Sec. 902. Unfunded priorities list, reports, and plans
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In this section: The term Administration means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The term Administrator means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The term appropriate committees of Congress means the following: The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. The Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. The Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.
The Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. The term capital budgetary line item means a line item in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the President for a fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for any aircraft or vessel for the Administration valued at more than $3,000,000. The term infrastructure and assets means the following: Repair and construction of infrastructure, facilities, and laboratories.
Instrumentation. Resources for data storage and analysis, including options for cloud-based and supercomputing services. With respect to the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, aircraft, vessels, and uncrewed systems, associated facility construction and repair needs, instrumentation, and requirements to operate new and existing assets to reliably meet the mission needs of the Administration. The term unfunded priority means a program or mission requirement that— has not been selected for funding in the applicable proposed budget; is necessary to fulfill a statutory or mission requirement; and the Administrator would have recommended for inclusion in the applicable proposed budget had additional resources been available or had the requirement emerged before the budget was submitted.
Not later than 15 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget of the President for a fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Administrator, in consultation with the Assistant Administrator for each line office of the Administration, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes a list of unfunded priorities of the Administration. The list required by paragraph
(1)shall include unfunded priorities related to the needs of the Administration— to meet statutory and mission requirements to— protect human life, property, and the economy from the impacts of weather, water, and space weather; manage the Nation’s fisheries and ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources; and manage, steward, and make improvements to data storage, accessibility, interoperability, and utilization; with respect to infrastructure and assets to satisfy statutory and mission requirements, including— needs with respect to— repair and construction of infrastructure, facilities, and laboratories; scientific support equipment and instrumentation; and resources for data storage and analysis, including options for cloud-based and supercomputing services; and with respect to the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, in coordination with the Assistant Administrator for Marine and Aviation Operations, needs with respect to aircraft and vessels, associated facility construction and repair needs, and resources required to operate new and existing assets; with respect to operational shortfalls that compromise the ability of the Administration to satisfy the statutory and mission requirements described in subparagraph (A), including by compromising the ability of the Administration to satisfy such requirements in a timely manner; with respect to mitigating fishery disasters, including in accordance with the requirements under the heading FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE in title II of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division N of Public Law 117–328 ); and with respect to transitioning successful experimental programs under the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research as of the date of the enactment of this Act into an operational capacity under another office of the Administration. The list required by paragraph
(1)shall— present the unfunded priorities of the Administration in order from highest to lowest priority, as determined by the Administrator; and with respect to each unfunded priority, include— a brief description of the unfunded priority and its relationship to the statutory and mission requirements of the Administration; an estimate of the funding level required; and an assessment of the status of the design or acquisition program, if applicable. Not later than 60 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget of the President for a fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Administrator, in consultation with the Assistant Administrator for Marine and Aviation Operations and the Assistant Administrators for the line offices of the Administration, as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a future-years capital investment plan. The plan required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: The fleet replacement and modernization plan required by section 604 of the NOAA Fleet Modernization Act ( 33 U.S.C. 891b ). The NOAA Aircraft Recapitalization Plan and any plan developed to carry out section 11708 of the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 (33 U.S.C. note prec. 851; enacted as part of subtitle A of title CXVII of division K of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023; Public Law 117–263 ). Any other plan the Administrator considers appropriate. The plan required by paragraph
(1)shall identify, for each capital budgetary line item, the following: The proposed funding level included in the applicable proposed budget. The total estimated cost of completion. Projected funding levels for each fiscal year for the next five fiscal years or until completion, whichever is earlier. An estimated completion date at the projected funding levels. Changes, if any, in the total estimated cost of completion or estimated completion date from previous future-years capital investment plans submitted under this subsection.
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