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Title II — Department of Commerce

S. 2109 · 113th Congress · Mar 11, 2014 · Lineage

II Department of Commerce

Sec. 201 Repeal of requirement for annual report on Atlantic migratory species

The Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (Public Law 94–70; 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.) is amended by striking section 11 (16 U.S.C. 971j).

Sec. 202 Repeal of requirement for annual report on progress by educational institutions to become designated as sea grant colleges or sea grant institutions

Section 207 of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1126) is amended by striking subsection (e).

Sec. 203 Repeal of requirement for annual reports on coordination between NSF and oceans and coastal research activities of NOAA

The National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107–299) is amended by striking section 9 (33 U.S.C. 857–20).

Sec. 204 Repeal of requirement for annual report on donations by NIST of educationally useful Federal equipment to schools

Section 6(b) of the Technology Administration Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–309; 15 U.S.C. 272 note) is amended by striking paragraph (2).

Sec. 205 Repeal of requirement for annual report by NIST on enterprise integration standardization and implementation activities

Section 3 of the Enterprise Integration Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–277; 15 U.S.C. 278g–5) is amended—
(1)
by striking subsection (c); and
(2)
by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.

Sec. 206 Repeal of requirement for annual report on equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students to fellowships on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources

Section 208(a) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1127(a)) is amended by striking the fourth sentence.

Sec. 207 Repeal of requirement for annual report on activities of Technology Innovation Program

Section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) is amended by striking subsection (g).

Sec. 208 Repeal of requirement for annual report by TIP Advisory Board

Section 28(k) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (5).

Sec. 209 Repeal of requirement for annual report on activities of West Atlantic Fisheries Organization

The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–43; 16 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by striking section 212 (16 U.S.C. 5611).

Sec. 210 Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia reports

(a)
In general— Section 603 of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 1451 note) is amended—
(1)
by striking subsections (c) and (d); and
(2)
by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) as subsections (c) through (g), respectively.
(b)
Conforming amendments— Section 605 of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 1451 note) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2), by striking “603(f)(2)(B)” and inserting “603(d)(2)(B)”;
(2)
in paragraph (3), by striking “and to carry out section 603(d)”; and
(3)
in paragraph (6), by striking “603(e)” and inserting “603(c)”.