NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1992
Public Law 102–567, as amended
106 Stat. 4309, as amended
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1992
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119–60
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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1992
[Public Law 102–567, Approved Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4309]
[As Amended Through P.L. 119–60, Enacted December 18, 2025]
[Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 102–567. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/]
[Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo authorize appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 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 1992”.
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<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NOAA ATMOSPHERIC AND SATELLITE PROGRAMS </heading>
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<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s101" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s101/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
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<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s101/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s325">15 U.S.C. 325 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Cooperative Weather Observer Program.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce may use funds otherwise available for conducting weather observations to strengthen the Cooperative Weather Observer Program and encourage public participation in the program. The Secretary may—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s101/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">provide distinctive insignia or paraphernalia to Cooperative Weather Observers; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s101/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">make awards of nominal value to recognize continued participation in the program by observers or to recognize outstanding achievements by such observers or groups of observers without regard to any law restricting expenditures for such purposes to Federal employees.</content>
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<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="106">SEC. 106. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
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<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1537">15 U.S.C. 1537</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Needs Assessment for Data Management, Archival, and Distribution.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act and at least biennially thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall complete an assessment of the adequacy of the environmental data and information systems of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In conducting such an assessment, the Secretary shall take into consideration the need to—</chapeau>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">provide adequate capacity to manage, archive, and disseminate environmental data and information collected and processed, or expected to be collected and processed, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other appropriate departments and agencies;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">establish, develop, and maintain information bases, including necessary management systems, which will promote consistent, efficient, and compatible transfer and use of data;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/1/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">develop effective interfaces among the environmental data and information systems of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other appropriate departments and agencies;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/1/D" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">develop and use nationally accepted formats and standards for data collected by various national and international sources; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/1/E" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">integrate and interpret data from different sources to produce information that can be used by decisionmakers in developing policies that effectively respond to national and global environmental concerns.</content>
</subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall develop and submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="ID946B97FBAF7C4A86B81A5AA6E9D79CA9" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">1</ref> a comprehensive plan, based on the assessment under paragraph (1), to modernize and improve the environmental data and information systems of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The report shall—</chapeau><footnote id="ID946B97FBAF7C4A86B81A5AA6E9D79CA9" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">1</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">In accordance with section 1(a)(10) of Public Law 104–14 (109 Stat. 187), “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives</quotedText>”.</p></footnote>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">set forth modernization and improvement objectives for the 10-year period beginning with the year in which the plan is submitted, including facility requirements and critical new technological components that would be necessary to meet the objectives set forth;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">propose specific agency programs and activities for implementing the plan;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identify the data and information management, archival, and distribution responsibilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to other Federal departments and agencies and international organizations, including the role of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to large data systems like the Earth Observing System Data and Information System; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s106/c/2/D" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">provide an implementation schedule and estimate funding levels necessary to achieve modernization and improvement objectives.</content>
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<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="107">SEC. 107. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">HURRICANE RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establishment of Program.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a 5-year joint program for collecting operational and reconnaissance data, conducting research, and analyzing data on tropical cyclones to assist the forecast and warning program and increase the understanding of the causes and behavior of tropical cyclones.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce shall establish the Tropical Cyclone Research Advisory Committee, an advisory committee of tropical cyclone research scientists, to make recommendations for tropical cyclone research activities and reconnaissance procedures.</content>
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<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Responsibilities.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Defense shall have the responsibility for maintaining, flying, and funding tropical cyclone reconnaissance aircraft to accomplish the program established under this section and to transfer the data to the Secretary of Commerce. Program responsibility may not be transferred to any other Federal department or agency, including the Coast Guard, without the agreement and approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the head of any other Federal agency or department to which the responsibility is transferred.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce shall have the responsibility to provide funding for data gathering and research by remote sensing, ground sensing, research aircraft, and other technologies necessary to accomplish the program established under this section.</content>
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<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Management Plans.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly develop and, within 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress a management plan for the program established under this section, which shall include organizational structure, goals, major tasks, and funding profiles for the 5-year duration of the program.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Tropical Cyclone Research Advisory Committee established by section 107(a)(2), shall jointly develop and, within 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress a management plan providing for continued tropical cyclone surveillance and reconnaissance which will adequately protect the citizens of the coastal areas of the United States.</content>
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<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s107/c/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The management plans and programs required by this section shall in every sense provide for at least the same degree and quality of protection (such as early warning capability and accuracy of fixing a storm's location) as currently exists with a combination of satellite technology and manned reconnaissance flights. Additionally, such plans and programs shall in no way allow any reduction in the level, quality, timeliness, sustainability, or area served (including the State of Hawaii) of both the existing principal and back-up tropical cyclone reconnaissance and tracking systems.</content>
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</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="108">SEC. 108.<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="ID1580978EB6154AF69A94D5715FFA40B4" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">2</ref> </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">UNITED STATES WEATHER RESEARCH PROGRAM. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establishment.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology through the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences, shall establish a United States Weather Research Program to—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">increase benefits to the Nation from the substantial investment in modernizing the public weather warning and forecast system in the United States;</content><footnote id="ID1580978EB6154AF69A94D5715FFA40B4" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">2</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">Section 109 of Public Law 115–25 provides for amendments to section 108 of the “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992</quotedText>”, however, such amendments were carried out above to the “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992</quotedText>” in accordance with the probable intent of Congress.</p></footnote>
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<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">improve local and regional weather forecasts and warnings;</content>
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<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">address critical weather-related scientific issues;</content>
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<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">coordinate governmental, university, and private-sector efforts;</content>
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<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, not less frequently than once each year, a report, including—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/5/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a list of ongoing research projects;</content>
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<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/5/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">project goals and a point of contact for each project;</content>
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<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/5/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the five projects related to weather observations, short-term weather, or subseasonal forecasts within Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research that are closest to operationalization;</content>
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<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/5/D" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">for each project referred to in subparagraph (C)—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/5/D/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the potential benefit;</content>
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<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/5/D/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any barrier to operationalization; and</content>
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<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/5/D/iii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the plan for operationalization, including which line office will financially support the project and how much the line office intends to spend;</content>
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</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">establish teams with staff from the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and the National Weather Service to oversee the operationalization of research products developed by the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">develop mechanisms for research priorities of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research to be informed by the relevant line offices within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the relevant user community, and the weather enterprise;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/8" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">develop an internal mechanism to track the progress of each research project within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and mechanisms to terminate a project that is not adequately progressing;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/9" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">develop and implement a system to track whether extramural research grant goals were accomplished;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/10" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">provide facilities for products developed by the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research to be tested in operational simulations, such as test beds;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/11" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="11">(11) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">encourage academic collaboration with the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and the National Weather Service by facilitating visiting scholars; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/a/12" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="12">(12) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">carry out the activities of the Earth Prediction Innovation Center as described in section 102(b)(2) of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8512(b)(2)).</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Implementation Plan.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences, shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="ID7FF507EA6DFB48FEAA664DF70A7E706D" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">3</ref> a plan for implementation of the United States Weather Research Program which shall—</chapeau><footnote id="ID7FF507EA6DFB48FEAA664DF70A7E706D" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">3</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">In accordance with section 1(a)(10) of Public Law 104–14 (109 Stat. 187), “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives</quotedText>”.</p></footnote>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">establish, for the 10-year period beginning in the year the plan is submitted, the goals and priorities for Federal weather research which most effectively advance the scientific understanding of weather processes and provide information to improve weather warning and forecast systems in the United States;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">describe specific activities, including research activities, data collection and data analysis requirements, predictive modeling, participation in international research efforts, demonstration of potential operational forecast applications, and education and training required to achieve such goals and priorities; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">set forth the role of each Federal agency and department to be involved in the United States Weather Research Program, identifying and addressing, as appropriate, relevant programs and activities of the Federal agencies and departments that would contribute to such Program.</content>
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</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s108/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Subseasonal Defined.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section, the term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">subseasonal</term>” means the time range between 2 weeks and 3 months.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tI/s112" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="112">SEC. 112. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313b">15 U.S.C. 313b</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INSTITUTE FOR AVIATION WEATHER PREDICTION. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall establish an Institute for Aviation Weather Prediction. The Institute shall provide forecasts, weather warnings, and other weather services to the United States aviation community. The Institute shall expand upon the activities of the aviation unit currently at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and shall be established in the Kansas City, Missouri area. The Administrator shall provide a full and fair opportunity for employees at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center to assume comparable duties and responsibilities within the Institute.</content>
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</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NOAA MARINE FISHERY PROGRAMS </heading>
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="307">SEC. 307. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1511d">15 U.S.C. 1511d</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CHESAPEAKE BAY OFFICE. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establishment.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce shall establish, within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an office to be known as the Chesapeake Bay Office (in this section referred to as the “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Office</quotedText>”).</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council. Any individual appointed as Director shall have knowledge and experience in research or resource management efforts in the Chesapeake Bay.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director may appoint such additional personnel for the Office as the Director determines necessary to carry out this section.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Functions.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Office, in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, shall—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">provide technical assistance to the Administrator, to other Federal departments and agencies, and to State and local government agencies in—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">assessing the processes that shape the Chesapeake Bay system and affect its living resources;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identifying technical and management alternatives for the restoration and protection of living resources and the habitats they depend upon; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/1/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of management plans;</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">develop and implement a strategy for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that integrates the science, research, monitoring, data collection, regulatory, and management responsibilities of the Secretary of Commerce in such a manner as to assist the cooperative, intergovernmental Chesapeake Bay Program to meet the commitments of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">coordinate the programs and activities of the various organizations within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Chesapeake Bay Regional Sea Grant Programs, and the Chesapeake Bay units of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, including—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">programs and activities in—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/A/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">coastal and estuarine research, monitoring, and assessment;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/A/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">fisheries research and stock assessments;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/A/iii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">data management;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/A/iv" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iv">(iv) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">remote sensing;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/A/v" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="v">(v) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">coastal management;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/A/vi" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="vi">(vi) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">habitat conservation and restoration; and</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/A/vii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="vii">(vii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">atmospheric deposition; and</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">programs and activities of the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory of the National Ocean Service with respect to—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/B/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">nonindigenous species;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/B/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">estuarine and marine species pathology;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/B/iii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">human pathogens in estuarine and marine environments; and</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/3/B/iv" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iv">(iv) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ecosystem health;</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">coordinate the activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with the activities of the Environmental Protection Agency and other Federal, State, and local agencies;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">establish an effective mechanism which shall ensure that projects have undergone appropriate peer review and provide other appropriate means to determine that projects have acceptable scientific and technical merit for the purpose of achieving maximum utilization of available funds and resources to benefit the Chesapeake Bay area;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">remain cognizant of ongoing research, monitoring, and management projects and assist in the dissemination of the results and findings of those projects; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">submit a biennial report to the Congress and the Secretary of Commerce with respect to the activities of the Office and on the progress made in protecting and restoring the living resources and habitat of the Chesapeake Bay, which report shall include an action plan consisting of—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/7/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a list of recommended research, monitoring, and data collection activities necessary to continue implementation of the strategy described in paragraph (2); and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/7/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">proposals for—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/7/B/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">continuing any new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration activities in the Chesapeake Bay; and</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/b/7/B/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the integration of those activities with the activities of the partners in the Chesapeake Bay Program to meet the commitments of the Chesapeake 2000 agreement and subsequent agreements.</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Chesapeake Bay Fishery and Habitat Restoration Small Watershed Grants Program.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (in this section referred to as the “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Director</quotedText>”), in cooperation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, shall carry out a community-based fishery and habitat restoration small grants and technical assistance program in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Projects.—</heading>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Support.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director shall make grants under this subsection to pay the Federal share of the cost of projects that are carried out by entities eligible under paragraph (3) for the restoration of fisheries and habitats in the Chesapeake Bay.</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Federal share.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Federal share under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 75 percent.</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Types of projects.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Projects for which grants may be made under this subsection include—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/2/C/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the improvement of fish passageways;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/2/C/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the creation of natural or artificial reefs or substrata for habitats;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/2/C/iii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the restoration of wetland or sea grass;</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/2/C/iv" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iv">(iv) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the production of oysters for restoration projects; and</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/2/C/v" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="v">(v) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the prevention, identification, and control of nonindigenous species.</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Eligible entities.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The following entities are eligible to receive grants under this subsection:</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/3/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The government of a political subdivision of a State in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and the government of the District of Columbia.</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/3/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">An organization in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (such as an educational institution or a community organization)—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/3/B/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">that is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code; and</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/3/B/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">that will administer such grants in coordination with a government referred to in subparagraph (A).</content>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/c/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Additional requirements.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director may prescribe any additional requirements, including procedures, that the Director considers necessary to carry out the program under this subsection.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Chesapeake Executive Council.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For purposes of this section, “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Chesapeake Executive Council</quotedText>” means the representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Environmental Protection Agency, the District of Columbia, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, who are signatories to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, and any future signatories to that Agreement.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIII/s307/e" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Authorization of Appropriations.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce for the Chesapeake Bay Office $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.</content>
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</subsection>
</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER ACCOUNTS </heading>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s401" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="401">SEC. 401. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PROGRAM SUPPORT. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s401/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * *</elided>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s401/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Marine Services.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s401/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * *</elided>
</content>
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s401/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891b">33 U.S.C. 891b note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 60 days prior to the proposed deactivation of any other research vessel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s401/b/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891g">33 U.S.C. 891g note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce shall consult with the Oceanographer of the Navy regarding appropriate cost effective and practical measures to allow vessels of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to be interoperable with vessels of the Department of the Navy, including with respect to operation, maintenance, and repair of those vessels.</content>
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</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s406" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="406">SEC. 406. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s1540">15 U.S.C. 1540</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. </heading>
<subsection role="undesignated-level" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, may enter into cooperative agreements and other financial agreements with any nonprofit organization to—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s406/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">aid and promote scientific and educational activities to foster public understanding of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or its programs; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s406/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">solicit private donations for the support of such activities.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s407" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="407">SEC. 407. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">RECRUITMENT OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN FOR NOAA SCIENCE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s407/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Findings.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Congress finds the following:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s407/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this decade, more than two-thirds of the new entrants to the United States labor force will be minorities and women—groups which for the most part have been historically underrepresented in the sciences.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s407/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The National Science Foundation estimates that by the year 2000, the United States will face a shortfall of more than 400,000 science and engineering personnel.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s407/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Given the demographics of the United States workforce, the problem of underrepresented minorities and women in the sciences and engineering could seriously compromise the industrial and technological capability of the United States, as well as its ability to compete in international marketplaces.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s407/a/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has made important efforts to promote education programs in the sciences for students, teachers, and other citizens.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tIV/s407/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Sense of Congress.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">It is the sense of the Congress that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should continue to expand its educational programs in the sciences, and in this effort, 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.</content>
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</subsection>
</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="V">TITLE V—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NATIONAL MARINE MONITORING PROGRAM<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="IDB72D248FD4E24356B9D7307192F5E543" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">4</ref> </heading><footnote id="IDB72D248FD4E24356B9D7307192F5E543" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">4</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">This title added a new title V to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, which appears elsewhere in this compilation.</p></footnote>
<elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="VI">TITLE VI—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NOAA FLEET MODERNIZATION </heading>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s601" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="601">SEC. 601. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s851">33 U.S.C. 851 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">NOAA Fleet Modernization Act</inline></shortTitle>”.</content>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s602" role="definitions" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="602">SEC. 602. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891">33 U.S.C. 891</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEFINITIONS. </heading>
<subsection role="undesignated-level" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this title, the term—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s602/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">NOAA</term>” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Department of Commerce.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s602/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">NOAA fleet</term>” means the fleet of research vessels owned or operated by NOAA.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s602/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Plan</term>” means the NOAA Fleet Replacement and Modernization Plan described in section 604.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s602/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of Commerce.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s602/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">UNOLS</term>” means University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s603" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="603">SEC. 603. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891a">33 U.S.C. 891a</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NOAA FLEET. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall operate and maintain a fleet of vessels to meet the requirements of NOAA in carrying out the mission and functions of NOAA, subject to the requirements of this title.</content>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="604">SEC. 604. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891b">33 U.S.C. 891b</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FLEET REPLACEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PLAN. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To carry out the program authorized in section 603, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall develop and submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a replacement and modernization plan for the NOAA fleet not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, and every 2 years thereafter.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Plan Elements.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Plan required in subsection (a) shall include the following—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the number of vessels in operation in the NOAA fleet as of the date of submission of the Plan, a description of the status of those vessels, and a statement of the planned and anticipated service life of those vessels;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a plan with respect to operation, maintenance, and replacement of vessels described in paragraph (1), including the schedule for maintenance or replacement and anticipated funding requirements;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the number of vessels proposed to be constructed by NOAA;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the number of vessels proposed to be acquired, leased, or chartered by NOAA;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the number of vessels, or days at sea, that can be obtained by using the vessels of the UNOLS;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the number of vessels that will be made available to NOAA by the Secretary of the Navy, the Director of the National Science Foundation, or any other Federal official, and the terms and conditions for their availability;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the proposed acquisition of modern scientific instrumentation for the NOAA fleet, including acoustic systems, data transmission positioning and communication systems, physical, chemical, and meteorological oceanographic systems, and data acquisition and processing systems;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/8" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a plan for using small vessels, uncrewed systems, and partnerships to augment the requirements of NOAA for days at sea;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/9" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the number of officers of the NOAA commissioned officer corps and professional wage mariners needed to operate and maintain the NOAA fleet, including the vessels identified under paragraph (3); and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/b/10" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">current and potential challenges with meeting the requirements under paragraph (9) and proposed solutions to those challenges.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s604/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Vessel Procurement Approval.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may not procure vessels that are more than 65 feet in length without the approval of the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s605" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="605">SEC. 605. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891c">33 U.S.C. 891c</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DESIGN OF NOAA VESSELS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s605/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Design Requirement.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Except for the vessel designs identified under subsection (b), the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s605/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">prepare requirements for each class of vessel to be constructed or converted under the Plan; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s605/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">contract competitively from nongovernmental entities with expertise in shipbuilding for vessel design and construction based on the requirements for each class of vessel to be acquired.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s605/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Exception.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, as part of the annual update of the Plan required in section 604, any existing vessel design or design proposals that meet the requirements of the Plan.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="606">SEC. 606. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891d">33 U.S.C. 891d</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CONTRACT AUTHORITY. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Multiyear Contracts.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), and notwithstanding section 1341 of title 31, United States Code and section 3732 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 11), the Secretary may acquire vessels for the NOAA fleet by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, or otherwise, under one or more multiyear contracts.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Required findings.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may not enter into a contract pursuant to this subsection unless the Secretary finds with respect to that contract that—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">there is a reasonable expectation that throughout the contemplated contract period the Secretary will request from Congress funding for the contract at the level required to avoid contract termination; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the use of the contract will promote the best interests of the United States by encouraging competition and promoting economic efficiency in the operation of the NOAA fleet.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Required contract provisions.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may not enter into a contract pursuant to this subsection unless the contract includes—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/3/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a provision under which the obligation of the United States to make payments under the contract for any fiscal year is subject to the availability of appropriations provided in advance for those payments;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/3/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a provision that specifies the term of effectiveness of the contract; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/3/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">appropriate provisions under which, in case of any termination of the contract before the end of the term specified pursuant to subparagraph (B), the United States shall only be liable for the lesser of—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/3/C/i" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an amount specified in the contract for such a termination; or</content>
</clause>
<clause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/3/C/ii" style="-uslm-dtd:clause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">amounts that—</chapeau>
<subclause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/3/C/ii/I" style="-uslm-dtd:subclause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">(I) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">were appropriated before the date of the termination for the performance of the contract or for procurement of the type of acquisition covered by the contract; and</content>
</subclause>
<subclause identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/a/3/C/ii/II" style="-uslm-dtd:subclause" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">(II) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">are unobligated on the date of the termination.</content>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Service Contracts.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may enter into multiyear contracts for oceanographic research, fisheries research, and mapping and charting services to assist the Secretary in fulfilling NOAA missions. The Secretary may only enter into these contracts if—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Secretary finds that it is in the public interest to do so;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the contract is for not more than 7 years; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3)</num><subparagraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/b/3/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the cost of the contract is less than the cost (including the cost of operation, maintenance, and personnel) to the NOAA of obtaining those services on NOAA vessels; or</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/b/3/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">NOAA vessels are not available or cannot provide those services.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s606/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Bonding Authority.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary may not require a contractor for the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a NOAA vessel to provide a bid bond, payment bond, performance bond, completion bond, or other surety instrument in an amount greater than 20 percent of the value of the base contract quantity (excluding options) unless the Secretary determines that requiring an instrument in that amount will not prevent a responsible bidder or offeror from competing for the award of the contract.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="607">SEC. 607. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891e">33 U.S.C. 891e</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">RESTRICTION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN SHIPYARD SUBSIDIES. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce may not award a contract for the construction, repair (except emergency repairs), or alteration of any vessel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in a shipyard, if that vessel benefits or would benefit from significant subsidies for the construction, repair, or alteration of vessels in that shipyard.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Definition.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In this section, the term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">significant subsidy</term>” includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Officially supported export credits.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Direct official operating support to the commercial shipbuilding and repair industry, or to a related entity that favors the operation of shipbuilding and repair, including but not limited to—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">grants;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">loans and loan guarantees other than those available on the commercial market;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/2/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">forgiveness of debt;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/2/D" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">equity infusions on terms inconsistent with commercially reasonable investment practices; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/2/E" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">preferential provision of goods and services.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Direct official support for investment in the commercial shipbuilding and repair industry, or to a related entity that favors the operation of shipbuilding and repair, including but not limited to the kinds of support listed in paragraph (2)(A) through (E), and any restructuring support, except public support for social purposes directly and effectively linked to shipyard closures.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Assistance in the form of grants, preferential loans, preferential tax treatment, or otherwise, that benefits or is directly related to shipbuilding and repair for purposes of research and development that is not equally open to domestic and foreign enterprises.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Tax policies and practices that favor the shipbuilding and repair industry, directly or indirectly, such as tax credits, deductions, exemptions, and preferences, including accelerated depreciation, if such benefits are not generally available to persons or firms not engaged in shipbuilding or repair.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any official regulation or practice that authorizes or encourages persons or firms engaged in shipbuilding or repair to enter into anticompetitive arrangements.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any indirect support directly related, in law or in fact, to shipbuilding and repair at national yards, including any public assistance favoring shipowners with an indirect effect on shipbuilding or repair activities, and any assistance provided to suppliers of significant inputs to shipbuilding, which results in benefits to domestic shipbuilders.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s607/b/8" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any export subsidy identified in the Illustrative List of Export Subsidies in the Annex to the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures referred to in section 101(d)(12) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, or any other export subsidy prohibited by that agreement.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s608" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="608">SEC. 608. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891f">33 U.S.C. 891f</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">USE OF VESSELS. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">In implementing the NOAA fleet replacement and modernization program, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall use excess capacity of UNOLS vessels where appropriate and may enter into memoranda of agreement with the operators of these vessels to carry out this requirement.</content>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s609" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="609">SEC. 609. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891g">33 U.S.C. 891g</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INTEROPERABILITY. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall consult with the Oceanographer of the Navy regarding appropriate measures that should be taken, on a reimbursable basis, to ensure that NOAA vessels are interoperable with vessels of the Department of the Navy, including with respect to operation, maintenance, and repair of those vessels.</content>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s610" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="610">SEC. 610. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t33/s891h">33 U.S.C. 891h</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s610/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $93,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2026 to carry out this title and section 302 of the Fisheries Survey Vessel Authorization Act of 2000 (title III of Public Law 106–450; 114 Stat. 1945; 33 U.S.C. 891b note).</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVI/s610/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Limitation on Fleet Modernization Activities.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">All NOAA fleet modernization, shipbuilding, and conversion shall be conducted in accordance with this title.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="VII">TITLE VII—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">WEATHER SERVICE MODERNIZATION<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="IDDC69EBE580644D15A693FB096DE8C8EF" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">5</ref> </heading>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s701" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="701">SEC. 701. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">Weather Service Modernization Act</inline></shortTitle>”.</content><footnote id="IDDC69EBE580644D15A693FB096DE8C8EF" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">5</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">This title was enacted as title VII of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–567), which is included elsewhere in this compilation.</p></footnote>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702" role="definitions" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="702">SEC. 702. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEFINITIONS. </heading>
<subsection role="undesignated-level" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For the purposes of this title, the term—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">automate</term>” means to replace employees with automated weather service equipment;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">change operations at a field office</term>” means transfer service responsibility, commission weather observation systems, decommission a National Weather Service radar, change staffing levels significantly, or move a field office to a new location inside the local commuting and service area;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Committee</term>” means the Modernization Transition Committee established by section 707;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">degradation of service</term>” means any decrease in or failure to maintain the quality and type of weather services provided by the National Weather Service to the public in a service area, including but not limited to a reduction in existing weather radar coverage at an elevation of 10,000 feet;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">field office</term>” means any National Weather Service Office or National Weather Service Forecast Office;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Plan</term>” means the National Implementation Plan required under section 703;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">relocate</term>” means to transfer from one location to another location that is outside the local commuting or service area;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/8" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of Commerce;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/9" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">service area</term>” means the geographical area for which a field office provides services or conducts observations, including but not limited to local forecasts, severe weather warnings, aviation support, radar coverage, and ground weather observations; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s702/10" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Strategic Plan</term>” means the 10-year strategic plan for the comprehensive modernization of the National Weather Service, required under section 407 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (15 U.S.C. 313 note).</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="703">SEC. 703. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">National Implementation Plan.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">As part of the budget justification documents submitted to Congress in support of the annual budget request for the Department of Commerce, the Secretary shall include a National Implementation Plan for modernization of the National Weather Service for each fiscal year following fiscal year 1993 until such modernization is complete. The Plan shall set forth the actions, during the 2-year period beginning with the fiscal year for which the budget request is made, that will be necessary to accomplish the objectives described in the Strategic Plan, and shall include—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">detailed requirements for new technologies, facilities, staffing levels and positions, and funding, in accordance with the overall schedule for modernization;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">notification of any proposed action to change operations at a field office and the intended date of such operational change;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identification of any field office that the Secretary intends to certify under section 706, including the intended date of such certification;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703/a/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">special measures to test, evaluate, and demonstrate key elements of the modernized National Weather Service operations prior to national implementation, including a multistation operational demonstration which tests the performance of the modernization in an integrated manner for a sustained period;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703/a/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">detailed plans and funding requirements for meteorological research to be accomplishment under this title to assure that new techniques in forecasting will be developed to utilize the new technologies being implemented in the modernization; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703/a/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">training and education programs to ensure that employees gain the necessary expertise to utilize the new technologies and to minimize employee displacement as a consequence of modernization.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Transmittal to Committee.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall transmit a copy of each annual Plan to the Committee.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s703/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consultation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In developing the Plan, the Secretary shall consult, as appropriate, with the Committee and public entities responsible for providing or utilizing weather services.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s704" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="704">SEC. 704. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MODERNIZATION CRITERIA. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s704/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">National Research Council Review.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall contract with the National Research Council for a review of the scientific and technical modernization criteria by which the Secretary proposes to certify action to close, consolidate, automate, or relocate a field office under section 706. In conducting such review, the National Research Council shall prepare and submit to the Secretary, no later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, a report which—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s704/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">assesses requirements and procedures for commissioning new weather observation systems, decommissioning an outdated National Weather Service radar, and evaluating staffing needs for field offices in an affected service area;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s704/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">assesses the statistical and analytical measures that should be made for a service area to form an adequate basis for determining that there will be no degradation of service; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s704/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">includes such other recommendations as the National Research Council determines are appropriate to ensure public safety.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s704/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Criteria.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">No later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the National Research Council and the Committee and after notice and opportunity for public comment, shall publish in the Federal Register modernization criteria (including all requirements and procedures), based on the report required under this section, for—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s704/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">commissioning new weather observation systems, decommissioning an outdated National Weather Service radar, and evaluating staffing needs for field offices in an affected service area; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s704/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">certifying action to close, consolidate, automate, or relocate a field office under section 706.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s705" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="705">SEC. 705. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CHANGES IN FIELD OFFICE OPERATIONS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s705/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Notification.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall not change operations at a field office pursuant to implementation of the Strategic Plan unless the Secretary has provided the notification required by section 703.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s705/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Weather Radar Decommissioning.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall not remove or permanently decommission any National Weather Service radar until the Secretary has prepared radar commissioning and decommissioning reports documenting that such action would be consistent with the modernization criteria established under section 704(b)(1). The commissioning report shall document that the radar system performs reliably, satisfactory maintenance support is in place, sufficient staff with adequate training are present to operate the system, technical coordination with weather service users has been completed, and the radar being commissioned satisfactorily supports field office operations. The decommissioning report shall document that the replacement radar has been commissioned, technical coordination with service users has been completed, and the radar being decommissioned is no longer needed to support field office operations.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s705/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Surface Observing System Commissioning.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may not commission an automated surface observing system located at an airport unless it is determined, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, that the weather services provided after commissioning will continue to be in full compliance with applicable flight aviation rules promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="706">SEC. 706. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">RESTRUCTURING FIELD OFFICES.<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="ID348977D84AE04E96ACBE7E29828C465E" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">6</ref> </heading><footnote id="ID348977D84AE04E96ACBE7E29828C465E" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">6</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">So in law.</p></footnote>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="traditional-inline">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="706">Sec. 706. </num><subsection class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Prohibition.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall not close, before January 1, 1996, any field office pursuant to implementation of the Strategic Plan.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Certification.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall not close, consolidate, automate, or relocate any field office, unless the Secretary has certified that such action will not result in any degradation of service. Such certification shall include—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a description of local weather characteristics and weather-related concerns which affect the weather services provided within the service area;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a detailed comparison of the services provided within the service area and the services to be provided after such action;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a description of any recent or expected modernization of National Weather Service operations which will enhance services in the service area;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/b/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an identification of any area within any State which would not receive coverage (at an elevation of 10,000 feet) by the next generation weather radar network;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/b/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">evidence, based upon operational demonstration of modernized National Weather Service operations, which was considered in reaching the conclusion that no degradation in service will result from such action; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/b/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any report of the Committee submitted under section 707(c) that evaluates the proposed certification.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Public Review.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Each certification decision shall be preceded by—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">publication in the Federal Register of a proposed certification; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a 60-day period after such publication during which the public may provide comments to the Secretary on the proposed certification.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Final Decision.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If after consideration of the public comment received under subsection (c) the Secretary, in consultation with the Committee, decides to close, consolidate, automate, or relocate any such field office, the Secretary shall publish a final certification in the Federal Register and submit the certification to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="ID7E08A6B6CBB9404D8991363511DC6FC2" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">7</ref>.</content><footnote id="ID7E08A6B6CBB9404D8991363511DC6FC2" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">7</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">In accordance with section 1(a)(10) of Public Law 104–14 (109 Stat. 187), “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives</quotedText>”.</p></footnote>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/e" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Special Circumstances.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may not close or relocate any field office—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/e/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">which is located at an airport, unless the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Committee, first conducts an air safety appraisal, determines that such action will not result in degradation of service that affects aircraft safety, and includes such determination in the certification required under subsection (b); or</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/e/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">which is the only office in a State, unless the Secretary first evaluates the effect on weather services provided to in-State users, such as State agencies, civil defense officials, and local public safety offices, and includes in the certification required under subsection (b) the Secretary's determination that a comparable level of weather services provided to such in-State users will remain.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/f" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Liaison Officer.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may not close, consolidate, automate, or relocate a field office until arrangements have been made to maintain for a period of at least 2 years at least one person in the service area to act as a liaison officer who—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/f/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">provides timely information regarding the activities of the National Weather Service which may affect service to the community, including modernization and restructuring; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s706/f/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">works with area weather service users, including persons associated with general aviation, civil defense, emergency preparedness, and the news media, with respect to the provision of timely weather warnings and forecasts.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="707">SEC. 707. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MODERNIZATION TRANSITION COMMITTEE. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establishment.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There is established a committee of 12 members to be known as the Modernization Transition Committee.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Membership and Terms.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Committee shall consist of—</chapeau>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/b/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">five members representing agencies and departments of the United States which are responsible for providing or using weather services, including but not limited to the National Weather Service, the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/b/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">seven members to be appointed by the Secretary from civil defense and public safety organizations, news media, any labor organization certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority as an exclusive representative of weather service employees, meteorological experts, and private sector users of weather information such as pilots and farmers.</content>
</subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The terms of office of a member of the Committee shall be 3 years; except that, of the original membership, four shall serve a 5-year term, four shall serve a 4-year term, and four shall serve a 3-year term. No individual may serve for more than one additional 3-year term.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/b/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall designate a chairman of the Committee from among its members.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Duties.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Committee may review any proposed certification under section 706 for which the Secretary has provided a notice of intent to certify in the Plan, and should review such a proposed certification if there is a significant possibility of degradation of service within the affected service area. Upon the request of the Committee, the Secretary shall make available to the Committee the supporting documents developed by the Secretary in connection with the proposed certification. The Committee may prepare and submit to the Secretary, prior to publication of the proposed certification, a report which evaluates the proposed certification on the basis of the modernization criteria and with respect to the requirement that there be no degradation of service.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Committee shall advise the Congress and the Secretary on—</chapeau>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/c/2/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the implementation of the Strategic Plan, annual development of the Plan, and establishment and implementation of modernization criteria; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/c/2/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">matters of public safety and the provision of weather services which relate to the comprehensive modernization of the National Weather Service.</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Pay and Travel Expenses.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Members of the Committee who are not employees of the United States shall each be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the rate for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Committee. Members shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/e" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Staff.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall make available to the Committee such staff, information, and assistance as it may reasonably require to carry out its activities.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s707/f" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Termination.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Committee shall terminate on December 31, 1999.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s708" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="708">SEC. 708. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">WEATHER SERVICE REPORT. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s708/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall prepare a report on the proposed modernization of the National Weather Service and transmit the report, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="ID10BEB7E56C4C4CB7B0243AC1DDD4C637" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">8</ref>.</content><footnote id="ID10BEB7E56C4C4CB7B0243AC1DDD4C637" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">8</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">In accordance with section 1(a)(10) of Public Law 104–14 (109 Stat. 187), “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives</quotedText>”.</p></footnote>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s708/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Contents.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s708/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The report required by subsection (a) shall identify the size of the geographic area of responsibility of each proposed Weather Forecast Office and shall include an explanation of the number and type of personnel required at each Weather Forecast Office. For each proposed Weather Forecast Office covering a geographic area greater than two times the average geographic area of responsibility of Weather Forecast Offices nationwide, the report shall detail the reasons for assigning those Weather Forecast Offices a geographic area which differs significantly from the national average.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s708/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The report shall list the number of next generation weather radars that will be associated with each Weather Forecast Office nationwide under the proposed modernization plan. If some Weather Forecast Offices will be associated with more than one such radar, the report shall explain the deviation from the National Weather Service's stated policy of associating one such radar with one Weather Forecast Office, and shall analyze and compare any differences in the expected efficiency of those Weather Forecast Offices with Weather Forecast Offices that will be associated with only one such radar.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s708/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consultation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In preparing portions of the report that address Weather Forecast Offices located in areas of the Nation that are uniquely dependent on general aviation as a means of transportation, the Secretary shall consult with local aviation groups. In the case of Alaska, such local groups shall include the Alaska Aviation Safety Foundation, the Alaska Airmen's Association, and the regional representatives of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s709" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="709">SEC. 709. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s313">15 U.S.C. 313 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPEALS. </heading>
<subsection role="undesignated-level" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (15 U.S.C. 313 note), is amended by repealing—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s709/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 407; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVII/s709/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">section 408.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="VIII">TITLE VIII—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">NORTH PACIFIC ANADROMOUS STOCKS CONVENTION </heading>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s801" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="801">SEC. 801. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5001">16 U.S.C. 5001 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992</inline></shortTitle>”.</content>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s802" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="802">SEC. 802. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5001">16 U.S.C. 5001</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PURPOSE. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">It is the purpose of this title to implement the Convention for the Conservation of Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean, signed in Moscow, February 11, 1992.</content>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803" role="definitions" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="803">SEC. 803. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5002">16 U.S.C. 5002</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEFINITIONS. </heading>
<subsection role="undesignated-level" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">As used in this title, the term—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Anadromous stocks</term>” means stocks of species listed in the Annex to the Convention that migrate into the Convention area.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Anadromous fish</term>” means fish of the species listed in the Annex to the Convention that migrate into the Convention area.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Authorized officer</term>” means a law enforcement official authorized to enforce this title under section 809(a).</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Commission</term>” means the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission provided for by article VIII of the Convention.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Convention</term>” means the Convention for the Conservation of Anadromous Stocks of the North Pacific Ocean, signed in Moscow, February 11, 1992.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Convention area</term>” means the waters of the North Pacific Ocean and its adjacent seas, north of 33 degrees North Latitude, beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Directed fishing</term>” means fishing targeted at a particular species or stock of fish.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/8" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Ecologically related species</term>” means living marine species which are associated with anadromous stocks found in the Convention area, including, but not restricted to, both predators and prey of anadromous fish.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/9" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Enforcement officer</term>” means a law enforcement official authorized by any Party to enforce this title.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/10" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Exclusive economic zone</term>” means the zone established by Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983. For purposes of applying this title, the inner boundary of that zone is a line coterminous with the seaward boundary of each of the coastal States.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/11" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="11">(11) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Fish</term>” means finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of marine animal and plant life other than marine mammals and birds.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/12" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="12">(12) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Fishing</term>” means—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/12/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the catching, taking, or harvesting of fish, or any other activity that can reasonably be expected to result in the catching, taking, or harvesting of fish; or</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/12/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any operation at sea in preparation for or in direct support of any activity described in subparagraph (A).</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/13" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="13">(13) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Fishing vessel</term>” means—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/13/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any vessel engaged in catching fish within the Convention area or in processing or transporting fish loaded in the Convention area;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/13/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any vessel outfitted to engage in any activity described in subparagraph (A);</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/13/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">any vessel supporting a vessel described in subparagraph (A) or (B).</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/14" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="14">(14) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Incidental taking</term>” means catching, taking, or harvesting a species or stock of fish while conducting directed fishing for another species or stock of fish.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/15" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="15">(15) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Party</term>” means Canada, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States, and any other nation that may accede to the Convention.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/16" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="16">(16) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Secretary</term>” means the Secretary of State.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s803/17" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="17">(17) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">
“<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">United States Section</term>” means the United States Commissioners of the Commission.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="804">SEC. 804. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5003">16 U.S.C. 5003</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Commissioners.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The United States shall be represented on the Commission by not more than three United States Commissioners to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the President. Each United States Commissioner shall be appointed for a term of office not to exceed 4 years, but is eligible for reappointment. Individuals serving as such Commissioners shall not be considered to be Federal employees while performing such service, except for purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability as provided in chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. Of the Commissioners—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">one shall be an official of the United States Government;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">one shall be a resident of the State of Alaska; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">one shall be a resident of the State of Washington.</content>
</paragraph><continuation role="subsection" style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text">An individual is not eligible for appointment under paragraph (2) or (3) as a Commissioner unless the individual is knowledgeable or experienced concerning the anadromous stocks and ecologically related species of the North Pacific Ocean.</continuation>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Alternate Commissioners.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, may designate from time to time Alternate United States Commissioners to the Commission. An Alternate United States Commissioner may exercise all designated powers and duties of a United States Commissioner in the absence of a duly designated Commissioner for whatever reason. The number of such Alternate United States Commissioners that may be designated for any such meeting shall be limited to the number of authorized United States Commissioners that will not be present.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">United States Section.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The United States Section, in consultation with the Advisory Panel established in section 805, shall identify and recommend to the Commission research needs and priorities for anadromous stocks and ecologically related species subject to the Convention, and oversee the United States research programs involving such fisheries, stocks, and species.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Compensation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">United States Commissioners and Alternate United States Commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services as Commissioners and Alternate Commissioners.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/e" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Travel Expenses.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/e/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may pay the necessary travel expenses of the United States Commissioners and Alternate United States Commissioners in carrying out the duties of the Commission in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations and sections 5701, 5702, 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of title 5, United States Code.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s804/e/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reimbursement.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce may reimburse the Secretary for amounts expended by the Secretary under this subparagraph.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="805">SEC. 805. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5004">16 U.S.C. 5004</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADVISORY PANEL. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Establishment of Panel.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">An Advisory Panel to the United States Section is established. The Advisory Panel shall be composed of the following:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Director of the Washington Department of Fisheries.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">One representative of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, designated by the Executive Director of that commission.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/a/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Eleven members (six of whom shall be residents of the State of Alaska and five of whom shall be residents of the State of Washington), appointed by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, from among a slate of 12 persons nominated by the Governor of Alaska and a slate of 10 persons nominated by the Governor of Washington.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Qualifications.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Persons appointed to the Advisory Panel shall be individuals who are knowledgeable or experienced concerning anadromous stocks and ecologically related species. In submitting a slate of nominees pursuant to subsection (a)(4), the Governors of Alaska and Washington shall seek to represent the broad range of parties interested in anadromous stocks and ecologically related species, and at a minimum shall include on each slate at least one representative of commercial salmon fishing interests and of environmental interests concerned with protection of living marine resources.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Limitation on Service.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any person appointed to the Advisory Panel pursuant to subsection (a)(4) shall serve for a term not to exceed 4 years, and may not serve more than two consecutive terms.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Functions.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Advisory Panel shall be invited to all nonexecutive meetings of the United States Section and at such meetings shall be granted the opportunity to examine and to be heard on all proposed programs of study and investigation, reports, and recommendations of the United States Section.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/e" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Compensation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The members of the Advisory Panel shall receive no compensation for their service as such members.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/f" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Travel Expenses.—</heading>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/f/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary may pay the necessary travel expenses of the members of the Advisory Panel in carrying out their service as such members in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations and sections 5701, 5702, 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of title 5, United States Code.</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s805/f/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Reimbursement.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce may reimburse the Secretary for amounts expended by the Secretary under this subparagraph.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s806" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="806">SEC. 806. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5005">16 U.S.C. 5005</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce, may accept or reject, on behalf of the United States, recommendations made by the Commission in accordance with article IX of the Convention.</content>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s807" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="807">SEC. 807. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5006">16 U.S.C. 5006</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CONVENTION. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s807/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Responsibilities.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary of Commerce shall be responsible for administering provisions of the Convention, this title, and regulations issued under this title. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Transportation, shall be responsible for coordinating the participation of the United States in the Commission.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s807/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consultation and Cooperation.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In carrying out such functions, the Secretary of Commerce—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s807/b/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the United States Section, issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of the Convention and this title; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s807/b/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">may, with the concurrence of the Secretary, cooperate with the authorized officials of the government of any Party.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s808" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="808">SEC. 808. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5007">16 U.S.C. 5007</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s808/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any agency of the Federal Government is authorized, upon request of the Commission, to cooperate in the conduct of scientific and other programs, and to furnish, on a reimbursable basis, facilities and personnel for the purpose of assisting the Commission in carrying out its duties under the Convention. Such agency may accept reimbursement from the Commission.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s808/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Functions of Secretary of Commerce.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In carrying out the provisions of the Convention and this title, the Secretary of Commerce may arrange for cooperation with agencies of the United States, the States, private institutions and organizations, and agencies of the government of any Party, to conduct scientific and other programs, and may execute such memoranda as may be necessary to reflect such agreements.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="809">SEC. 809. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5008">16 U.S.C. 5008</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Duties of Secretaries of Commerce and Transportation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">This title shall be enforced by the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Transportation. Such Secretaries may by agreement utilize, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, the personnel, services, equipment (including aircraft and vessels), and facilities of any other Federal agency, including all elements of the Department of Defense, and of any State agency, in the performance of such duties. Such Secretaries shall, and the head of any Federal or State agency that has entered into an agreement with either such Secretary under the preceding sentence may (if the agreement so provides), authorize officers to enforce the provisions of the Convention, this title, and regulations issued under this title. Any such agreement or contract entered into pursuant to this section shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">District Court Jurisdiction.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The district courts of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any case or controversy arising under the provisions of this title.</content>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/c" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Powers of Enforcement Officers.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Authorized officers may, shoreward of the outer boundary of the exclusive economic zone, or during hot pursuit from the zone—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/c/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">with or without a warrant or other process—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/c/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">arrest any person, if the officer has reasonable cause to believe that such person has committed an act prohibited by section 810;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/c/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">board, and search or inspect, any fishing vessel subject to the provisions of the Convention and this title;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/c/1/C" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">seize any fishing vessel (together with its fishing gear, furniture, appurtenances, stores, and cargo) used or employed in, or with respect to which it reasonably appears that such vessel was used or employed in, the violation of any provision of the Convention, this title, or regulations issued under this title;</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/c/1/D" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">seize any fish (wherever found) taken or retained in violation of any provision referred to in subparagraph (C);<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="IDAE0060DA201944839BFDAA40A2259D97" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">9</ref></content><footnote id="IDAE0060DA201944839BFDAA40A2259D97" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">9</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">So in law. Probably should include “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">and</quotedText>” after the semicolon.</p></footnote>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/c/1/E" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">seize any other evidence related to any violation of any provision referred to in subparagraph (C);</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/c/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">execute any warrant or other process issued by any court of competent jurisdiction; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/c/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">exercise any other lawful authority.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/d" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Additional Powers.—</heading><paragraph class="inline" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/d/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC"><num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">An authorized officer may in the Convention area—</chapeau>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/d/1/A" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">board a vessel of any Party that reasonably can be believed to be engaged in directed fishing for, incidental taking of, or processing of anadromous fish, and, without warrant or process, inspect equipment, logs, documents, catch, and other articles, and question persons, on board the vessel, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Convention, this title, or any regulation issued under this title; and</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/d/1/B" style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">If<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="ID31C8AFA1185746A28A79CE12D454563C" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">10</ref> any such vessel or person on board is actually engaged in operations in violation of any such provision, or there is reasonable ground to believe any person or vessel was obviously so engaged before the boarding of such vessel by the authorized officer, arrest or seize such person or vessel and further investigate the circumstance if necessary.</content><footnote id="ID31C8AFA1185746A28A79CE12D454563C" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">10</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">So in law. Probably should be “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">if</quotedText>”.</p></footnote>
</subparagraph><continuation role="paragraph" style="-uslm-dtd:continuation-text">If an authorized officer, after boarding and investigation, has reasonable cause to believe that any such fishing vessel or person engaged in operations in violation of any provision referred to in subparagraph (A), the officer shall deliver the vessel or person as promptly as practicable to the enforcement officers of the appropriate Party, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention.</continuation></paragraph>
<paragraph class="leftIndentDecrease1" identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s809/d/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">When requested by the appropriate authorities of a Party, an authorized officer may be directed to attend as a witness, and to produce such available records and files or duly certified copies thereof as may be necessary, for the prosecution by that Party of any violation of the provisions of the Convention or any law of that Party relating to the enforcement thereof.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="810">SEC. 810. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5009">16 U.S.C. 5009</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES. </heading>
<subsection role="undesignated-level" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">It is unlawful for any person or fishing vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to fish for any anadromous fish in the Convention area;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to retain on board any anadromous fish taken incidentally in a fishery directed at nonanadromous fish in the Convention area;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to fail to return immediately to the sea any anadromous fish taken incidentally in a fishery directed at nonanadromous fish in the Convention area;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810/4" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody, control, or possession of, any anadromous fish taken or retained in violation of the Convention, this title, or any regulation issued under this title;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810/5" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to refuse to permit any enforcement officer to board a fishing vessel subject to such person's control for purposes of conducting any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of the Convention, this title, or any regulation issued under this title;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810/6" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any enforcement officer in the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspection described in paragraph (5);</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810/7" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to resist a lawful arrest or detection for any act prohibited by this section;</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810/8" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension, arrest, or detection of another person, knowing that such person has committed any act prohibited by this section; or</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s810/9" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">to violate any provision of the Convention, this title, or any regulation issued under this title.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s811 " style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="811 ">SEC. 811<ref class="footnoteRef" idref="ID766060B64ACC41F9A5403A33CF8C87EE" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref">11</ref>. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5010">16 U.S.C. 5010</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS AND ENFORCEMENT. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">For additional prohibitions relating to this Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826g).</content><footnote id="ID766060B64ACC41F9A5403A33CF8C87EE" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">11</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">The amendment made by section 103(b) of Public Law 114–81 to the “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Northern Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992</quotedText>” was carried out to the “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992</quotedText>” in order to reflect the probable intent of Congress. </p></footnote>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s812" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="812">SEC. 812. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5011">16 U.S.C. 5011</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FUNDING REQUIREMENTS. </heading>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s812/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Authorization.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">There are authorized to be appropriated from time to time such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions of the Convention and this title, including—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s812/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">necessary travel expenses of the United States Commissioners or Alternate Commissioners; and</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s812/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the United States' share of the joint expenses of the Commission.</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s812/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Research.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Such funds as shall be made available to the Secretary of Commerce for research and related activities shall be expended to carry out the program of the Commission in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Section and to carry out other research and observer programs pursuant to the Convention.</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s813" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="813">SEC. 813. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t16/s5012">16 U.S.C. 5012</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Secretary shall dispose of any United States property held by the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission on the date of its termination in a manner that would further the purposes of this title.</content>
</section>
<section identifier="/us/sComp/102/567/tVIII/s814" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="814">SEC. 814. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REPEAL OF THE NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES ACT OF 1954. </heading>
<content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Act of August 12, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1021–1035) is repealed.</content>
</section>