SEC. 5. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND
INFORMATION SERVICE.
(a) OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary to enable the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry
out the Operations, Research, and Facilities environ-
mental research and development and related activi-
ties of the National Environmental Satellite, Data
and Information Service $103,092,000 for fiscal year
2000 and $103,092,000 for fiscal year 2001, to re-
main available until expended.
(2) SATELLITE
OBSERVING
SYSTEMS.—Of the
amounts 
authorized 
under 
paragraph 
(1),
$59,236,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $59,236,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Satellite Observing Sys-
tems, of which—
(A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Glob-
al Disaster Information Network (GDIN);
(B) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for
Ocean Remote Sensing; and
(C) $53,236,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$53,236,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for En-
vironmental Observing Services.
(3) ENVIRONMENTAL
DATA
MANAGEMENT
SYS-
TEMS.—Of the amounts authorized under paragraph
(1), $43,856,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $43,856,000
for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Environmental Data
Management Systems, of which—
(A) $31,521,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$31,521,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for
Data and Information Services; and
(B) $12,335,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$12,335,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for En-
vironmental Data Systems Modernization.
(b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC-
TION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary to enable the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry
out the Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction
environmental research and development and related
activities of the National Environmental Satellite,
Data and Information Service $413,657,000 for fiscal
year 2000 and $476,183,000 for fiscal year 2001, to
remain available until expended.
(2) SYSTEMS ACQUISITION.—Of the amounts au-
thorized under paragraph (1), $410,612,000 for fiscal
year 2000 and $473,803,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall
be for Systems Acquisition, of which—
(A) $140,979,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$114,594,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the
procurement and launch of, and supporting
ground systems for, Polar Orbiting Environ-
mental Satellites (POES), K, L, M, N, and N′;
(B) $80,100,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$113,600,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the
procurement and launch of, and supporting
ground systems for, the National Polar-Orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite System
(NPOESS); and
(C) $189,533,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$245,609,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the
procurement and launch of, and supporting
ground systems for, Geostationary Operational
Environmental 
NEXT 
follow-on 
Satellites
(GOES N–Q).
(3) CONSTRUCTION.—Of the amounts authorized
under paragraph (1), $3,045,000 for fiscal year 2000
and $2,380,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Op-
erations Center Rehabilitation Construction.
SEC. 6. FACILITIES.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration to carry out the Operations, Research, and
Facilities environmental research and development and re-
lated activities required to meet recurring facilities oper-
ations costs associated with the David Skaggs Research
Center in Boulder, Colorado, $3,850,000 for fiscal year
2000 and $3,850,000 for fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall exclude
from consideration for grant agreements made after fiscal
year 1999 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration, under the activities for which funds are au-
thorized under this Act, any person who received funds,
other than those described in subsection (b), appropriated
for a fiscal year after fiscal year 1999, under a grant agree-
ment from any Federal funding source for a project that
was not subjected to a competitive, merit-based award proc-
ess, except as specifically authorized by this Act. Any exclu-
sion from consideration pursuant to this section shall be
effective for a period of 5 years after the person receives
such Federal funds.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to the
receipt of Federal funds by a person due to the membership
of that person in a class specified by law for which assist-
ance is awarded to members of the class according to a for-
mula provided by law.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘grant agreement’’ means a legal instrument whose
principal purpose is to transfer a thing of value to the re-
cipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimula-
tion authorized by a law of the United States, and does
not include the acquisition (by purchase, lease, or barter)
of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the
United States Government. Such term does not include a
cooperative agreement (as such term is used in section 6305
of title 31, United States Code) or a cooperative research
and development agreement (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 12(d)(1) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova-
tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(1))).
SEC. 8. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.
The Administrator shall make available through the
Internet home page of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration the abstracts relating to all research
grants and awards made with funds authorized by this Act.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or per-
mit the release of any information prohibited by law or reg-
ulation from being released to the public.