155
HR 2500 PP
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act
of 1965, as amended, and for trade adjustment assistance,
$341,000,000, to remain available until expended.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of administering the economic
development assistance programs as provided for by law,
$30,557,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to
monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public
Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emer-
gency Drought Relief Act of 1977.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business
enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and
other agreements with public or private organizations,
$28,381,000.
ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department
156
HR 2500 PP
of Commerce, $62,515,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2003.
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by
law, $168,561,000.
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics
for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law,
$348,529,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), $14,054,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal
agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, anal-
ysis, and operations, and related services and such fees shall
be retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such
spectrum services, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized
to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds trans-
ferred, or previously transferred, from other Government
157
HR 2500 PP
agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications re-
search, engineering, and related activities by the Institute
for Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of
its assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds
received from other Government agencies shall remain
available until expended.
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND
CONSTRUCTION
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $43,466,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the
Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,358,000
shall be available for program administration as authorized
by section 391 of the Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior
year unobligated balances may be made available for grants
for projects for which applications have been submitted and
approved during any fiscal year.
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
For grants authorized by section 392 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, as amended, $15,503,000, to remain
available until expended as authorized by section 391 of the
Act, as amended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,097,000
shall be available for program administration and other
support activities as authorized by section 391: Provided
further, That, of the funds appropriated herein, not to ex-
158
HR 2500 PP
ceed 5 percent may be available for telecommunications re-
search activities for projects related directly to the develop-
ment of a national information infrastructure: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of sections
392(a) and 392(c) of the Act, these funds may be used for
the planning and construction of telecommunications net-
works for the provision of educational, cultural, health care,
public information, public safety, or other social services:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no entity that receives telecommunications services
at preferential rates under section 254(h) of the Act (47
U.S.C. 254(h)) or receives assistance under the regional in-
formation sharing systems grant program of the Depart-
ment of Justice under part M of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796h) may use funds under a grant under this heading
to cover any costs of the entity that would otherwise be cov-
ered by such preferential rates or such assistance, as the
case may be.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office provided for by law, including defense
of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States
159
HR 2500 PP
Patent and Trademark Office, $856,701,000, to remain
available until expended, which amount shall be derived
from offsetting collections assessed and collected pursuant
to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, and shall
be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro-
priation: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collec-
tions are received during fiscal year 2002, so as to result
in fiscal year 2002 appropriation from the general fund
estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year
2002, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections
be less than $856,701,000, the total amounts available to
the United States Patent and Trademark Office shall be re-
duced accordingly: Provided further, That an additional
amount not to exceed $282,300,000 from fees collected in
prior fiscal years shall be available for obligation in fiscal
year 2002, to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed
$5,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 2002 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses.
160
HR 2500 PP
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for
Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $8,238,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $343,296,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $282,000 may
be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, $105,137,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce is au-
thorized to enter into agreements with one or more non-
profit organizations for the purpose of carrying out collec-
tive research and development initiatives pertaining to 15
U.S.C. 278k paragraph (a), and is authorized to seek and
accept contributions from public and private sources to sup-
port these efforts as necessary.
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced
Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards
161
HR 2500 PP
and Technology, $204,200,000, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed $60,700,000 shall be avail-
able for the award of new grants.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
For construction of new research facilities, including
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation of
existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15
U.S.C. 278c–278e, $43,893,000, to remain available until
expended.
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;
grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organiza-
tions for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to
cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities as au-
thorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i, $2,273,305,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be for
West 
Coast 
Groundfish 
Cooperative 
Research 
and
$3,000,000 shall be for Oregon Groundfish Disaster Assist-
ance, of which $300,000 shall be available only for a vari-
able and Eurasian milfoil education and prevention pro-
162
HR 2500 PP
gram in New Hampshire and $300,000 shall be available
only for the Connecticut River Partnership: Provided, That
fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service
for the management of the national marine sanctuaries
may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses asso-
ciated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
3302: Provided further, That in addition, $68,000,000 shall
be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and
Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to
American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That in addition,
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the fund entitled ‘‘Coastal Zone Management’’: Provided
further, That of the amounts made available to the National
Marine Fisheries Service, not less than $29,000,000 shall
be for Alaskan Steller sea lion research: Provided further,
That such sums as are necessary shall be available to the
National Marine Fisheries Service, in collaboration with
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to conduct a
review of the agencies’ joint regulations governing consulta-
tions on Federal agency actions under subsection (a)(2) of
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1536), so as to streamline the consultation process to ensure
that consultations are completed within the deadlines pro-
vided in that section and have streamlined documentation
requirements consistent with that section, and to make any
163
HR 2500 PP
necessary modifications to those regulations not later than
April 1, 2003: Provided further, That grants to States pur-
suant to sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Man-
agement Act of 1972, as amended, shall not exceed
$2,000,000: Provided further, That of the amount provided
under this heading, for conservation activities defined in
section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, $33,650,000
to remain available until expended, for the purposes of dis-
cretionary spending limits: Provided further, That not to
exceed $23,890,000 shall be expended for Executive Direc-
tion and Administration, which consists of the Offices of
the Undersecretary, the Executive Secretariat, Policy and
Strategic Planning, International Affairs, Legislative Af-
fairs, Public Affairs, Sustainable Development, the Chief
Scientist, and the General Counsel: Provided further, That
the aforementioned offices, excluding the Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel, shall not be augmented by personnel details,
temporary transfers of personnel on either a reimbursable
or nonreimbursable basis or any other type of formal or
informal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds
on either a temporary or long-term basis above the level
of 42 personnel: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided to the National Marine Fisheries Service, a total of
$6,000,000 shall be provided to the National Oceanic and
164
HR 2500 PP
Atmospheric Administration Office of General Counsel:
Provided further, That the National Marine Fisheries Serv-
ice shall be obligated for payment of all fisheries-related re-
imbursable work performed by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Office of General Counsel:
Provided further, That the Secretary may proceed as he
deems necessary to have the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration occupy and operate its research fa-
cilities which are located at Lafayette, Louisiana: Provided
further, That $1,500,000 shall be available only for the
planning and design of research facilities which shall be
located in Lafayette, Louisiana: Provided further, That the
R/V FAIRWEATHER shall be homeported in Ketchikan,
Alaska: Provided further, That no general administrative
charge shall be applied against an assigned activity in-
cluded in this Act and, further, that any direct administra-
tive expenses applied against an assigned activity shall be
limited to 5 percent of the funds provided for that assigned
activity: Provided further, That any use of deobligated bal-
ances of funds in excess of $22,000,000 shall be subject to
the procedures set forth in section 605 of this Act.
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor
Benefits Plan, and for payments for medical care of retired
personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Med-
165
HR 2500 PP
ical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be nec-
essary.
In addition, there is hereby established the Business
Management Fund of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, which shall be available without fis-
cal year limitation for expense and equipment necessary for
the maintenance and operations of such services and
projects as the Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration determines may be performed
more advantageously when centralized: Provided, That such
central services shall, to the fullest extent practicable, be
used to make unnecessary the maintenance of separate like
services in the divisions and offices of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration: Provided further, That a
separate schedule of expenditures and reimbursements, and
a statement of the current assets and liabilities of the Busi-
ness Management Fund as of the close of the completed fis-
cal year, shall be prepared each year and submitted to Con-
gress: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
3302, the Business Management Fund may be credited with
advances and reimbursements from applicable appropria-
tions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion and from funds of other agencies or entities for services
furnished pursuant to law: Provided further, That any in-
ventories, equipment, systems, real property and other as-
166
HR 2500 PP
sets over $25,000, pertaining to the services to be provided
by such funds, either on hand or on order, less the related
liabilities or unpaid obligations, and any appropriations
made hereafter for the purpose of providing capital, shall
be used to capitalize the Business Management Fund: Pro-
vided further, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Business Management Fund shall be au-
thorized to create an initial cash corpus of $5,000,000 from
deobligations and continued funding as may be or become
available from deobligations: Provided further, That the
Business Management Fund shall provide for centralized
services at rates which return in full all expenses of oper-
ation and services, including depreciation or full overhead
costs of fund plant and equipment, plus an amount equal
to projected inflation, amortization of automated data proc-
essing software and hardware systems, and an amount not
to exceed four percent necessary to maintain an operating
level in the fund as determined by the Administrator: Pro-
vided further, That full implementation of the Business
Management Fund will be phased in over a period not less
than three years nor more than five fiscal years.
There is hereby established the following organiza-
tional structure for the Business Management Fund of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Pro-
vided, That the overall responsibility for the National Oce-
167
HR 2500 PP
anic and Atmospheric Administration Business Manage-
ment Fund lies with the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration: Provided further,
That general management of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration’s Business Management Fund
may be delegated by the Administrator to the Chief Finan-
cial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap-
ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
$940,610,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That unexpended balances of amounts previously
made available in the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili-
ties’’ account for activities funded under this heading may
be transferred to and merged with this account, to remain
available until expended for the purposes for which the
funds were originally appropriated: Provided further, That
of the amount provided under this heading for expenses nec-
essary to carry out conservation activities defined in section
250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended, including funds for
the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program,
$83,410,000 to remain available until expended: Provided
168
HR 2500 PP
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the above amounts, $60,000,000 shall be used to initiate
the ‘‘Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program’’,
for which there shall be no matching requirement, of which
$2,500,000 is for coastal land acquisition at Rocky Point
in Warwick, Rhode Island: Provided further, That none of
the funds provided in this Act or any other Act under the
heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion, Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ shall be
used to fund the General Services Administration’s stand-
ard construction and tenant build-out costs of a facility at
the Suitland Federal Center.
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY
For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation
activites defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, including funds for the Endangered Species Act-
Pacific Salmon Recovery, the Columbia River Hatcheries,
the Columbia River Facilities, Pacific Salmon Treaty Im-
plementation, $137,940,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a),
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the Oper-
169
HR 2500 PP
ations, Research, and Facilities account to offset the costs
of implementing such Act.
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public
Law 95–372, not to exceed $952,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available
until expended.
FOREIGN FISHING OBSERVER FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended
(Public Law 96–339), the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act of 1976, as amended (Public
Law 100–627), and the American Fisheries Promotion Act
(Public Law 96–561), to be derived from the fees imposed
under the foreign fishery observer program authorized by
these Acts, not to exceed $191,000, to remain available until
expended.
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $287,000, as authorized
by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available under this heading may be used for direct
loans for any new fishing vessel that will increase the har-
vesting capacity in any United States fishery.
170
HR 2500 PP
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law,
including not to exceed $8,000 for official entertainment,
$42,062,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11, as amended
by Public Law 100–504), $21,176,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C.
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the
Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com-
merce that such payments are in the public interest.
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
171
HR 2500 PP
forms or allowances therefore, as authorized by law (5
U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 203. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance
aircraft and activities that are under the control of the
United States Air Force or the United States Air Force Re-
serve.
SEC. 204. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in
that section.
SEC. 205. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this title resulting from personnel actions
taken in response to funding reductions included in this
title or from actions taken for the care and protection of
loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within
the total budgetary resources available to such department
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to
172
HR 2500 PP
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 206. The Secretary of Commerce may award con-
tracts for hydrographic, geodetic, and photogrammetric sur-
veying and mapping services in accordance with title IX
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act
of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 541 et seq.).
SEC. 207. The Secretary of Commerce may use the
Commerce franchise fund for expenses and equipment nec-
essary for the maintenance and operation of such adminis-
trative services as the Secretary determines may be per-
formed more advantageously as central services, pursuant
to section 403 of Public Law 103–356: Provided, That any
inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the
services to be provided by such fund, either on hand or on
order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations, and
any appropriations made for the purpose of providing cap-
ital shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided further,
That such fund shall be paid in advance from funds avail-
able to the Department and other Federal agencies for which
such centralized services are performed, at rates which will
173
HR 2500 PP
return in full all expenses of operation, including accrued
leave, depreciation of fund plant and equipment, amortiza-
tion of automated data processing (ADP) software and sys-
tems (either acquired or donated), and an amount necessary
to maintain a reasonable operating reserve, as determined
by the Secretary: Provided further, That such fund shall
provide services on a competitive basis: Provided further,
That an amount not to exceed 4 percent of the total annual
income to such fund may be retained in the fund for fiscal
year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be used for the acquisition of capital
equipment, and for the improvement and implementation
of department financial management, ADP, and other sup-
port systems: Provided further, That such amounts retained
in the fund for fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year there-
after shall be available for obligation and expenditure only
in accordance with section 605 of this Act: Provided further,
That no later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year,
amounts in excess of this reserve limitation shall be depos-
ited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury: Provided
further, That such franchise fund pilot program shall termi-
nate pursuant to section 403(f) of Public Law 103–356.
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the amounts made available elsewhere in this title to the
‘‘National Institute of Standards and Technology, Con-
174
HR 2500 PP
struction of Research Facilities’’, $5,000,000 is appro-
priated to fund a cooperative agreement with the Medical
University of South Carolina, $6,000,000 is appropriated
to the Thayer School of Engineering for the nanocrystalline
materials and biomass research initiative, $3,000,000 is ap-
propriated to the Institute for Information Infrastructure
Protection at the Institute for Security Technology Studies,
and $4,000,000 is appropriated for the Institute for Poli-
tics.
SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the total amount of funds that may be transferred into
the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ in fiscal year 2002, or in any
fiscal year thereafter, may not exceed $117,000,000.
(b) All transfers of funds, functions, or personnel to
or from the Working Capital Fund in fiscal year 2002 and
any fiscal year thereafter shall be subject to section 605,
without regard to the amount of the reprogramming or the
purpose of the funds so reprogrammed.
(c) Of the amounts available under this section for sal-
aries of the staff of the Department of Commerce, the
amount obligated for that purpose before December 15,
2001, may not exceed $29,250,000.
(d)(1) Not later than December 15, 2001, the Secretary
of Commerce shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and House of Representatives a report
175
HR 2500 PP
setting forth the proposed disbursements from the Working
Capital Fund during fiscal year 2002.
(2) Of the proposed disbursements in the report under
paragraph (1)—
(A) not more than $7,000,000 of the proposed
disbursements may be for the Commerce Administra-
tive Management System or support for the Com-
merce Administrative Management System Support
Center; and
(B) none of the proposed disbursements for that
System may be from or attributable to the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(3) Disbursements from the Working Capital Fund in
fiscal year 2002 may not be made until 15 days after the
date on which the report is submitted under paragraph (1).
(4) Any modification of a proposed disbursement from
the Working Capital Fund previously specified in the report
under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a reprogramming
of funds to which section 605 applies, without regard to
the amount of the modification or the purpose of the dis-
bursement, as so modified.
(5)(A) If a disbursement from the Working Capital
Fund in fiscal year 2002 will require any bureau or organi-
zation in the Department of Commerce to incur costs not
previously specified in the report under paragraph (1), the
176
HR 2500 PP
disbursement may not be made until 15 days after the date
on which such bureau or organization submits to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives a Memorandum of Agreement providing for
such bureau or organization to incur such costs.
(B) Each Memorandum of Agreement under this para-
graph shall specify the provision of statute providing au-
thority for the disbursement concerned.
(e) Amounts in the ‘‘Advances and Reimbursements’’
account may not be used to assess or collect costs or charges
against or from any bureau or organization of the Depart-
ment of Commerce unless the costs or charges are incurred
for a project has been approved as a request for reprogram-
ming under section 605.
(f) The Office of Management and Budget shall issue
a quarterly Apportionment and Reapportionment Schedule,
and a Standard Form 133, for the Working Capital Fund
and the ‘‘Advances and Reimbursements’’ account based
upon the report required by subsection (d)(1).
SEC. 210. (a) Notwithstanding section 102 of the Ma-
rine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, or sec-
tion 9 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Anchorage
Sister Cities Commission of Anchorage, Alaska, may export,
on a one-time basis, to the Town of Whitby, in the care
of the Scarborough Borough Council, Whitby, North York-