PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29, 1992

106 STAT. 4303

(7) Any indirect support directly related, in law or in fact
to shipbuilding and repair at national yards, including any
public assistance favoring shipowners with an indirect effect
on shipbuilding or repair activities, and any assistance provided
to suppliers of significant inputs to shipbuilding, which results
in benefits to domestic shipbuilders.

(8) Any export subsidy identified in the Illustrative List
of Export Subsidies in the Annex to the Agreement on
Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI, and XXIII
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or any other
export subsidy that may be prohibited as a result of the Uru-
guay Round of trade negotiations.

SEC. 608. USE OF VESSELS.

(a) VESSEL AGREEMENTS.—In implementing the NOAA fleet
replacement and modernization program, the Secretary shall use
excess capacity of UNOLS vessels where appropriate and may enter
into memoranda of agreement with the operators of these vessels
to carry out this requirement.

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Within one year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall provide a report to Congress, in consultation with
the Secretary, comparing the cost-efficiency, accounting, and operat-
ing practices of the vessels of NOAA, UNOLS, other Federal agen-
cies, and the United States private sector in meeting the missions
of NOAA.

SEC. 609. INTEROPERABILITY.

The Secretary shall consult with the Oceanographer of the
Navy regarding appropriate measures that should be taken, on
a reimbursable oasis, to ensure that NOAA vessels are interoperable
with vessels of the Department of the Navy, including with respect
to operation, maintenance, and repair of those vessels.

SEC. 610. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary for carrying out this title—

(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1993;

(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1994; and

(3) such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal years
1995,1996, and 1997.

(b) LIMITATION ON FLEET MODERNIZATION AcnrvrriES.—All
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fleet moderniza-
tion shipbuilding, and conversion shall be conducted in accordance
with this title.

TITLE VH—WEATHER SERVICE MODERNIZATION

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the "Weather Service Modernization
Act".

SEC. 702. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this title, the term—

(1) ^automate" means to replace employees with automated
weather service equipment; ,

(2) "change operations at a field office" means transfer
service responsibility, commission weather observation systems,

33 USC 891f.

33 USC 891g.

33 USC 891h.

Weather Service

Modernization

Act

15 USC 313 note.