National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration

National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration operations, research, and facilities (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including acquisition, maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; not to exceed 439 commissioned officers on the active list; as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; construction of facilities, including initial equipment as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and alteration, modernization, and relocation of facilities as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; $1,835,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 but consistent with other existing law, in addition to fees currently being assessed and collected, additional fees shall be assessed, collected, and credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections to be available until expended, to recover the costs of administering marine sanctuary and aeronautical charting programs: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such additional fees are received during fiscal year 1995, so as to result in a final general fund appropriation estimated at not more than $1,829,000,000: Provided further, That any such additional fees received in excess of $6,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1995: Provided further, That in addition, $55,500,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled “Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries”: Provided further, That hereafter all receipts received from the sale of aeronautical charts that result from an increase in the price of individual charts above the level in effect for such charts on September 30, 1993,108 STAT. 1742 shall be deposited in this account as an offsetting collection and shall be available for obligation: Provided further, That grants to States pursuant to sections 306 and 306(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act, as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000 and shall not be less than $500,000, and any grant made in fiscal year 1995 to a State which did not receive funding under this program in fiscal year 1994 shall not exceed $800,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $16,000,000 shall be available for the integrated program office for convergence of civilian and military polar-orbiting meteorological satellites: Provided further, That of the offsetting collections credited to this account, $123,000 are permanently canceled.