PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986
100 STAT. 134 33 USC 1703.
33 USC 1706. Reports.
"(A) serve as the lead entity responsible for administering the program established under section 4; "(B) be headed by a director who shall— "(i) be appointed by the Administrator,
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"(ii) serve as the Chair of the Board, and ^ • "(iii) be the spokesperson for the program; "(C) serve as the staff for the Board and its supporting committees and working groups; and "(D) review each department and agency budget request transmitted under section 4(d) and submit an analysis of the requests to the Board for its review. The analysis described in subparagraph (D) shall include an analysis of how each departmental or agency budget request relates to the priorities and goals of the Plan established under section 4. "(b) POLICY BOARD.—(1) The Administrator, with the cooperation of the Federal departments and agencies referred to in section 7, shall establish a National Ocean Pollution Policy Board consisting of representatives of those departments and agencies. "(2) The Board shall— "(A) be responsible for coordinated planning and progress review for the program established under section 4; "(B) review all department and agency budget requests transmitted to it under section 4(d) and submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget and to the Congress concerning those budget requests; "(C) establish and maintain such interagency groups as the Board determines to be necessary to carry out its activities; and "(D) consult with and seek the advice of users and producers of ocean pollution data, information, and services to guide the Board's efforts, keeping the Director and the Congress advised , of such consultations.". SEC. 6073. FEDERAL PLANNING TO INCLUDE GREAT LAKES.
Section 4 of the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 (33 U.S.C. 1703) is amended— (1) by inserting after "general research on marine ecosystems" in subsection (b)(2)(A) the following: ", including the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, and other estuaries of national significance,"; (2) in subsection (b)(4)—
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(A) by striking out "BUDGET REVIEW.—" and inserting in lieu thereof "PLAN REVIEW.—"; and
(B) by striking out "to coordinate the budget review process"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) BUDGETING.—Each Federal agency and department included under the Plan shall prepare and submit to the Office of Management and Budget, the Office, and the Board on or before the date of submission of departmental requests for appropriations to the Office of Management and Budget, an annual request for appropriations to carry out the activities of that agency or department under the Plan during the subsequent fiscal year. The Office of Management and Budget shall review the request for appropriations as an integrated, coherent, and multiagency request, taking into account the review by the Board of those requests under section 3A(b).". • •
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