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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2504

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 4, 2004

Ms. 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 2004’’. 

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’’ 
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1 and inserting ‘‘, in the case of the chairperson, 120 days, 

2 and, in the case of any other member, 90 days,’’. 

3 (b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 103(d)(2) of the Arc4 tic 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 (a) AUTHORITY.—Section 104 of the Arctic Research 

10 and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4103) is amended—

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

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

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

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each year, the Commission 

18 may make a cash award to any person in recognition 

19 of excellence in Arctic research conducted by such 

20 person or outstanding support of Arctic research 

21 provided by such person. 

22 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a cash award 

23 made to a person under paragraph (1) shall be fixed 

24 by the Commission and shall not exceed $1,000. 
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1 ‘‘(3) INELIGIBILITY OF COMMISSION MEM2 BERS.—An individual who is or has been a member 

3 of the Commission shall be ineligible to receive an 

4 award under paragraph (1).’’. 

5 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 104 of such 

6 Act, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—

7 (1) by inserting ‘‘DUTIES OF COMMISSION.—’’ 

8 before ‘‘The Commission’’ in subsection (a); and 

9 (2) by inserting ‘‘REPORT.—’’ before ‘‘Not later 

10 than’’ in subsection (d). 

11 SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR ARCTIC RESEARCH. 

12 Section 104 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act 

13 of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4103), as amended by section 3, is 

14 further amended by inserting after subsection (b) the fol15 lowing new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(c) FUNDING FOR ARCTIC RESEARCH.—

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

18 the Commission, or under authority delegated by the 

19 Commission, and subject to such conditions as the 

20 Commission may specify, the Executive Director ap21 pointed under section 106(1) may—

22 ‘‘(A) make grants to persons to fund, in 

23 whole or in part, the conduct of research con24 cerning the Arctic; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) make funds available to the National 

2 Science Foundation or to any other agency of 

3 the United States for support of the conduct of 

4 research concerning the Arctic. 

5 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF ACTION BY EXECUTIVE DIREC6 TOR.—An action taken by the Executive Director 

7 under paragraph (1) shall be final and binding on 

8 the Commission.’’. 

9 SEC. 5. REPRESENTATION AND RECEPTION ACTIVITIES. 

10 Section 106 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act 

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

12 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

13 (4); 

14 (2) by striking the period at the end of para15 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(6) expend for representation and reception 

18 expenses each fiscal year not more than 0.2 percent 

19 of the amounts made available to the Commission 

20 under section 111 for such fiscal year.’’.

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