SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Technology Administration Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $9,886,000. National Institute of Standards and Technology Scientific and Technical Research and Services For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $359,411,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $282,000 may be transferred to the “Working Capital Fund”. industrial technology services For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $106,623,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That hereafter the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to enter into agreements with one or more nonprofit organizations for the purpose of carrying out collective research and development initiatives pertaining to 15 U.S.C. 278k paragraph (a), and is authorized to seek and accept contributions from public and private sources to support these efforts as necessary. In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $180,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $60,700,000 shall be expended for the award of new grants before October 1, 2003. Construction of Research Facilities For construction of new research facilities, including architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $66,100,000, to remain available until expended. 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 maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities as authorized, $2,313,519,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service for the management of the national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for 117 STAT. 74 the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That, in addition, $65,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled “Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries”: Provided further, That grants to States pursuant to sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000, unless funds provided for “Coastal Zone Management Grants” exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal year: Provided further, That if funds provided for “Coastal Zone Management Grants” exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal year, then no State shall receive more than 5 percent or less than 1 percent of the additional funds: Provided further, That, of the $2,395,519,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading (of which $2,313,519,000 is appropriated from the General Fund, $65,000,000 is provided by transfer, and $17,000,000 is derived from deobligations from prior years), $417,933,000 shall be for the National Ocean Service, $580,066,000 shall be for the National Marine Fisheries Service, $374,740,000 shall be for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, $698,767,000 shall be for the National Weather Service, $150,616,000 shall be for the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, and $173,397,000 shall be for Program Support: Provided further, That, of the amount provided under this heading, $273,022,000 shall be for the conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(K) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That no general administrative charge shall be applied against an assigned activity included in this Act and, further, that any direct administrative expenses applied against an assigned activity shall be limited to 5 percent of the funds provided for that assigned activity so that total National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administrative expenses shall not exceed $243,000,000: Provided further, That any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce will designate a National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Office for the Pacific Area within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the existing National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region and Fisheries Science Center and Northwest Region and Fisheries Science Center shall not be merged or reorganized to form the new National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Area Regional Office, that the current structure, organization, function, and funding of the Southwest and Northwest Centers will not be changed except for funds that are already dedicated to the Hawaiian Islands, and that each regional organization will have the lead responsibility for its own programs: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce may enter into cooperative agreements with the Joint and Cooperative Institutes as designated by the Secretary to use the personnel, services, or facilities of such organizations for research, education, training, and outreach. In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.117 STAT. 75 Procurement, Acquisition and Construction (including transfers of funds) For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $759,030,000, to remain available until March 1, 2006, except for funds appropriated for the National Marine Fisheries Service Honolulu Laboratory and for the National Environmental Satellites, Data, and Information Service, which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That unexpended balances of amounts previously made available in the “Operations, Research, and Facilities” account for activities funded under this heading may be transferred to and merged with this account, to remain available until expended for the purposes for which the funds were originally appropriated: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, funds shall only be made available on a dollar for dollar matching basis with funds provided for the same purpose by the Department of Defense: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading for expenses necessary to carry out conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, including funds for the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, $76,179,000, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural or recreational state to other uses: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act under the heading “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Procurement, Acquisition and Construction” shall be used to fund the General Services Administration’s standard construction and tenant build-out costs of a facility at the Suitland Federal Center. Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon populations and the implementation of the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement between the United States and Canada, $90,000,000: Provided, That this amount shall be for the conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. In addition, for a final payment pursuant to the 1999 Pacific Salmon Treaty Agreement, $40,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be deposited in the Northern Boundary and Transboundary Rivers Restoration and Enhancement Fund, and of which $15,000,000 shall be deposited in the Southern Boundary Restoration and Enhancement Fund: Provided, That this amount shall be for the conservation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.117 STAT. 76 fishermen’s contingency fund For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95–372, not to exceed $1,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. foreign fishing observer fund For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended (Public Law 96–339), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, as amended (Public Law 100–627), the American Fisheries Promotion Act (Public Law 96–561) and the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (Public Law 105–42), to be derived from the fees imposed under the foreign fishery observer program authorized by these Acts, not to exceed $1,000, to remain available until expended. fisheries finance program account For the cost of direct loans, $287,000, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans, and not to exceed $59,000,000 for Traditional direct loans, of which not less than $40,000,000 may be used for direct loans to the United States distant water tuna fleet: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used for direct loans for any new fishing vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any United States fishery. Departmental Management Salaries and Expenses For expenses necessary for the departmental management of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, $44,954,000. office of inspector general For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11, as amended by Public Law 100–504), $20,635,000.