---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1447f"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1447f"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1447f"
units:
  - "Chapter 32A — Regional Marine Research Programs"
---

# §1447f. Authorization of appropriations

- (a) **In general—** For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated $18,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1996.
- (b) **Allocation—**
  - (1) Of funds appropriated in any fiscal year, not more than $500,000 shall be reserved for administration of this chapter by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency.
  - (2) Funds appropriated in a fiscal year which are available after allocation pursuant to [paragraph (1)](#b-1), shall be used to support the administrative costs of [Boards](/usc/16/1447a.md?p=1) established pursuant to [section 1447b(a) of this title](/usc/16/1447b.md?p=a), provided that such funding does not exceed $300,000 for each research [Board](/usc/16/1447a.md?p=1) in each fiscal year.
  - (3) Seventy-five percent of funds appropriated in a fiscal year available after allocation pursuant to paragraphs [(1)](#b-1) and [(2)](#b-2), shall be allocated equally among [Boards](/usc/16/1447a.md?p=1) located in [regions](/usc/16/1447a.md?p=6) submitting research [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) grant applications pursuant to [section 1447d(b) of this title](/usc/16/1447d.md?p=b).
  - (4) Twenty-five percent of funds appropriated in a fiscal year available after allocation pursuant to paragraphs [(1)](#b-1) and [(2)](#b-2), shall be allocated among [Boards](/usc/16/1447a.md?p=1) located in [regions](/usc/16/1447a.md?p=6) submitting research [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) grant applications pursuant to [section 1447d(b) of this title](/usc/16/1447d.md?p=b) which, in the judgment of the [Administrator](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=a) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the [Administrator](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=a) of the Environmental Protection Agency, propose the most needed and highest quality research.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–532, title IV, § 407, as added Pub. L. 101–593, title III, § 301, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2969.)