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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 190 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To enhance the operations of the North Pacific Research Board. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. S |
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| 9 | 9 | | ULLIVAN(for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following |
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| 10 | 10 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Science, and Transportation |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To enhance the operations of the North Pacific Research |
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| 14 | 14 | | Board. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North Pacific Research 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Board Enhancement Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. NORTH PACIFIC RESEARCH BOARD ENHANCEMENT. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) A |
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| 22 | 22 | | MENDMENTS.—Section 401(e) of the Depart-7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act, 1998 (43 U.S.C. 1474d(e)) is amended— 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) in paragraph (3)— 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 190 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) in subparagraph (L), by striking 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) in subparagraph (M), by striking the 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (C) in subparagraph (N), by striking the 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (D) by inserting after subparagraph (N) 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the following: 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(O) one member who shall represent Alas-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ka Natives and possesses personal knowledge 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of, and direct experience with, subsistence uses 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and shall be nominated by the Board and ap-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | pointed by the Secretary.’’; and 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (E) by adding at the end the following: 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘Board members appointed under subpara-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | graphs (N) and (O) shall serve for 3-year 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | terms, and may be reappointed once.’’; 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘Not more 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | than 15 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | in paragraph (5), not more than 15 percent’’; 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | graph (6); and 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | lowing: 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •S 190 IS |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(5) If the amount made available for a fiscal 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | year under subsection (c)(2) is less than the amount 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | made available for the previous fiscal year, the Ad-3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | pheric Administration may increase the 15 percent 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | cap on administrative expenses provided under para-6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | graph (4)(B) for that fiscal year to prioritize— 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(A) continuing operation of the Board; 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(B) maximizing the percentage of funds 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | directed to research; and 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(C) maintaining the highest quality 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | standards in administering grants under this 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | subsection.’’. 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (b) W |
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| 70 | 70 | | AIVER.—Beginning on the date of enactment 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | of this Act and ending on the date that is 5 years after 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | such date of enactment, the 15 percent cap on funds to 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | provide support for the North Pacific Research Board and 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | administer grants under section 401(e)(4)(B) of the De-18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | partment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria-19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | tions Act, 1998 (43 U.S.C. 1474d(e)(4)(B)) shall be 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | waived. 21 |
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