PROGRAM SUPPORT.

SEC. 401. PROGRAM SUPPORT. (a) Executive Direction and Administrative Activities.— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out executive direction and administrative activities (including management, administrative support, provision of retired pay of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration commissioned officers, and policy development) under the Act entitled “An Act to clarify the status and benefits of commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes”, approved December 31, 1970 (33 U.S.C. 857–1 et seq.), and any other law involving those activities, $68,460,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $75,750,000 for fiscal year 1993. (b) Marine Services.— (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oce-106 STAT. 4291anic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out marine services activities (including ship operations, maintenance, and support) under the Act of 1947 and any other law involving those activities, $63,407,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $68,518,000 for fiscal year 1993. (2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to acquire a multibeam sonar mapper, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1993. (3) In addition to sums authorized in paragraphs (1) and (2), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $1,040,000 for fiscal year 1993 for the reactivation and operation of the research vessle ALBATROSS IV. (4) (A) Unless necessary for safety reasons, the Secretary of Commerce shall not deactivate the ALBATROSS IV (if active), until an equivalent replacement vessel is operational. (B) The Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives 60 days prior to the proposed deactivation of any other research vessel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, if an equivalent replacement vessel will not become operational at the time of deactivation. (5) 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. (c) Aircraft Services.— There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out aircraft services activities (including aircraft operations, maintenance, and support) under the Act of 1890 and any other law involving those activities, $8,865,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $10,336,000 for fiscal year 1993.