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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1394

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 23 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,

and Transportation

AN ACT

To improve coordination of National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration Great Lakes activities.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Oceanic and

5 Atmospheric Administration Great Lakes Improvements

6 Act’’.

7 SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES OFFICE.

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary may es9 tablish and maintain within the Administration a Great

10 Lakes Office in the Washington, District of Columbia

11 area.
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1 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Great Lakes Of2 fice shall be to promote and coordinate Administration re3 search, monitoring, and assessment work in the Great

4 Lakes region consistent with the goals of the Great Lakes

5 Water Quality Agreement.

6 (c) DIRECTOR.—The Director of the Great Lakes Of7 fice shall be an individual with extensive knowledge and

8 expertise in the Great Lakes ecosystem, and with appro9 priate administrative experience.

10 SEC. 3. GREAT LAKES REPORT.

11 (a) CONTENTS.—Subject to the availability of appro12 priations under section 5 of this Act, the Under Secretary,

13 in consultation with the Director of the Great Lakes Office

14 if established, shall prepare and submit to Congress an

15 annual Great Lakes Report. The Report shall provide in16 formation relating to Great Lakes ecosystem research,

17 monitoring, and assessment, including—

18 (1) the individual activities, projects, or propos19 als conducted by the Administration in the previous

20 fiscal year, including a summary of funds expended

21 in support of these activities, projects, or proposals;

22 (2) the amount of funds received from the Ad23 ministration by each State or local government unit

24 bordering the Great Lakes;
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1 (3) the amount of funds received by individuals

2 or institutions residing or located within a State bor3 dering the Great Lakes;

4 (4) an inventory of Administration facilities and

5 personnel located in a State bordering the Great

6 Lakes or in the Great Lakes used to conduct or sup7 port Administration-funded activities, projects, or

8 proposals in the Great Lakes, including vessels;

9 (5) the proposed Administration activities,

10 projects, and proposals to benefit the Great Lakes

11 ecosystem for the current fiscal year, including re12 quested funds; and

13 (6) a proposal for increasing the presence of the

14 Administration in the Great Lakes, and improving

15 the coordination of research within the Administra16 tion and with other entities, including the Govern17 ment of Canada.

18 (b) DEADLINE.—Subject to the availability of appro19 priations under section 5 of this Act, the Under Secretary

20 shall submit the Great Lakes Report to Congress by Octo21 ber 1 of 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.

22 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

23 In this Act—

24 (1) the term ‘‘Administration’’ means the Na25 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
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1 (2) the term ‘‘Great Lakes’’ means—

2 (A) Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michi3 gan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior;

4 (B) their connecting waters, including the

5 St. Marys River, the St. Clair River, Lake St.

6 Clair, the Detroit River, and the Niagara River;

7 and

8 (C) the St. Lawrence River;

9 (3) the term ‘‘Great Lakes Water Quality

10 Agreement’’ means the bilateral agreement between

11 the United States and Canada which was signed in

12 1978 and amended by the Protocol of 1987; and

13 (4) the term ‘‘Under Secretary’’ means the

14 Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and At15 mosphere.

16 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Under

18 Secretary to carry out this Act $100,000 for each of the

19 fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.

Passed the House of Representatives March 21,

1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.