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 PUBLIC LAW 99-659—NOV. 14, 1986

100 STAT. 3739

(D) monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of estuarine management plans, (c) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administration not to exceed $500,000 for fiscal year 1987, $530,000 for fiscal year 1988, $560,000 for fiscal year 1989, and $600,000 for fiscal year 1990 to carry out the provisions of this section. SEC. 407. NOAA OFFICERS.

15 USC 1503b.

(a) UNDER SECRETARY.—There shall be in the Department of

Commerce an Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere who shall serve as the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration established by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. App. 1) and perform such duties as the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe. The Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for Level III of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5314). Post, p. 3740. (b) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—There shall be in the Department of 15 USC 1507c. Commerce, in addition to the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce provided by law before the date of enactment of this Act, one additional Assistant Secretary of Commerce who shall have the title Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and shall serve as the Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration established by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. App. 1) and perform such duties and functions as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall prescribe. The Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for Level IV of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5315). Post, p. 3740. (c) APPLICABILITY.—The individual serving on the date of enact- 15 USC 1503b note. ment of this Act— (A) as the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall also serve as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere until such time as a successor is appointed under subsection (a) of this section; and (B) as the Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall also serve as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere until such time as a successor is appointed under subsection (h) of this section. (d) CHIEF SCIENTIST OF NOAA.—Section 2(d) of Reorganization 15 USC 1511 Plan No. 4 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. App. 1) is amended to read as follows: note. "(d) There shall be in the Administration a Chief Scientist of the President of U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for Level V of the Executive Schedule Pay Rates (5 U.S.C. 5316). The Chief Scientist shall be the principal scientific adviser to Post, p. 3740. the Administrator, and shall perform such other duties as the Administrator may direct. The Chief Scientist shall be an individual who is, by reason of scientific education and experience, knowledge-

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