and by restoring salmon stocks as quickly as
possible; and
(B) help implement a 1989 ‘‘Understand-
ing between the United States and Canadian
Sections of the Pacific Salmon Commission
Concerning 
Joint 
Enhancement 
of
Transboundary River Salmon Stocks’’.
(b) TERMINATION OF FISHERIES TRADE PROMOTION
PROGRAM.—Section 211 of the Act of December 22, 1989
(15 U.S.C. 1511b) is repealed.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TERMINATE FISH-
ERIES PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT TRANSFERS AND
FUNDS.—Section 2(b) of the Act of August 11, 1939 (15
U.S.C. 713c–3), popularly known as the ‘‘Saltonstall-Ken-
nedy Act’’, is repealed. Amounts remaining, on the effec-
tive date of this section, in the funds established under
that section that are not required for the provision of fi-
nancial assistance that is not otherwise terminated by this
section shall revert to the general fund of the Treasury.
(d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO GUARANTEE
OBLIGATIONS FOR FISHING VESSEL AND FISHING FACIL-
ITY CONSTRUCTION, ETC.—No new guarantee of an obli-
gation or commitment to guarantee an obligation under
title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App.
U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) may be made under authority that
was vested in the Secretary of Commerce on the day be-
fore the effective date of this section (relating to obliga-
tions for fishing vessels or fishing facilities), except to the
extent the making of such a guarantee was a contractual
obligation of the United States on the day before that ef-
fective date.
(e) TERMINATION OF COMPENSATION UNDER FISH-
ERMEN’S PROTECTIVE ACT OF 1967.—No compensation
may be paid under section 10 of the Fishermen’s Protec-
tive Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1980), relating to compensa-
tion for damage, loss, or destruction of fishing vessels or
fishing gear, except to the extent the compensation was
awarded before the effective date of this section.
(f) TERMINATION OF COMPENSATION TO FISHERMEN
UNDER
OUTER
CONTINENTAL
SHELF
LANDS
ACT
AMENDMENTS OF 1978.—No compensation may be paid
under title IV of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.), except to
the extent the compensation was awarded before the effec-
tive date of this section.
(g) TERMINATION OF MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH
FUNCTIONS.—The following functions, as vested in per-
sonnel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration on the day before the effective date of this section,
are terminated:
(1) All observation and prediction functions re-
lating to pollution research.
(2) All functions relating to estuarine and
coastal assessment research.
(h) TERMINATION OF NOAA CORPS.—
(1) TERMINATION.—The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Corps is terminated,
and the assets thereof shall be transferred to the
Commerce Programs Resolution Agency.
(2) DISPOSITION
OF
ASSETS.—The Adminis-
trator of the Commerce Programs Resolution Agen-
cy shall attempt to sell the assets of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps,
within 18 months after the effective date specified in
section 213(a), to a private sector entity intending
to perform substantially the same functions as were
performed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Corps immediately before such effec-
tive date.
(3) REPORT.—If no offer to purchase assets
under paragraph (2) is received within the 18-month
period described in such paragraph, the Commerce
Programs Resolution Agency shall submit a report
to the Congress containing recommendations on the
appropriate disposition of the assets and functions of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion Corps.
(i) DISPOSAL OF NOAA FLEET.—The Secretary of
the Interior—
(1) shall cease modernization of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fleet of
vessels and terminate all new construction for that
fleet;
(2) shall promptly dispose of all assets compris-
ing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration fleet; and
(3) may not purchase any vessels for the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(j) OFFICE
OF OCEANIC
AND ATMOSPHERIC RE-
SEARCH.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
(2) or (3), the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Re-
search shall be terminated.
(2) Functions relating to weather research of the Of-
fice of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research shall be trans-
ferred to the National Weather Service.
(3)(A) The laboratories of the Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research shall be transferred to the Com-
merce Programs Resolution Agency.
(B) The Commerce Programs Resolution Agency
shall attempt to sell the property of the laboratories of
the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, within
18 months after the effective date specified in section
213(a), to a private sector entity intending to perform
substantially the same functions as were performed by the
laboratories of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Re-
search immediately before such effective date.
(C) If no offer to purchase property under subpara-
graph (B) is received within the 18-month period de-
scribed in such subparagraph, the Commerce Programs
Resolution Agency shall transfer the remaining labora-
tories to the Department of the Interior, which shall sub-
mit a report to the Congress containing recommendations
on the appropriate disposition of the property and func-
tions of such laboratories.
(k) NAUTICAL AND AERONAUTICAL CHARTING.—(1)
The nautical and aeronautical charting functions of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall
be transferred to the Defense Mapping Agency.
(2) The Defense Mapping Agency shall terminate any
functions transferred to it under paragraph (1) that are
performed by the private sector.
(l) NESDIS.—(1)(A) The National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information System Data Centers
shall be transferred to the Commerce Programs Resolu-
tion Agency.
(B) The Commerce Programs Resolution Agency
shall attempt to sell the property of the National Environ-
mental Satellite, Data, and Information System Data Cen-
ters, within 18 months after the effective date specified
in section 213(a), to a private sector entity intending to
perform substantially the same functions as were per-
formed by the National Environmental Satellite, Data,
and Information System Data Centers immediately before
such effective date.
(C) If no offer to purchase property under subpara-
graph (B) is received within the 18-month period de-
scribed in such subparagraph, the Commerce Programs
Resolution Agency shall submit a report to the Congress
containing recommendations on the appropriate disposi-
tion of the property and functions of the National Envi-
ronmental Satellite, Data, and Information System Data
Centers.
(2) Functions related to weather satellites of the Na-
tional Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
System shall be transferred to the National Weather Serv-
ice.
(m) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.—(1) The Na-
tional Weather Service is hereby transferred to the De-
partment of the Interior.
by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of
law. Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to pro-
hibit the discontinuance or modification of any such pro-
ceeding under the same terms and conditions and to the
same extent that such proceeding could have been discon-
tinued or modified if this Act had not been enacted.
(c) SUITS.—This Act shall not affect suits com-
menced before the date of the enactment of this Act, and
in all such suits, proceeding shall be had, appeals taken,
and judgments rendered in the same manner and with the
same effect as if this Act had not been enacted.
(d) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, action,
or other proceeding commenced by or against the Depart-
ment of Commerce or the Secretary of Commerce, or by
or against any individual in the official capacity of such
individual as an officer or employee of an office trans-
ferred by this Act, shall abate by reason of the enactment
of this Act.
(e) CONTINUANCE OF SUITS.—If any officer of the
Department of Commerce or the Commerce Programs
Resolution Agency in the official capacity of such officer
is party to a suit with respect to a function of the officer,
and under this Act such function is transferred to any
other officer or office, then such suit shall be continued