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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration12
On December 8, 2004, P.L. 108-477, Division B, Title II, the Commerce,
Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Act, 2005,
provided $3.94 billion for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA). That amount is $567 million, or 16.9%, more than the President's FY2005
request of $3.37 billion, and 6.5%, or $239 million more than FY2004 appropriations
for NOAA of $3.70 billion.
Table 1, below, shows: 1) FY2004 appropriations for NOAA (P.L. 108-199);
2) the President's request for the agency for FY2005; 3) the House-passed H.R. 4754;
4) Senate Appropriations Committee recommendations for NOAA in S. 2809; and
5) appropriations for FY2005 (P.L. 108-477). The table is organized by NOAA's
Operations, Research, and Facilities (ORF) account, which funds NOAA's six line
offices, including the Office of Policy and Planning Integration (OPPI), and Program
Support; the Procurement, Acquisitions, and Construction (PAC) account; and
NOAA's Other Accounts.
P.L. 108-477. Division B. Title II of P.L. 108-477, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2005, enacted December 8, 2004, provided total appropriations
of $3.94 billion for NOAA, funding its ORF, PAC, and Other Accounts for FY2005.
(See Table 1.) The act encouraged government outsourcing of NOAA mapping and
charting functions, and other marine services, such as hydrographic data collection.
It adopted Senate Appropriations Committee recommendations for NOAA to use its
marine fleet more cost effectively; to operate vessels that might otherwise be idled
in port for extended periods of time; and to consider the amount of ship-time needed
to implement the agency's Ocean Exploration program. Funding for NOAA's
National Ocean Service (NOS) would procure the necessary equipment to develop
an Integrated Coastal Ocean Observation System (ICOOS).
The act funded a NOAA seafood safety education program, and a research and
development program for possible forensic tools to detect and evaluate seafood
pathogens. Funding was also provided for scientific study and eradication of certain
invasive marine species. The act consolidated all Alaska seal and sea lion research
programs under a single category under NOAA Fisheries (NMFS), and directed
NMFS to heed congressional guidance concerning species protection and dolphin
encirclement, with respect to regulating size of vessels. Funding was also providedfor maintenance, operation, and leasing of NOAA Fisheries labs, and for several
NMFS fishery conservation and marine species habitat restoration activities.
P.L. 108-477 funded most Climate Change Research activities at FY2004 levels,
but called for greater attention to be paid to impacts of abrupt climatic changes,
regional climate changes, and improved coastal weather forecasting, especially for
coastalcommunities inruralAlaska. The act encouragedNOAA'sundersearesearch
program(NURP) participants to seek grants available through the Ocean Exploration
program, and it approved the establishment of a Pacific Services Center to manage12 This section was prepared by Wayne A. Morrisey, Science and Technology Information
Analyst, Resources, Science, and Industry Division.
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