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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 325 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control |
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| 6 | 6 | | Act of 1998 to clarify that during a lapse in appropriations certain |
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| 7 | 7 | | services relating to the Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecasting |
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| 8 | 8 | | System are excepted services under the Anti-Deficiency Act, and for |
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| 9 | 9 | | other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY12, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. D |
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| 13 | 13 | | ONALDSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 14 | 14 | | mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Com- |
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| 15 | 15 | | mittee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined |
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| 16 | 16 | | by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall |
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| 17 | 17 | | within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research |
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| 20 | 20 | | and Control Act of 1998 to clarify that during a lapse |
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| 21 | 21 | | in appropriations certain services relating to the Harmful |
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| 22 | 22 | | Algal Bloom Operational Forecasting System are ex- |
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| 23 | 23 | | cepted services under the Anti-Deficiency Act, and for |
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| 24 | 24 | | other purposes. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 325 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Harmful Algal Bloom 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Essential Forecasting Act’’. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. DESIGNATING CERTAIN HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SERVICES AS EXCEPTED SERVICES UNDER 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | THE ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT. 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | NGENERAL.—Section 603A of the Harmful 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 1998 is amended by adding at the end the following sub-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | section: 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(j) A |
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| 42 | 42 | | NTI-DEFICIENCYACTAPPLIED TOHARMFUL 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | A |
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| 44 | 44 | | LGALBLOOMSERVICES.—Any services by an officer or 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | employee under this chapter relating to web services and 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | server processing for the Harmful Algal Bloom Oper-14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ational Forecast System of the National Centers for 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Coastal Ocean Science and the National Oceanic and At-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | mospheric Administration shall be deemed, for purposes 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, services 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | protection of property.’’. 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (b) A |
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| 54 | 54 | | PPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | section (a) shall apply to any lapse in appropriations be-22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 23 |
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