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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 272 (Introduced in Senate) — To promote research, monitoring, and observation of the Arctic and for other purposes. · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Arctic Research Commission

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Section 104(a) of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 ( 15 U.S.C. 4103(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking assist in establishing and inserting establish ; by redesignating paragraphs
(3)through
(10)as paragraphs
(4)through (11), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: award— grants to Federal, State, local, or tribal governments and academic and private organizations to conduct research on or related to the Arctic, including to the marine environment of the Arctic Ocean, its adjacent seas or associated lesser bodies of water; and such grants on the basis of merit in accordance with such national Arctic research program plan; . Section 106 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 ( 15 U.S.C. 4105 ) is amended— in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: enter into agreements with appropriate agencies or organizations to administer grants made pursuant to this title for Arctic research including reimbursement from funds of the Commission to administer such grants. . Section 103(d)(1) of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 ( 15 U.S.C. 4102(d)(1) ) is amended by striking for compensation in the second sentence and inserting by the Federal Government or any State or local government . Section 103 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 ( 15 U.S.C. 4102 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Commission shall adopt conflict of interest and recusal provisions that apply to any decision by the Commission and to all members of the Commission as if each member of the Commission is an affected individual within the meaning of section 302(j) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(j) ), except that in addition to the disclosure requirements of paragraph
(2)of such section 302(j), each member of the Commission shall disclose any financial interest or relationship in an organization or with an individual that is applying for funding from the Commission held by the member of the Commission, including an interest as an officer, director, trustee, partner, employee, contractor, agent, or other representative. . Subsection
(e)of section 401 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 ( 43 U.S.C. 1474d ) is amended— in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 15 percent and inserting 20 percent ; and by striking paragraph
(5)and inserting the following: The Board shall adopt conflict of interest and recusal provisions that apply to any decision by the Board and to all members of the Board as if each member of the Board is an affected individual within the meaning of section 302(j) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(j) ), except that in addition to the disclosure requirements of paragraph
(2)of such section 302(j), each member of the Board shall disclose any financial interest or relationship in an organization or with an individual that is applying for funding from the Board, including an interest as an officer, director, trustee, partner, employee, contractor, agent, or other representative. .
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