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(i) in the subsection heading, by insert-
ing ‘‘AND MUSEUMS’’ after ‘‘LEASES FOR 
EDUCATION’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or to a museum 
foundation’’ before the period at the end. 
(2) REPEALS.— 
(A) LEASE OR LICENSE OF UNITED STATES 
NAVY MUSEUM FACILITIES AT WASHINGTON NAVY 
YARD, DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA.—The National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(Public Law 109–163) is amended by striking 
section 2852. 
(B) LEASE OF FACILITY TO MARINE CORPS 
HERITAGE
FOUNDATION.—Section 2884 of the 
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398; 
114 Stat. 1654A-440) is amended by striking 
subsection (e). 
SEC. 1744. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL OCEANO-
GRAPHIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIP PRO-
GRAM.—Section 8931 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 8931. NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIP 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall establish a program to be known as the ‘National 
Oceanographic Partnership Program’. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program are as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) To promote the national goals of assuring 
national security, advancing economic development, 
protecting quality of life, ensuring environmental 
stewardship, and strengthening science education and 
communication through improved knowledge of the 
ocean. 
‘‘(2) To coordinate and strengthen oceanographic 
efforts in support of those goals by— 
‘‘(A) creating and carrying out partner-
ships among Federal agencies, academia, indus-
try, and other members of the oceanographic 
community in the areas of science, data, re-
sources, education, and communication; and 
‘‘(B) accepting, planning, and executing 
oceanographic 
research 
projects 
funded 
by 
grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or 
other vehicles as appropriate, that contribute to 
assuring national security, advancing economic 
development, protecting quality of life, ensuring 
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environmental stewardship, and strengthening 
science education and communication through 
improved knowledge of the ocean.’’. 
(b) OCEAN POLICY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8932 of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 8932. Ocean Policy Committee 
‘‘(a) COMMITTEE.—There is established an Ocean Pol-
icy Committee (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Committee’). 
The Committee shall retain the membership, co-chairs, and 
subcommittees outlined in Executive Order 13840. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Committee shall con-
tinue the activities of that Committee as it was in existence 
on the day before the date of the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. In dis-
charging its responsibilities and to assist in the execution 
of the activities delineated in this subsection, the Committee 
may delegate to a subcommittee, as appropriate. The Com-
mittee shall— 
‘‘(1) prescribe policies and procedures to imple-
ment the National Oceanographic Partnership Pro-
gram; 
‘‘(2) engage and collaborate, pursuant to existing 
laws and regulations, with stakeholders, including re-
gional ocean partnerships, to address ocean-related 
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matters that may require interagency or intergovern-
mental solutions; 
‘‘(3) facilitate coordination and integration of 
Federal activities in ocean and coastal waters to in-
form ocean policy and identify priority ocean re-
search, technology, and data needs; and 
‘‘(4) review, select, and identify partnership 
projects for implementation under the program, based 
on— 
‘‘(A) whether the project addresses impor-
tant research objectives or operational goals; 
‘‘(B) whether the project has, or is designed 
to have, appropriate participation within the 
oceanographic community of public, academic, 
commercial, private participation or support; 
‘‘(C) whether the partners have a long-term 
commitment to the objectives of the project; 
‘‘(D) whether the resources supporting the 
project are shared among the partners; and 
‘‘(E) whether the project has been subjected 
to adequate review according to each of the sup-
porting agencies. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT AND BRIEFING.—(1) Not later 
than March 1 of each year, the Committee shall post a re-
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port on the National Oceanographic Partnership Program 
on a publicly available website and brief— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate; 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives; 
‘‘(D) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(E) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) The report and all briefing materials shall be 
posted to a publicly available website not later than 30 days 
after the briefing. 
‘‘(3) The report and briefing shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) A description of activities of the program 
carried out during the prior fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) A general outline of the activities planned 
for the program during the current fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) A summary of projects, partnerships, and 
collaborations, including the Federal and non-Federal 
sources of funding, continued from the prior fiscal 
year and projects expected to begin during the current 
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and subsequent fiscal years, as required in the pro-
gram office report outlined in section 8932(f)(2)(C) of 
this title. 
‘‘(D) The amounts requested in the budget sub-
mitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31 for the subsequent fiscal year, for the programs, 
projects, activities and the estimated expenditures 
under such programs, projects, and activities, to exe-
cute the National Oceanographic Partnership Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(E) A summary of national ocean research pri-
orities informed by the Ocean Research Advisory 
Panel required in section 8933(b)(4) of this title. 
‘‘(F) A list of the members of the Ocean Research 
Advisory Panel described in section 8933(a) of this 
title and any working groups described in section 
8932(f)(2)(A) of this title in existence during the fis-
cal years covered. 
‘‘(d) 
NATIONAL
OCEANOGRAPHIC
PARTNERSHIP 
FUND.—(1) There is established in the Treasury a separate 
account to be known as the National Oceanographic Part-
nership Program Fund to be jointly managed by the Sec-
retary of the Navy, the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration, and any other Fed-
eral agency that contributes amounts to the Fund. 
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‘‘(2) Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the 
National Oceanic Partnership Program without further ap-
propriation to remain available for up to 5 years from the 
date contributed or until expended for the purpose of car-
rying out this section. 
‘‘(3) There is authorized to be credited to the Fund the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Such amounts as determined appropriate to 
be transferred to the Fund by the head of a Federal 
agency or entity participating in the National Ocean-
ographic Partnership Program. 
‘‘(B) Funds provided by a State, local govern-
ment, tribal government, territory, or possession, or 
any subdivisions thereof. 
‘‘(C) Funds contributed by— 
‘‘(i) a non-profit organization, individual, 
or Congressionally-established foundation; and 
‘‘(ii) by private grants, contracts, and do-
nations. 
‘‘(4) For the purpose of carrying out this section, as 
directed by the Committee, departments or agencies rep-
resented on the Committee may enter into contracts, make 
grants, including transactions authorized by paragraph (5), 
and may transfer funds available to the National Oceano-
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graphic Partnership Program under paragraph (3) to par-
ticipating departments and agencies for such purposes. 
‘‘(5) The Committee or any participating Federal 
agency or entity may enter into an agreement to use, with 
or without reimbursement, the land, services, equipment, 
personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States, or of any State, local 
government, Indian tribal government, Territory, District 
of Columbia, or possession, or of any political subdivision 
thereof, or of any foreign government or international orga-
nization or individual, for the purpose of carrying out this 
section. 
‘‘(e) ESTABLISHMENT AND FORMS OF PARTNERSHIP 
PROJECTS.—A partnership project under the National 
Oceanographic Partnership Program— 
‘‘(1) may be established by any instrument that 
the Committee considers appropriate; and 
‘‘(2) may include demonstration projects. 
‘‘(f) PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM OFFICE.—(1) The Sec-
retary of the Navy and Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration shall jointly estab-
lish a partnership program office for the National Oceano-
graphic Partnership Program. Competitive procedures will 
be used to select an external operator for the partnership 
program office. 
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‘‘(2) The Committee will monitor the performance of 
the duties of the partnership program office, which shall 
consist of the following: 
‘‘(A) To support working groups established by 
the Committee or subcommittee and report working 
group activities to the Committee, including working 
group proposals for partnership projects. 
‘‘(B) To support the process for proposing part-
nership projects to the Committee, including, where 
appropriate, managing review of such projects. 
‘‘(C) To submit to the Committee and make pub-
licly available an annual report on the status of all 
partnership projects, including the Federal and non- 
Federal sources of funding for each project, and ac-
tivities of the office. 
‘‘(D) To perform any additional duties for the 
administration of the National Oceanographic Part-
nership Program that the Committee considers appro-
priate.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 893 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 8932 and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘8932. Ocean Policy Committee.’’. 
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(c) OCEAN RESEARCH ADVISORY PANEL.—Section 
8933 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 8933. Ocean Research Advisory Panel 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Committee shall es-
tablish an Ocean Research Advisory Panel consisting of not 
less than 10 and not more than 18 members appointed by 
the Co-chairs, including the following: 
‘‘(A) Three members who will represent the Na-
tional Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine. 
‘‘(B) Members selected from among individuals 
who will represent the views of ocean industries, 
State, tribal, territorial or local governments, aca-
demia, and such other views as the Co-chairs consider 
appropriate. 
‘‘(C) Members selected from among individuals 
eminent in the fields of marine science, marine tech-
nology, and marine policy, or related fields. 
‘‘(2) The Committee shall ensure that an appropriate 
balance of academic, scientific, industry, and geographical 
interests and gender and racial diversity are represented 
by the members of the Advisory Panel. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Committee shall assign 
the following responsibilities to the Advisory Panel: 
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‘‘(1) To advise the Committee on policies and 
procedures to implement the National Oceanographic 
Partnership Program. 
‘‘(2) To advise the Committee on matters relat-
ing to national oceanographic science, engineering, 
facilities, or resource requirements. 
‘‘(3) To advise the Committee on improving di-
versity, equity, and inclusion in the ocean sciences 
and related fields. 
‘‘(4) To advise the Committee on national ocean 
research priorities. 
‘‘(5) Any additional responsibilities that the 
Committee considers appropriate. 
‘‘(6) To meet no fewer than two times a year. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT.— 
The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration shall provide such administrative 
and technical support as the Ocean Research Advisory 
Panel may require. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—Section 
14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to the Ocean Research Advisory Panel ap-
pointed under section 8933.’’. 
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