PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986
100 STAT. 129
mospheric Administration, and for other purposes", approved December 31, 1970 (33 U.S.C. 857-1 et seq.), and any other law involving such functions and duties. Such functions and duties include management, administrative support, retired pay of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration commissioned officers, and policy development. (c) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department to enable the Administration to carry out its marine services functions and duties under law, $61,791,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $64,572,000 for fiscal year 1987. Moneys appropriated pursuant to this authorization shall be used to fund those functions and duties relating to marine services authorized by the Act entitled "An Act to define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes", approved August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.), and any other law involving such functions and duties. Such functions and duties include ship operations, maintenance, and support. (d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department to enable the Administration to carry out its aircraft services functions and duties under law, $14,779,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $15,440,000 for fiscal year 1987. Moneys appropriated pursuant to this authorization shall be used to fund those functions and duties relating to aircraft services authorized by the Act entitled "An Act to increase the efficiency and reduce the expenses of the Signal Corps of the Army, and to transfer the Weather Service to the Department of Agriculture", approved October 1, 1890 (15 U.S.C. 311 et seq.), and any other law involving such functions and duties. Such functions and duties include aircraft operations, maintenance, and support. (e) For the purpose of enabling the Administration to carry out its functions and duties under the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. 857-13 et seq.), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Department $50(),000 for fiscal year 1986. (f)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department to enable the Administration to carry out its nonliving marine resource functions and duties under law, $1,800,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $1,881,000 for fiscal year 1987. Moneys appropriated pursuant to this authorization shall be used to fund those functions and duties relating to nonliving marine resources authorized by the Act entitled "An Act to define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes", approved August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.), and any other law involving such functions and duties. Such functions and duties include research, development, and licensing responsibilities pertaining to ocean thermal energy conversion and the deep seabed mining of manganese nodules, and polymetallic sulfide analyses and research. (2) The authorization provided for under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be in addition to moneys authorized under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), and the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.), for the purpose of carrying out such functions and duties relating to nonliving marine resources. (g)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department to enable the Administration to carry out its ocean research functions and duties under law, $33,884,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $35,409,000 for fiscal year 1987. Moneys appropriated pursuant to
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