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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Extension Part-
nership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
$109,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the Secretary of Commerce shall not recompete any existing Manu-
facturing Extension Partnership Center prior to 2007: Provided
further, That hereafter the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Program authorized under 15 U.S.C. 278k shall be renamed the
Hollings Manufacturing Partnership Program and the centers estab-
lished and receiving funding under 15 U.S.C. 278k paragraph (a)
shall be named the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Centers.
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced Technology
Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
$142,300,000, to remain available until expended.
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 15 U.S.C.
278c–278e, $73,500,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants,
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agree-
ments; and relocation of facilities, $2,804,065,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006, except for funds provided for coopera-
tive enforcement which shall remain available until September
30, 2007: Provided, That fees and donations received by the National
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries
may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated
with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided
further, That in addition, $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the fund entitled ‘‘Coastal Zone Management’’ and in addition
$65,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled
‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining
to American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That of the $2,872,065,000
provided for in direct obligations under this heading $2,804,065,000
is appropriated from the General Fund: Provided further, That
no general administrative charge shall be applied against an
assigned activity included in this Act or the report accompanying
this Act except for additional costs above the fiscal year 2004
level of $2,600,000 for automating and modernizing the NOAA
grant processing systems up to a total of $5,000,000: Provided
further, That the total amount available for the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration corporate services administrative
support costs shall not exceed $171,530,000: Provided further, That
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payments of funds made available under this heading to the Depart-
ment of Commerce Working Capital Fund including Department
of Commerce General Counsel legal services shall not exceed
$39,500,000: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts
designated for specific activities in the report accompanying this
Act shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605
of this Act: Provided further, That grants to States pursuant to
sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972, as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000, unless funds pro-
vided for ‘‘Coastal Zone Management Grants’’ exceed funds provided
in the previous fiscal year: Provided further, That if funds provided
for ‘‘Coastal Zone Management Grants’’ exceed funds provided in
the previous fiscal year, then no State shall receive more than
5 percent or less than 1 percent of the additional funds: Provided
further, That none of the funds under this heading are available
to alter the existing structure, organization, function, and funding
of the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region and
Fisheries Science Center and Northwest Region and Fisheries
Science Center: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $600,000 shall be available only for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Space Commer-
cialization: Provided further, That the personnel management dem-
onstration project established at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4703 may be
expanded by 3,500 full-time positions to include up to 6,925 full-
time positions and may be extended indefinitely: Provided further,
That the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration may engage in formal and informal education activi-
ties, including primary and secondary education, related to the
agency’s mission goals.
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the
Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan,
and for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and
their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C.
ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets,
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, $1,053,436,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007, except funds provided for construc-
tion of facilities which shall remain available until September 30,
2009, and funds provided for the Honolulu Laboratory and the
Marine Environmental Health Research Laboratory which shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts
provided for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellite System, funds shall only be made available on a dollar
for dollar matching basis with funds provided for the same purpose
by the Department of Defense: Provided further, That except to
the extent expressly prohibited by any other law, the Department
of Defense may delegate procurement functions related to the
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
to officials of the Department of Commerce pursuant to section
2311 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That any
deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in
the report accompanying this Act shall be subject to the procedures
set forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That none