114 STAT. 546 PUBLIC LAW 106-246^JULY 13, 2000 Alaska. 33 USC 2738. Publication. Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress. SEC. 2203. For an additional amount for "Operations, Research, and Facilities", to remain available until expended, $7,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be for studies relating to long-line interactions with sea turtles in the North Pacific and commercial fishing activities in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, and of which $5,000,000 shall be for observer coverage for the Hawaiian longline fishery: Provided, That the entire amount in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for $7,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress. SEC. 2204. NORTH PACIFIC MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. — Public Law 101-380, as amended, is further amended by— (1) inserting after section 5007 the following new section: "SEC. 5008. NORTH PACIFIC MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. "(a) INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED.— The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a North Pacific Marine Research Institute (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Institute') to be administered at the Alaska SeaLife Center by the North Pacific Research Board. "(b) FUNCTIONS. —The Institute shall— "(1) conduct research and carry out education and demonstration projects on or relating to the North Pacific marine ecosystem with particular emphasis on marine mammal, sea bird, fish, and shellfish populations in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska including populations located in or near Kenai Fjords National Park and the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; and "(2) lease, maintain, operate, and upgrade the necessary research equipment and related facilities necessary to conduct such research at the Alaska SeaLife Center. "(c) EVALUATION AND AUDIT. —The Secretary of Commerce may periodically evaluate the activities of the Institute to ensure that funds received by the Institute are used in a manner consistent with this section. The Comptroller General of the United States, and any of his or her duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for purposes of audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers, and records of the Institute that are pertinent to the funds received and expended by the Institute. "(d) STATUS OF EMPLOYEES.— Employees of the Institute shall not, by reason of such emplo3ment, be considered to be employees of the Federal Government for any purpose. "(e) USE OF FUNDS. — No funds made available to carry out this section may be used to initiate litigation, or for the acquisition of real property (other than facilities leased at the Alaska SeaLife Center). No more than 10 percent of the funds made available to carry out subsection (b)(1) may be used to administer the Institute. "(f) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH. —The Institute shall publish and make available to any person on request the results of all
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