Clair, the Detroit River, and the Niagara River;
and
(C) the St. Lawrence River;
(3) the term ‘‘Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement’’ means the bilateral agreement between
the United States and Canada which was signed in
1978 and amended by the Protocol of 1987; and
(4) the term ‘‘Under Secretary’’ means the
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and At-
mosphere.
SEC. 505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Under
Secretary to carry out this title $100,000 for each of fiscal
years 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.
TITLE VI—NATIONAL UNDERSEA
RESEARCH PROGRAM
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Undersea
Research Program Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this title, the term—
(1) ‘‘Administration’’ means the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration;
(2) ‘‘Center’’ means any National Undersea Re-
search Center in existence on the day before the
date of enactment of this Act or established under
section 605;
(3) ‘‘Center Director’’ means the Director of
any National Undersea Research Center;
(4) ‘‘Committee’’ means the National Undersea
Research Advisory Committee established under sec-
tion 604;
(5) ‘‘Office’’ means the Office of Undersea Re-
search established by section 603(d)(1);
(6) ‘‘priority research area’’ means any of the
priority research areas set forth in section 603(f)(1),
as those areas may be revised by the Under Sec-
retary under section 603(f)(2);
(7) ‘‘Program’’ means the National Undersea
Research Program established under section 603;
(8) ‘‘Program Director’’ means the Director of
the National Undersea Research Program appointed
pursuant to section 603(d)(2);
(9) ‘‘undersea region’’ means each of—
(A) the United States Northern Atlantic
region, comprised of the coastal and oceanic
waters and seabed north of Montauk, New
York, and off Maine, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut;
(B) the Mid-Atlantic Bight region, com-
prised of the coastal and oceanic waters and
seabed south of Montauk, New York, and off
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela-
ware, Maryland, and Virginia;
(C) the United States Southern Atlantic
region, comprised of the coastal and oceanic
waters and seabed off North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, and the Atlantic coast of
Florida (including the Florida Keys);
(D) the Gulf of Mexico region, comprised
of the coastal and oceanic waters and seabed of
the Gulf of Mexico off Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, and Texas;
(E) the Great Lakes region, comprised of
the waters and lake beds of the Great Lakes;
(F) the California region, comprised of the
coastal and oceanic waters and seabed off
California;
(G) the United States Northeast Pacific
region, comprised of the coastal and oceanic
waters and seabed off Oregon, Washington, and
Alaska;
(H) the Western Pacific region, comprised
of the coastal and oceanic waters and seabed off
Hawaii, Johnston Island, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and
other Western Pacific waters and seabed rel-
evant to the purpose of the Program;
(I) the Caribbean region, comprised of the
coastal and oceanic waters and seabed off Puer-
to Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and
other tropical and subtropical waters and sea-
bed relevant to the purposes of the Program;
and
(J) any other undersea region resulting
from a modification under section 603(e)(5);
(10) ‘‘undersea research’’ means scientific re-
search carried out in the oceans or large lakes of the
world, using advanced underwater technology includ-
ing diving, underwater observatories and labora-
tories, research submersibles, remotely operated ve-
hicles, autonomous vehicles, and any other research
techniques necessary to carry out the provisions of
this title; and
(11) ‘‘Under Secretary’’ means the Under Sec-
retary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
SEC. 603. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF NA-
TIONAL UNDERSEA RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) 
PROGRAM
ESTABLISHMENT
AND
MAINTE-
NANCE.—The Under Secretary shall establish and main-
tain in the Administration a program to be known as the
‘‘National Undersea Research Program’’.
(b) PROGRAM PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Pro-
gram shall be to enhance scientific understanding of proc-
esses in the oceans and large lakes of the world, by—
(1) developing, maintaining, and carrying out
undersea research programs;
(2) investigating, developing, and applying tech-
nology for undersea research; and
(3) developing new approaches to undersea
technology transfer and marine science education.
(c) NATIONAL UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTERS.—
The Program shall be conducted by the National Undersea
Research Centers established pursuant to section 605(a).
(d) OFFICE OF UNDERSEA RESEARCH.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in
the Administration the Office of Undersea Research.
(2) PROGRAM DIRECTOR.—The head of the Of-
fice and Program Officer of the National Undersea
Research Program is the Director of the National
Undersea Research Program, who shall be appointed
by the Under Secretary from among individuals with