‘‘SEC. 207. SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND SEA GRANT RE-
GIONAL CONSORTIA.
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary may designate an
institution of higher learning as a sea grant college, and
an association or alliance of two or more persons as a sea
grant regional consortium, if the institution, association,
or alliance—
‘‘(1) is maintaining a balanced program of re-
search, education, training, and advisory services in
fields related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes re-
sources and has received financial assistance under
section 205 of this Act or under section 204(c) of the
National Sea Grant College and Program Act of
1966;
‘‘(2) will encourage and follow a regional ap-
proach to solving problems or meeting needs relating
to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources, in co-
operation with appropriate sea grant colleges, sea
grant programs, and other persons in the region;
‘‘(3) will act in accordance with such guidelines
as are prescribed under subsection (b)(2); and
‘‘(4) meets such other qualifications as the Sec-
retary considers necessary or appropriate.
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall by regu-
lation prescribe the qualifications required to be met
under subsection (a)(4).
‘‘(2) MERIT REVIEW.—Within 6 months of the
date of enactment of the Marine Resources Revitaliza-
tion Act of 1995, the Secretary, after consultation
with the sea grant institutions, shall publish in the
Federal Register guidelines for the conduct of merit
review by the sea grant institutions of applications
for project grants and contracts to be awarded under
section 205. The guidelines shall, at a minimum, pro-
vide for mail review of all applications for grants or
contracts and require standardized documentation of
all peer review.’’.
SEC. 9. REPEAL OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAM.
Section 208(c) (33 U.S.C. 1127(c)) is repealed.
SEC. 10. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SEA GRANT REVIEW
PANEL.
Section 209 (33 U.S.C. 1128) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking the second sen-
tence; and
(2) in subsection (c)(6) by striking ‘‘a biannual’’
and inserting ‘‘an annual’’.
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS.—Sec-
tion 212(a) (33 U.S.C. 1131(a)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 205
and 208—
‘‘(1) $50,600,000 for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(2) $52,500,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
‘‘(3) $54,500,000 for fiscal year 1998.’’.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 212(b) (33 U.S.C.
1131(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking so much as precedes paragraph
(2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be
appropriated for administration of this Act, includ-
ing section 209, by the National Sea Grant Office and
the Administration—
‘‘(A) $2,700,000 for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(B) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
‘‘(C) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1998.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (c)’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)
LIMITATION ON USE OF OTHER AMOUNTS.—’’;
and
(3) by moving paragraph (2) 2 ems to the right,
so that the left margin of paragraph (2) is aligned
with the left margin of paragraph (1), as amended by
paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(c) REPEAL.—Section 212 (33 U.S.C. 1131) is amend-
ed by repealing subsection (c) and redesignating subsections
(d) and (e) in order as subsections (c) and (d).
SEC. 12. CLERICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 209, as amended
by section 10(1) of this Act (33 U.S.C. 1128(b)), is amended
by striking all of the matter that follows the first full sen-
tence through ‘‘shall advise’’, and inserting ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—
The panel shall advise’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 204(b)(2) (33 U.S.C. 1123(b)(2)) is
amended by striking ‘‘maximum rate for GS–18’’ and
all that follows through the end of the sentence and
inserting ‘‘maximum rate payable under section 5376
of title 5, United States Code.’’.
(2) 
Section 
209(c)(5)(A) 
(33 
U.S.C.
1128(c)(5)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘the daily rate
for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332
of title 5, United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘the
maximum daily rate payable under section 5376 of
title 5, United States Code’’.
(3) Section 209 (33 U.S.C. 1128) is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ‘‘colleges
and sea grant regional consortia’’ and inserting
‘‘institutions’’; and
(B) in subsection (c)(1) in the last sentence
in clause (A) by striking ‘‘college, sea grant re-
gional consortium,’’ and inserting ‘‘institution’’.
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