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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2931

To make improvements to the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 26, 2000

Mr. MURKOWSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To make improvements to the Arctic Research and Policy

Act of 1984.

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 ‘‘Arctic Research and

5 Policy Amendments Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. CHAIRPERSON OF THE ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMIS7 SION.

8 (a) COMPENSATION.—Section 103(d)(1) of the Arctic

9 Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4102 (d)(1))

10 is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘90 days’’

11 and inserting ‘‘, in the case of the chairperson of the Com-
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1 mission, 120 days, and, in the case of any other member

2 of the Commission, 90 days,’’.

3 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 103(d)(2) of

4 the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C.

5 4102(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘Chairman’’ and in6 serting ‘‘chairperson’’.

7 SEC. 3. COMMISSION AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN RE8 SEARCH.

9 Section 104 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act

10 of 1984 (14 U.S.C. 4103) is amended—

11 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub12 section (c); and

13 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol14 lowing:

15 ‘‘(b) COMMISSION AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN RE16 SEARCH.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may make

18 an annual award of not to exceed $1000. Awards

19 may be made for excellence in Arctic research or for

20 outstanding support of Arctic research.

21 ‘‘(2) INELIGIBILITY OF COMMISSION MEM22 BERS.—An individual who has been a member of the

23 Commission shall be ineligible to receive an award

24 under paragraph (1).’’.
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1 SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR ARCTIC RESEARCH.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the Arctic Re3 search and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4103) (as

4 amended by section 3) is amended by inserting after sub5 section (b) the following:

6 ‘‘(c) FUNDING FOR ARCTIC RESEARCH.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With the prior approval of

8 the Commission, or under authority delegated by the

9 Commission, and subject to such conditions as the

10 Commission may specify, the Executive Director ap11 pointed under section 106(1) may—

12 ‘‘(A) make grants to persons to conduct re13 search concerning the Arctic; and

14 ‘‘(B) make funds available to the National

15 Science Foundation or to Federal agencies for

16 the conduct of research concerning the Arctic.

17 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF ACTION BY EXECUTIVE DIREC18 TOR.—An action taken by the Executive Director

19 under paragraph (1) shall be final binding on the

20 Commission.’’.

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

22 111 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15

23 U.S.C. 4110) is amended—

24 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub25 section (c); and
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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol2 lowing:

3 ‘‘(b) FUNDING FOR ARCTIC RESEARCH.—There are

4 authorized to be appropriated to the Commission such

5 sums as are necessary to carry out 104(c).’’.

6 SEC. 5. REPRESENTATION AND RECEPTION ACTIVITIES.

7 Section 106 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act

8 of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4105) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

10 end;

11 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at

12 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

13 (3) by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘(6) expend, for each fiscal year, not more than

15 0.2 percent of the amounts made available to the

16 Commission under section 111 for representation

17 and reception activities.’’.

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