PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29, 1992

106 STAT. 4291

anic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out marine services
activities (including ship operations, maintenance, and support)
under the Act of 1947 and any other law involving those activities,
$63,407,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $68,518,000 for fiscal year
1993.

(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
of Commerce, to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration to acquire a multibeam sonar mapper, $1,500,000
for fiscal year 1993.

(3) In addition to sums authorized in paragraphs (1) and (2),
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com-
merce $1,040,000 for fiscal year 1993 for the reactivation and oper-
ation of the research vessle ALBATROSS IV.

(4)(A) Unless necessary for safety reasons, the Secretary of
Commerce shall not deactivate the ALBATROSS IV (if active),
until an equivalent replacement vessel is operational.

(B) The Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of
Representatives 60 days prior to the proposed deactivation of any
other research vessel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, if an equivalent replacement vessel will not become
operational at the time of deactivation.

(5) The Secretary of Commerce shall consult with the Oceanog-
rapher of the Navy regarding appropriate cost effective and practical
measures to allow vessels of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration to be interoperable with vessels of the Department
of the Navy, including with respect to operation, maintenance,
and repair of those vessels.

(c) AIRCRAFT SERVICES.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Commerce, to enable the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out aircraft services
activities (including aircraft operations, maintenance, and support)
under the Act of 1890 and any other law involving those activities,
$8,865,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $10,336,000 for fiscal year
1993.

SEC. 402. CONSTRUCTION.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Commerce, for acquisition, construction, maintenance, and oper-
ation of facilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration under any law involving those activities, $34,917,000 for
fiscal year 1992 and $94,500,000 for fiscal year 1993.

SEC. 403. NOTICE OF REPROGRAMMING.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall provide
notice to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
and Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and to the Commit-
tee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology, and Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives, not less than 15 days before
reprogramming funds available for a program, project, or activity
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in an
amount greater than the lesser of $250,000 or 5 percent of the
total funding of such program, project, or activity if the
reprogramming—

(1) augments an existing program, project, or activity;

33 USC 891b
note.

33 USC 891g
note.

15 USC 1538.