Pub. L. 109-58, tit. IX, subtit. I, sec. 998 (as amended)
BARROW GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH FACILITY.
SEC. 998. [42 U.S.C. 16362] BARROW GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH FACILITY.
(a) Establishment.—The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretaries of Energy and the Interior, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a joint research facility in Barrow, Alaska, to be known as the “Barrow Geophysical Research Facility”, to support scientific research activities in the Arctic.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretaries of Commerce, Energy, and the Interior, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the planning, design, construction, and support of the Barrow Geophysical Research Facility, $61,000,000.
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- 42 U.S.C. 16362