retired commissioned 
officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under 
the Act of 1970, $7,706,000 for fiscal year 1995 and $7,983,000 for 
fiscal year 1996.
    (e) Marine Services.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to carry out marine services activities 
(including ship operations, maintenance, and support) under the Act of 
1947 and any other law involving those activities, $63,508,000 for 
fiscal year 1995 and $65,794,000 for fiscal year 1996.

                 TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS NOAA PROGRAMS

SEC. 401. NAUTICAL PRODUCTS.

    (a) Deposit and Use of Receipts from Nautical Products.--
Notwithstanding section 1307(b) of title 44, United States Code, one-
sixth of the fees collected each fiscal year from the sale of nautical 
products by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 
from any licensing of those products by the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration which is authorized by law--
            (1) shall be deposited into the Operations, Research, and 
        Facilities account of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration; and
            (2) shall be available to the Secretary of Commerce, in the 
        manner provided for under section 312(d) of the National Marine 
        Sanctuaries Act, only for the acquisition and installation of 
        Physical Ocean Real-Time Systems, the acquisition and 
        maintenance of upgraded hydrographic survey equipment, and 
        other National Ocean Service activities directly related to the 
        modernization and improvement of maritime safety.
    (b) Budgetary Treatment of Receipts from Nautical Products.--
Amounts deposited and available to the Secretary of Commerce under 
subsection (a)(1) and (2)--
            (1) shall not be considered to be offsetting receipts of 
        the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the 
        Department of Commerce; and
            (2) shall not be available for administrative costs of the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the 
        Department of Commerce.
    (c) Deployment of Physical Ocean Real Time System.--No later than 
270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall deploy, in Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel a 
Physical Ocean Real Time System consisting, at a minimum, of current, 
wind, tide, salinity, and water level measuring devices and necessary 
computer links.

SEC. 402. USE OF OCEAN RESEARCH RESOURCES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Changes in the defense needs of the United States have 
        redefined the status of many defense-related assets.
            (2) Observing, monitoring, and predicting the ocean 
        environment has been a high priority for the defense community 
        to support ocean operations.
            (3) Many advances in ocean research have been made by the 
        defense community which could be shared with civilian 
        researchers.
            (4) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
        missions to describe and predict the ocean environment, manage 
        the Nation's ocean and coastal resources, and promote 
        stewardship of the world's oceans would benefit from increased 
        cooperation with defense agencies.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should expand its 
efforts to develop interagency agreements to further the use of 
defense-related technologies, data, and other resources to support its 
oceanic missions.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
        submit to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
        Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
        feasibility of expanding the use of defense-related 
        technologies, data, and other resources to support and enhance 
        the oceanic missions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration.
            (2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (A) a detailed listing of defense-related resources 
                currently available to the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration and the National Oceanic and 
                Atmospheric Administration missions which utilize those 
                resources;
                    (B) detailed findings and recommendations, 
                including funding requirements, on the potential for 
                expanding the use of available defense-related 
                resources;
                    (C) a detailed listing and funding history of the 
                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
                resources, including data and technology, which could 
                be supplemented by defense-related resources;
                    (D) a listing of currently unavailable defense-
                related resources, including data and technology, which 
                if made available would enhance the National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration mission performance;
                    (E) recommendations on the regulatory and 
                legislative structures needed to maximize the use of 
                defense-related resources;
                    (F) an assessment of the respective roles in the 
                use of defense-related resources of the Corps, data 
                centers, operational centers, and research facilities 
                of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
                and
                    (G) recommendations on how to provide access to 
                relevant defense-related data for non-Federal 
                scientific users.

SEC. 403. NAUTICAL CHARTING MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
report on the status of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
programs related to marine navigation safety.
    (b) Contents.--The study under subsection (a) shall include the 
funding history of navigation-related programs of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, adjusted for inflation, over at least 
the last 10 fiscal years, and detailed findings and recommendations on 
the following:
            (1) The missions and objectives of National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration's navigation-related programs, 
        including regarding the statutory or other authorities that 
        enable or require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration to conduct those programs.
            (2) The technological, financial, or other factors that 
        limit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
        ability to modernize its navigation-related programs.
            (3) Near-term actions, without regard to financial 
        constraints, that are required to enable National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration to address critical deficiencies in 
        its navigation-related programs.
            (4) Actions that need to be taken to allow the National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fulfill its 
        navigation-related responsibilities into the 21st century.
            (5) A comparison of the resources and activities of 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's navigation-
        related programs with those of other Federal agencies 
        supporting the United States maritime infrastructure.
            (6) Past organizational changes within the National Oceanic 
        and Atmospheric Administration and foreseeable future 
        organizational changes that have affected, or would affect, the 
        ability of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
        to provide navigation-related services.

SEC. 404. WEST COAST GROUNDFISH LABORATORY.

    In selecting a site for placement of a replacement for the National 
Marine Fisheries Service Lab at Tiburon, California, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall take into account the following factors:
            (1) The proximity of sites considered to--
                    (A) groundfish fisheries, salmon fisheries, and 
                other unique marine study areas;
                    (B) academic and private research institutions 
                which conduct relevant marine habitat and environmental 
                research;
                    (C) other National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                Administration research and management elements; and
                    (D) other Federal, State, and private marine 
                related research facilities.
            (2) The ability of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
        Administration to retain current staff.
            (3) The relative construction and operation costs, 
        including the potential for collocation with other Federal 
        facilities.

SEC. 405. MARINE SANCTUARIES FACILITIES.

    Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall report to the Committee on 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on 
needs of the Department of Commerce for facilities (including real 
property for facilities) for the National Marine Sanctuary Program 
established under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 
et seq.).

SEC. 406. SAN FRANCISCO BAY PORT SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish for San 
Francisco Bay in accordance with this section the safe navigation 
system known as the Physical Ocean Real Time System (known, and 
hereinafter in this section referred to, as the ``PORT System''), after 
completion of implementation of section 401(c).
    (b) Study.--After completion of implementation of section 401(c), 
and not later than 1 year after the date of that completion, the 
Secretary shall conduct a hydrodynamics modeling study of San Francisco 
Bay to determine the appropriate technology and equipment and the 
effective placement of instruments for the establishment of the PORT 
System for San Francisco Bay.
    (c) Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the completion 
        of the study under subsection (b), the Secretary, in 
        consultation with the State of California Office of Oil Spill 
        Prevention and Response and subject to paragraph (2), shall 
        acquire, install, and activate appropriate equipment to 
        establish an operational PORT System for the San Francisco Bay.
            (2) Condition.--The Secretary may not take any action under 
        paragraph (1) unless the State of California Office has 
        provided to the Secretary adequate assurances that the State 
        will fund the operation and maintenance of the PORT System for 
        San Francisco Bay after its installation.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $4,200,000 for 
fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

SEC. 407. CONVEYANCE OF NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE LABORATORY AT 
              GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall convey to 
        the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, all right, title, and 
        interest of the United States in and to the property comprising 
        the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory located on 
        Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
            (2) Terms.--A conveyance of property under paragraph (1) 
        shall be made--
                    (A) without payment of consideration; and
                    (B) subject to the terms and conditions specified 
                under subsections (b) and (c).
    (b) Conditions for Transfer.--
            (1) In general.--As a condition of any conveyance of 
        property under this section, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
        shall assume full responsibility for maintenance of the 
        property for as long as the Commonwealth retains the right and 
        title to that property.
            (2) Continued use of property by nmfs.--The Secretary may 
        enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth 
        of Massachusetts under which the National Marine Fisheries 
        Service is authorized to occupy existing laboratory space on 
        the property conveyed under this section, if--
                    (A) the term of the memorandum of understanding is 
                for a period of not longer than 5 years beginning on 
                the date of enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) the square footage of the space to be occupied 
                by the National Marine Fisheries Service does not 
                conflict with the needs of, and is agreeable to, the 
                Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    (c) Reversionary Interest.--All right, title, and interest in and 
to all property conveyed under this section shall revert to the United 
States on the date on which the Commonwealth of Massachusetts uses any 
of the property for any purpose other than the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries resource management program.

SEC. 408. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 3302 (b) and (c) of title 
31, United States Code, and subject to subsection (b) of this section, 
all amounts received by the United States in settlement of, or judgment 
for, damage claims arising from the October 9, 1992, allision of the 
vessel ZACHERY into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
research vessel DISCOVERER--
            (1) shall be retained as an offsetting collection in the 
        Fleet Modernization, Shipbuilding, and Conversion account of 
        the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
            (2) shall be deposited in that account upon receipt by the 
        United States Government; and
            (3) shall be available only for obligation for National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel repairs.
    (b) Limitation.--Not more than $518,757.09 of the amounts referred 
to in subsection (a) may be deposited into the Fleet Modernization, 
Shipbuilding, and Conversion account pursuant to subsection (a).

SEC. 409. NOAA FLEET MODERNIZATION.

    (a) Authority To Contract.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into only the 
        following contracts in fiscal years 1995 and 1996 to implement 
        the Plan:
                    (A) Repairs to extend the service life of the R/V 
                DISCOVERER.
                    (B) Construction of a medium endurance 
                oceanographic research vessel.
                    (C) A service life extension of the R/V DELAWARE 
                II.
                    (D) Conversion of a T-AGOS vessel for oceanographic 
                research.
                    (E) Construction of a coastal/low endurance vessel 
                for living marine research.
                    (F) Leasing to fulfill any NOAA mission 
                requirements.
                    (G) Necessary repairs to and maintenance of any 
                vessel in the NOAA fleet, subject to subsection (b).
                    (H) Necessary requirements, designs, and 
                specifications for future vessel repair, conversion, 
                construction, or lease.
            (2) Contract defined.--Section 602 of the NOAA Fleet 
        Modernization Act (33 U.S.C. 891) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following:
            ``(6) `contract' means any contract or other agreement for 
        the construction, conversion, lease, chartering, service life 
        extension, or repair or maintenance of any vessel of the NOAA 
        fleet, and provision of related equipment, including the 
        development of any necessary requirement, design, or 
        specification. The term includes contracts entered into on 
        behalf of the Secretary by another Federal department, agency, 
        or instrumentality, if the vessel which is the subject of the 
        contract will be operated by or for the benefit of the 
        Department of Commerce.''.
    (b) Limitation on Expenditures for Repairs and Maintenance.--
Notwithstanding any other law, of the total amount appropriated for 
fiscal years 1991 through 1996 to the Fleet Modernization, 
Shipbuilding, and Conversion account of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, not more than 20 percent may be expended by 
the Secretary for repairs and maintenance of vessels in the NOAA fleet.
    (c) Leasing and Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall for each of fiscal 
        years 1995 and 1996, enter into contracts or service contracts 
        under the NOAA Fleet Modernization Act (33 U.S.C. 891 et seq.) 
        to use University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System or 
        non-Federal vessels.
            (2) Amount subject to obligation.--Amounts subject to 
        obligation under paragraph (1) shall be, for each fiscal year, 
        the greater of $6,000,000 or 10 percent of the amounts 
        appropriated to the Fleet Modernization, Shipbuilding, and 
        Conversion account for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section each of the terms ``contract'', 
``NOAA'', ``NOAA fleet'', ``Plan'', and ``Secretary'' has the meaning 
given to that term in section 602 of the NOAA Fleet Modernization Act 
(33 U.S.C. 891), as amended by this section.

SEC. 410. STUDY OF NOAA CORPS.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Commerce shall, subject to the 
availability of appropriations, contract with the Marine Board of the 
National Research Council to examine and report to the Secretary on the 
appropriate role of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Corps in supporting NOAA missions. In particular, the Marine Board 
shall--
            (1) examine whether there is a continued need for a 
        uniformed service to operate the NOAA fleet, fly weather 
        observations, conduct hydrographic surveys, manage national 
        marine sanctuaries, conduct NOAA research, and participate in 
        other NOAA activities;
            (2) examine the role of the NOAA Corps in modernizing the 
        NOAA fleet and the involvement of the NOAA Corps in obtaining 
        efficient, effective, low-cost ship support of NOAA missions;
            (3) compare the full costs of utilizing the services of the 
        NOAA Corps compared to civilian employees in similar positions; 
        and
            (4) determine whether adequately trained civilian employees 
        are available to fill NOAA Corps positions.
    (b) Deadline.--No later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit the report of the 
Marine Board under subsection (a) to the Committee on Merchant Marine 
and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section, the definitions in section 
409(d) apply.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out this section a 
total of $100,000 for fiscal years 1995 and 1996, to remain available 
until expended.

SEC. 411. UNDERSEA RESEARCH PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration a program to be known as the National 
Undersea Research Program. The head of the Program shall be the 
National Undersea Research Program Director. The Program shall be 
conducted at centers which shall each be known as a National Undersea 
Research Program Center. Each Center shall be administered by a Center 
Director.
    (b) Program Purpose.--The National Undersea Research Program shall 
develop, maintain, and conduct undersea research programs to enhance 
the understanding of processes in the oceans, coastal areas, and large 
lakes of the world through the use and development of undersea 
technologies.
    (c) Center for Gulf of Mexico Region.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
        establish and maintain, at a qualified public institution, a 
        National Undersea Research Program center for the Gulf of 
        Mexico to carry out the National Undersea Research Program for 
        the Gulf of Mexico region.
            (2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        ``qualified public institution'' means a public institution or 
        consortium of public institutions of higher education located 
        directly on the coastline of, or having direct access to, the 
        Gulf of Mexico.
            (3) Limitation.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
        Secretary of Commerce shall not reduce amounts available for 
        carrying out the Memorandum of Agreement Concerning Support of 
        a National Academic Deep Submergence Facility of Scientific 
        Use.
    (d) Solicitation of Proposals for New Centers.--
            (1) In general.--The Under Secretary may solicit proposals 
        for the establishment of a new Center from institutions of 
        higher education or oceanographic research.
            (2) Proposal requirements.--A proposal submitted under this 
        subsection shall consist of--
                    (A) a proposed science program;
                    (B) a program management plan;
                    (C) a description of the facilities of the 
                institution at which the Center is proposed to be 
                established;
                    (D) a description of relevant capabilities of that 
                institution;
                    (E) an operational safety plan;
                    (F) mechanisms for information transfer;
                    (G) a budget for the proposed Center; and
                    (H) any other information the Under Secretary 
                considers necessary.
    (e) Review of Proposals.--The Under Secretary shall review each 
proposal submitted by an institution under subsection (d) on the basis 
of--
            (1) relevance of the proposal to priority research areas; 
        and
            (2) the capability of the institution at which the new 
        Center is proposed to be established to administer and direct 
        research in those areas.
    (f) Center Director.--Each institution at which a new Center is 
established under this section may select, in consultation with the 
Under Secretary, an individual who shall be the Center Director of that 
Center.
    (g) 6-Year Review of Centers and Regions.--
            (1) In general.--Every 6 years the Under Secretary shall 
        jointly review--
                    (A) the operation of each Center, except that in 
                the case of a Center in existence on the day before the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the first review of 
                the Center shall be completed by not later than the 
                date which is 5 years after that date of enactment; and
                    (B) the configuration of the undersea regions for 
                which those Centers are responsible, to determine 
                whether those regions meet scientific needs for 
                research in priority research areas.
            (2) Content of review.--A review of a Center under this 
        subsection shall consist of--
                    (A) an evaluation of the quality of the research 
                conducted at the Center under the Program and the 
                applicability of the research to the priority research 
                areas;
                    (B) recommendations for changes in the scientific 
                research program and the operation of the Center, that 
                are considered beneficial by the Under Secretary;
                    (C) a determination of whether the continued 
                operation of the Center will increase knowledge in the 
                priority research areas; and
                    (D) recommendations for the modification of the 
                undersea regions of the Center.
            (3) Establishment of new center at different institution.--
        If the Under Secretary determines as a result of a review under 
        this subsection that continued operation of a Center for an 
        undersea region is not warranted, the Under Secretary--
                    (A) shall provide notification of that 
                determination to the Center, including a description of 
                any changes in the operations of the Center the Under 
                Secretary considers necessary for continued operation 
                of the Center;
                    (B) shall after 18 months after providing that 
                notice, and not later than 2 years after providing that 
                notice, review the implementation of those changes by 
                the Center; and
                    (C) may establish, at a different institution of 
                higher education or oceanographic research, a new 
                Center for the same undersea region in accordance with 
                this section, if the Under Secretary determines as a 
                result of the review under subparagraph (B) that those 
                changes are not implemented.
    (h) Individual Research Proposals.--Each Center Director shall 
annually solicit individual proposals from the scientific community for 
research to advance the priority research areas of the Program. 
Research under each proposal shall be primarily conducted within the 
undersea region of the Center of the Center Director, but may be 
conducted in another undersea region in cooperation with the Center for 
that other region, or other geographic areas with the approval of the 
Program Director. Proposals under this subsection may be for multiyear 
research. Each proposal under this subsection shall be subject to peer 
review.
    (i) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Center.--The term ``Center'' means a National Undersea 
        Research Program Center.
            (2) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the National 
        Undersea Research Program established by subsection (a).
            (3) Program director.--The term ``Program Director'' means 
        the National Undersea Research Program Director.
            (4) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means 
        the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.

SEC. 412. REPORT ON RESEARCH AND EFFECTS OF CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE 
              ON FRESHWATER SYSTEMS.

    Within 60 days after the date of submission of the President's 
budget request for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall submit a report to the Committee on Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, on--
            (1) the amount of funds allocated and the activities 
        supported for research on the effects of climate and global 
        change on the Nation's major freshwater systems, including 
        international commitments;
            (2) the criteria used in determining those allocations and 
        in selecting those activities; and
            (3) specific proposed agency plans for implementing 
        research programs and activities to evaluate the effects of 
        climate and global change on the Nation's major freshwater 
        systems.

SEC. 413. PROMOTION AND COORDINATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH 
              RESERVES.

    The Secretary of Commerce shall take such action as is necessary 
and reasonable to promote and coordinate the use of National Estuarine 
Research Reserves for research, monitoring, and education purposes. 
Such action may include consulting with Federal agencies, States, local 
governments, regional agencies, interstate agencies, or other persons 
to promote use of one or more such reserves for research, monitoring, 
and education, including coordination with the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Program.

SEC. 414. STUDY ON EFFECTS OF DOLPHIN FEEDING.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study on the 
effects of feeding noncaptive dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico and 
Southern Atlantic Ocean. The study shall consider the potential impacts 
on the behavior or general health of wild populations of dolphins 
resulting from this feeding.
    (b) Use of the Study.--The Secretary of Commerce shall use the 
results of the study required under subsection (a) in determining 
whether and under what conditions feeding noncaptive dolphins may be 
authorized.
    (c) Report.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
results of the study.

SEC. 415. FLOWER GARDEN BANKS BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.

    (a) Modification.--Notwithstanding section 304 of the National 
Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1434), the boundaries of the Flower 
Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, as designated by Public Law 
102-251, are amended to include the area described in subsection (d), 
popularly known as Stetson Bank. This area shall be part of the Flower 
Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and shall be managed and 
regulated as though it had been designated by the Secretary of Commerce 
under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.
    (b) Depiction of Sanctuary Boundaries.--The Secretary of Commerce 
shall--
            (1) prepare a chart depicting the boundaries of the Flower 
        Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, as modified by this 
        section; and
            (2) submit copies of this chart to the Committee on 
        Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
        the Senate.
    (c) Application of Regulations.--Regulations issued by the 
Secretary of Commerce to implement the designation of the Flower Garden 
Banks National Marine Sanctuary shall apply to the area described in 
subsection (d), unless modified by the Secretary. This subsection shall 
take effect 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Area Described.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        area referred to in subsections (a), (b), and (c) is the area 
        that is--
                    (A) generally depicted on the Department of the 
                Interior, Minerals Management Service map titled 
                ``Western Gulf of Mexico, Lease Sale 143, September 
                1993, Biologically Sensitive Areas, Map 3 of 3, 
                Final'';
                    (B) labeled ``Stetson'' on the High Island Area 
                South Addition diagram on that map; and
                    (C) within the 52 meter isobath.
            (2) Minor boundary adjustments.--The Secretary of Commerce 
        may make minor adjustments to the boundaries of the area 
        described in paragraph (1) as necessary to protect the living 
        coral resources of Stetson Bank or to simplify administration 
        of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
    (e) Publication of Notice.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall, as soon 
        as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        publish in the Federal Register a notice describing--
                    (A) the boundaries of the Flower Garden Banks 
                National Marine Sanctuary, as modified by this section, 
                and
                    (B) any modification of regulations applicable to 
                that Sanctuary that are necessary to implement that 
                modification of the boundaries of the Sanctuary.
            (2) Treatment as notice required under national marine 
        sanctuaries act.--A notice published under paragraph (1) shall 
        be considered to be the notice required to be published under 
        section 304(b)(1) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 
        U.S.C. 1434).

SEC. 416. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL COASTAL RESOURCES RESEARCH 
              AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.

    (a) Administration of Institute.--Section 201(a) of the Act 
entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, for fiscal years 1985 through 1988, and 
for other purposes'' (16 U.S.C. 1463b(a)) is amended by striking ``by 
the Oregon State Marine Science Center'' and inserting ``by the Oregon 
State System of Higher Education''.
    (b) Functions of Institute.--Section 201(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1463b(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) The Institute shall promote the economic growth and 
prosperity of the United States by transferring research and technology 
into applications to improve the economic, environmental, and social 
well-being of the Nation's coastal communities and the competitiveness 
of coastal businesses.''.
    (c) Membership of Board of Governors.--Section 201(c)(1) of such 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1463b(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c)(1) The policies of the Institute shall be determined by a 
Board of Governors composed of--
            ``(A) 1 representative appointed by the Chancellor of the 
        Oregon State System of Higher Education; and
            ``(B) 1 representative of each of the following regions, 
        appointed jointly by Governors of the States comprising that 
        region:
                    ``(i) The Alaska region, consisting of Alaska.
                    ``(ii) The Northwest Pacific Coast region, 
                consisting of Oregon and Washington.
                    ``(iii) The Southwest Pacific Coast region, 
                consisting of California.
                    ``(iv) The Pacific Islands region, consisting of 
                Hawaii, American Samoa, and Guam.
                    ``(v) The Great Lakes region, consisting of 
                Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, 
                Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
                    ``(vi) The Gulf Coast region, consisting of Texas, 
                Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
                    ``(vii) The South Atlantic and Caribbean region, 
                consisting of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Puerto 
                Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
                    ``(viii) The Mid-Atlantic region, consisting of 
                Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.
                    ``(ix) The North Atlantic region, consisting of New 
                Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, 
                Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.''.
    (d) Advisory Council.--Section 201(d)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1463b(d)(1)) is amended by inserting ``and leaders in coastal 
communities and businesses'' after ``community''.
    (e) Conforming Amendment.--Section 201(e) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1463b(e)) is amended by striking ``Oregon Board of Higher Education'' 
and inserting ``Oregon State System of Higher Education''.
    (f) Reports.--Section 201(g) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1463b(g)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) The Institute shall report to the Congress on its activities 
annually, and shall report to the Secretary of Commerce in a like 
manner biennially.''.

SEC. 417. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PROMOTION OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN 
              IN COASTAL AND OCEAN PROGRAMS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration should develop and promote programs that 
reach out to and recruit minorities and women for education in the 
sciences and take actions to increase the direct involvement of 
underrepresented minorities in coastal and ocean resource stewardship 
programs carried out directly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and in partnership with State and local governments, 
universities, and other entities. To this end, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration should create minority internship programs 
to develop a pool of professionals in coastal and ocean science and 
management, and to make these programs an eligible use of grant and 
program funds distributed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to States, universities, and other entities.

SEC. 418. CHESAPEAKE BAY.

    (a) Repeal.--If by December 1, 1994, the Secretary of Commerce 
fails to obligate all funds appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 
by Public Law 103-121 for oyster disease research, section 307 of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 
1511d), requiring the establishment of a National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Resources Office, 
is repealed.
    (b) Assignment of Functions.--If section 307 of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1992 (15 U.S.C. 1511d) is 
repealed by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall 
immediately--
            (1) enter into a cooperative agreement with the directors 
        of the Maryland and Virginia Sea Grant colleges to administer 
        all funds appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce under any 
        law for oyster disease research and Chesapeake Bay studies; and
            (2) transfer the functions of the former National Oceanic 
        and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Estuarine 
        Resources Office to the Director of the Coastal Ocean Program.
The Director may delegate any of the functions transferred under 
paragraph (2) to the directors of the Maryland and Virginia Sea Grant 
colleges under the cooperative agreement required under paragraph (1).
    (c) Repeal and Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) Repeal.--Section 2(e) of the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program 
        Authorization Act (Public Law 98-210, 97 Stat. 1409) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Authorization.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to the Secretary of Commerce to implement section 307 of the 
        National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1992 (15 
        U.S.C. 1511d) and this section, $2,500,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 1995 and 1996, to remain available until expended.

SEC. 419. WEATHER REPORTING STATIONS FOR PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND.

    (a) Installation.--To provide more comprehensive weather 
information to ensure the safety of fishermen and tank vessels and to 
protect the resources of Prince William Sound from potential oil 
spills, the Secretary of Commerce may expend $340,000 to acquire, 
construct, and install weather reporting stations in Prince William 
Sound, Alaska, as follows:
            (1) In the vicinity of Seal Rocks, to acquire and install a 
        weather buoy capable of measuring and reporting wind speed and 
        direction, barometric pressure, wave height and period, and air 
        temperature.
            (2) On the existing tower at Bligh Reef, to acquire and 
        install a weather instrument capable of measuring and reporting 
        wind speed and direction.
            (3) At Potato Point, to relocate the existing anemometer to 
        a more exposed location in order to provide more accurate 
        information.
            (4) At the Hinchinbrook Lighthouse site, to acquire and 
        install an anemometer.
    (b) Maintenance.--The Secretary of Commerce may expend $160,000 in 
each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 to maintain the equipment identified 
in subsection (a).

SEC. 420. LIMITATION ON APPROPRIATIONS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds are 
authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the programs for which 
funds are authorized by this Act for any fiscal year after fiscal year 
1996.

SEC. 421. PURCHASE OF REMOTELY SENSED SCIENCE DATA.

    (a) In General.--To the maximum extent possible, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall purchase from the private sector remotely sensed science 
data. Examples of such data include scientific data concerning the 
impact of oceans worldwide on global climate change and concerning the 
condition of the oceans.
    (b) Competitive Bidding.--(1) Contracts for the purchase of 
remotely sensed data under this section shall be awarded in a process 
of full, fair, and open competitive bidding.
    (2) Submission of cost data, either for the purposes of supporting 
the bid or fulfillment of the contract, shall not be required of 
bidders.
    (3) Conformance with military specifications (Milspec) or 
Department of Commerce specifications systems with respect to the 
design, construction, or operation of equipment used in obtaining 
remotely sensed data under contracts entered into under this section 
shall not be a requirement for a commercial provider bidding to provide 
such services.
    (4) Contracts under this section shall not provide for the Federal 
Government to obtain ownership of data not specifically sought by the 
Federal Government.

SEC. 422. PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with 
funds made available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance to, or 
entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available 
in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent 
practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the 
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

                   TITLE V--GREAT LAKES IMPROVEMENTS

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Great Lakes Improvements Act''.

SEC. 502. GREAT LAKES OFFICE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Under Secretary may establish and maintain 
within the Administration a Great Lakes Office in the Washington, 
District of Columbia area.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Great Lakes Office shall be to 
promote and coordinate Administration research, monitoring, and 
assessment work in the Great Lakes region consistent with the goals of 
the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
    (c) Director.--The Director of the Great Lakes Office shall be an 
individual with extensive knowledge and expertise in the Great Lakes 
ecosystem, and with appropriate administrative experience.

SEC. 503. GREAT LAKES REPORT.

    (a) Contents.--Subject to the availability of appropriations under 
section 505, the Under Secretary, in consultation with the Director of 
the Great Lakes Office if established, shall prepare and submit to 
Congress an annual Great Lakes Report in accordance with this section. 
The Report shall provide information relating to Great Lakes ecosystem 
research, monitoring, and assessment, including--
            (1) the individual activities, projects, or proposals 
        conducted by the Administration in the previous fiscal year, 
        including a summary of funds expended in support of these 
        activities, projects, or proposals;
            (2) the amount of funds received from the Administration by 
        each State or local government unit bordering the Great Lakes;
            (3) the amount of funds received by individuals or 
        institutions residing or located within a State bordering the 
        Great Lakes;
            (4) an inventory of Administration facilities and personnel 
        located in a State bordering the Great Lakes or in the Great 
        Lakes used to conduct or support Administration-funded 
        activities, proj- ects, or proposals in the Great Lakes, 
        including vessels;
            (5) the proposed Administration activities, projects, and 
        proposals to benefit the Great Lakes ecosystem for the current 
        fiscal year, including requested funds; and
            (6) a proposal for increasing the presence of the 
        Administration in the Great Lakes, and improving the 
        coordination of research within the Administration and with 
        other entities, including the Government of Canada.
    (b) Deadline.--Subject to the availability of appropriations under 
section 505, the Under Secretary shall submit the Great Lakes Report to 
the Congress by October 1 of 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.

SEC. 504. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title--
            (1) the term ``Administration'' means the National Oceanic 
        and Atmospheric Administration;
            (2) the term ``Great Lakes'' means--
                    (A) Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake 
                Ontario, and Lake Superior;
                    (B) their connecting waters, including the St. 
                Marys River, the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the 
                Detroit River, and the Niagara River; and
                    (C) the St. Lawrence River;
            (3) the term ``Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement'' means 
        the bilateral agreement between the United States and Canada 
        which was signed in 1978 and amended by the Protocol of 1987; 
        and
            (4) the term ``Under Secretary'' means the Under Secretary 
        of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.

SEC. 505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary to 
carry out this title $100,000 for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 
1997, and 1998.
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