110 STAT. 3009-37 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 to Regional Centers for the transfer of Manufacturing Technology ("Centers"), such Federal financial assistance for a Center may continue beyond six years and may be renewed for additional periods, not to exceed one year, at a rate not to exceed one-third of the Center's total annual costs, subject before any such renewal to a positive evaluation of the Center and to a finding by the Secretary of Commerce that continuation of Federal funding to the Center is in the best interest of the Regional Centers for the transfer of Manufacturing Technology Program. In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $225,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred to the "Working Capital Fund." 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 33 USC 851. acquisition, maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; not to exceed 299 commissioned officers on the active list as of September 30, 1997; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agreements; and alteration, modernization, and relocation of facilities as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; $1,854,067,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 but consistent with other existing law, fees shall be assessed, collected, and credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections to be available until expended, to recover the costs of administering aeronautical charting programs: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such additional fees are received during fiscal year 1997, so as to result in a final general fund appropriation estimated at not more than $1,851,067,000: Provided further. That any such additional fees received in excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1997: Provided further. That fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service for the management of the 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, $66,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled "Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries": Provided further. That 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: Provided further. That not later than November 15, 1996, the Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress, a long-term plan and a legislative proposal necessary to implement such plan regarding the continuation of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration commissioned corps.
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