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Research Park; $8,000,000 shall be for the Mississippi State
University Research, Technology and Economic Develop-
ment Park; $2,000,000 shall be for the University of South-
ern Mississippi Innovation and Commercialization Park
Infrastructure and Building Construction and Equipage;
$5,000,000 shall be for the Alabama State University Life
Sciences Building; and $30,000,000 shall be for laboratory
and research space at the University of South Alabama En-
gineering and Science Center.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and
vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pur-
suant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities,
$3,036,888,000, to remain available until September 30,
2008, except for funds provided for cooperative enforcement,
which shall remain available until September 30, 2009:
Provided, That fees and donations received by the National
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanc-
tuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and ex-
penses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 31
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U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addition,
$3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund enti-
tled ‘‘Coastal Zone Management’’ and in addition
$77,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund enti-
tled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research
Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That
of the $3,121,888,000 provided for in direct obligations
under this heading $3,036,888,000 is appropriated from the
general fund, $80,000,000 is provided by transfer, and
$5,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obliga-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided under
this heading, $250,000 is made available until expended
subject to procedures set forth in section 209 of Public Law
108–447: Provided further, That no general administrative
charge shall be applied against an assigned activity in-
cluded in this Act or the report accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the total amount available for the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration corporate
services administrative support costs shall not exceed
$209,179,000: Provided further, That payments of funds
made available under this heading to the Department of
Commerce Working Capital Fund including Department of
Commerce General Counsel legal services shall not exceed
$34,425,000: Provided further, That any deviation from the
amounts designated for specific activities in the report ac-
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companying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of
funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this
Act: 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’’ ex-
ceed funds provided in the previous fiscal year: Provided
further, That if funds provided for ‘‘Coastal Zone Manage-
ment 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 fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2008 and hereafter the Adminis-
trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration may engage in formal and informal education ac-
tivities, including primary and secondary education, re-
lated to the agency’s mission goals: Provided further, That
in accordance with section 215 of Public Law 107–372 the
number of officers in the NOAA Commissioned Officer
Corps shall increase to 321: Provided further, That for fiscal
year 2009 and hereafter the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration shall submit its budget request to
Congress concurrently with its submission to the Office of
Management and Budget: Provided further, That of the
funds provided, $15,000,000 is provided for the alleviation
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of economic impacts associated Framework 42 on the Mas-
sachusetts groundfish fishery: Provided further, That of the
funds available for the Ocean Research Priorities Plan Im-
plementation, such sums as may be necessary may be set
aside to initiate the study to be completed within 2 years
on acidification of the oceans and how this process affects
the United States as authorized by section 701 of the Mag-
nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Re-
authorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–479; 120 Stat.
3649): Provided further, That of the funds provided, not less
than $15,000,000 shall be available to carry out activities
under section 315 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (8 U.S.C. 1864): Provided
further, That of the funds provided under this heading for
the Office of Response and Restoration funds may be used
from the Damage Assessment Restoration Revolving Fund
for sampling, and analysis related to the disposal of obsolete
vessels owned or operated by the Federal Government in
Suisun Bay, California: Provided further, That of the funds
provided under this heading, up to $275,000 may be avail-
able for the purchase and distribution of bycatch reduction
devices to shrimpers in areas of the Gulf Coast impacted
by Hurricane Rita or Hurricane Katrina during 2005.
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor
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Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of
retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as
may be necessary.
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap-
ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
$1,089,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2009, except funds provided for construction of facilities
which shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbit-
ing 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 De-
partment of Defense: Provided further, That except to the
extent expressly prohibited by any other law, the Depart-
ment of Defense may delegate procurement functions related
to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellite System to officials of the Department of Commerce
pursuant to section 2311 of title 10, United States Code:
Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts des-
ignated for specific activities in the report accompanying
this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro-