Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 111 Part 3.djvu/177

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PUBLIC LAW 105-108—NOV. 20, 1997 111 STAT. 2265 described in that subsection shall be considered to be a termination or transfer of a significant function of the United States Fire Administration if the termination or transfer— (1) relates to a function of the Administration that requires the expenditure of more than 5 percent of the total amount of funds made available by appropriations to the Administration; or (2) involves the termination of more than 5 percent of the employees of the Administration. SEC. 5. NOTICE. 15 USC 2204 (a) MAJOR REORGANIZATION DEFINED. —With respect to the United States Fire Administration, the term "major reorganization" means any reorganization of the Administration that involves the reassignment of more than 25 percent of the employees of the Administration. (b) NOTICE OF REPROGRAMMING. — If any funds appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by this Act are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, notice of that action shall concurrently be provided to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives. (c) NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION. — Not later than 15 days before any major reorgeinization of any program, project, or activity of the United States Fire Administration, the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration shall provide notice to the Committees on Science and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate. SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM. With the year 2000 rapidly approaching, it is the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration should— (1) give high priority to correcting all 2-digit date-related problems in the computer systems of the United States Fire Administration to ensure that those systems continue to operate effectively in the year 2000 and in subsequent years; (2) as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, assess the extent of the risk to the operations of the United States Fire Administration posed by the problems referred to in paragraph (1), and plan and budget for achieving compliance for all of the mission-critical systems of the system by the year 2000; and (3) develop contingency plans for those systems that the United States Fire Administration is unable to correct by the year 2000. SEC. 7. ENHANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS. 15 USC 2218 (a) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: ^°^' (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration. (2) EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.— The term "educationally useful Federal equipment" means computers and related peripheral tools and research equipment that is appropriate for use in schools.