106 STAT. 4288

PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29, 1992

Reports.

North Carolina.

(1) be the academic administrative organization and fiscal
agent for the Program;

(2) award and administer such grants and subcontracts
as are approved by the Committee under subsection (b);

(3) develop and implement a scientific peer review process
for evaluating grant and subcontractor applications prior to
review by the Committee;

(4) in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce and
the Committee, procure the services of a scientific project
director;

(5) develop and submit budgets, progress reports, work
plans, and plans of operation for the Program to the Secretary
of Commerce and the Committee; and

(6) make available to the Committee such staff, informa-
tion, and assistance as the Committee may reasonably require
to carry out its activities.

(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Within 3 months after the date
of enactment of this Act and within each of the next three consecu-
tive 3-month intervals, the Secretary of Commerce shall provide
Congress with written assessments of Federal efforts to implement
this section. In addition, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit
an annual report to Congress on the Program, including a descrip-
tion of the research funded under the Program and the results
of such research.

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) Of the sums
authorized under section 4(a) of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Authoriza-
tion Act (Public Law 98-210; 97 Stat. 1409), there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $5,200,000 for
each of the fiscal years 1993 through 1997 for carrying out the
Program. Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this authoriza-
tion, not more than 5 percent of such appropriation may be used
for administrative purposes by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. The remaining 95 percent of such
appropriation shall be used to meet the administrative and scientific
objectives of the Program.

(2) The Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference shall not
administer appropriations authorized under this section, but may
be reimbursed from such appropriations for its expenses in arrang-
ing for travel, meetings, workshops, or conferences necessary to
carry out the Program.

(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term—

(1) "Consortium" means the Louisiana Universities Marine
Consortium; and

(2) "shellfish" means any species of oyster, clam, or mussel
that is harvested for human consumption.

SEC. 309. COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY.

The Secretary of Commerce shall acquire on a long-term basis
from the Administrator of General Services space on Fivers Island
in Beaufort, North Carolina, that is needed to implement the memo-
randum of understanding of March 2, 1989, between the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Duke University, and
the University of North Carolina establishing the Cooperative
Institute of Fisheries Oceanography. This section shall not apply
if the annual cost of leasing the required space exceeds $2,000,000.