100 STAT. 122
PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986
International
after, the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall report to the Congress on the effect of imposing or maintaining such increased prices, including any impact on aviation and marine safety. "(B) The Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall adjust the prices of nautical or aeronautical products in such manner as is necessary to avoid any adverse impact on aviation and marine safety attributable to the prices specified in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. "(3) This section shall not be construed to require the establishment of any price for a nautical or aeronautical product where, in the judgment of the Secretary, furnishing of that product to a recipient is a reasonable exchange for voluntary contribution of information by the recipient to a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "(4) Prices established under this section may not include costs attributable to the acquisition or processing of nautical or aeronautical data. "(b) Fees collected from the sale of nautical or aeronautical products under this section and from any licensing of such products which is permitted under any other provision of law shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts fund of the United States Treasury. "(c) The Secretary may distribute nautical and aeronautical
organizations.
products—
44 USC 1301 et
"(1) without charge to each foreign government or international organization with which the Secretary or a Federal department or agency has an agreement for exchange of these products without cost; and "(2) at prices which the Secretary establishes, to the departments and officers of the United States requiring them for official use. "(d) The fees provided for in this section are for the purpose of reimbursing the United States Government for the costs of creating, publishing or distributing aeronautical and nautical products of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The collection of fees authorized by this section shall not alter or expand any duty or liability of the United States under existing law for the performance of functions for which fees are collected, nor shall the collection of fees constitute an express or implied undertaking by the United States to perform any activity in a certain manner. "(e) For purposes of this section, the term 'nautical and aeronautical products' includes all nautical and aeronautical charts, tide and tidal current tables, tidal current charts, coast pilots, water level products, and associated data bases which are created or published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.", (b) The item relating to section 1307 in the analysis of chapter 13 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "1307. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: nautical and aeronautical products, sale and distribution.".
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