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and distribute satellite and buoy data collected in Hawaii and the Western Pacific
Ocean. The act urged Members of Congress to consider and act on the September,
2004 Research Review Team report, which assessed the state of NOAA's laboratory
system. The act directed the National Weather Service (NWS) to "take maximum
advantage of capabilities and services ... in the commercial sector," and avoid
duplicating programs and operations that distract NWS from its core mission.
P.L. 108-447 sanctioned NOAA's realignment of financial and administrative
organization along functional services, and consolidation of administrative costs
under Corporate Services. On the other hand, the act did not approve of the Senate
Appropriations Committee's method of reporting NOAA's budget in FY2005,
corresponding with the agency's 5-strategic goals. (Although the conference report
contained a budget crosswalk to the agency's five strategic goals for NOAA's ORF
and PAC accounts.) The act also consolidated funding and management of NOAA's
premier educational programs under the Program Support budget line.
NOAA was directed to report (5-year) Acquisition Program Out-Year Budget
Estimates, an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) practice discontinued for
most non-defense programs three years ago. Accordingly, NOAA would report out-
year cost estimates for PAC account programs having a total multi-year costs of more
than $5 million. The act also required a report that detailed "line office personnel,
agency overhead, and positions, number of full-time equivalents, and salary-related
expenses for each of NOAA's line offices. (See H.Rept. 108-792, p. 134.)
P.L. 108-477 would fund several construction and land acquisition projects
previously authorized on a three-year basis under the Coastal and Estuarine Land
Conservation Program (CELCP). The act directed NOAA to assess the state of its
aging laboratories, and marine and aircraft fleets. It approved funding of $34 million
to complete a third Fisheries Research Vessel (FRV#3), authorized in FY2001; $5.6
million for long-lead procurement for FRV#4; and $9.3 million for a new
hydrographic research vessel. Further, it provided an increase of $2.1 million to
NOAA Fleet Maintenance and Planning to meet rising fuel costs associated with
marine research vessels and aircraft operations.
The act provided $90 million for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund
(PCSRF) for FY2005, $1 million more than FY2004 levels, and required NOAA to
develop performance measures for recovery outcomes. Finally, the act approvedtransfer of $3 million in fees collected in the Coastal Zone Management Fund to ORF
to support the Coastal Zone Management Act, and provided $0.5 million for the
NMFS Fishermen's Contingency Fund.
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Fergusson, Ian F. & Epstein, Susan B. Appropriations for FY2005: Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies, report, January 12, 2005; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7885/m1/44/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.