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 106 STAT. 4292 PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29, 1992 15 USC 1539. Regulations. 44 USC 1307 note. (2) reduces by 5 percent or more (A) the funding for an existing program, project, or activity or (B) the numbers of personnel therefor as approved by Confess; or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in an existing program, project, or activity. (b) NOTICE OF REORGANIZATION. —The Secretary of Commerce shall provide notice to the Committees on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate not later than 15 days before any major reorganization of any program, project, or activity of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. SEC. 404. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (a) PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS.— Within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall develop and, after notice and opportunity for public comment, promulgate regulations or guidelines to ensure that a completed application for a grant, contract, or other financial assistance under a nondiscretionary assistance program shall be processed and approved or disapproved within 75 days after submission of the application to the responsible program omce of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (b) NOTIFICATION OF APPLICANT. —Not later than 14 days after the date on which the Secretary of Commerce receives an application for a contract, grant, or other financial assistance provided under a nondiscretionary assistance program administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Secretary shall indicate in writing to the applicant whether or not the application is complete and, if not complete, shall specify the additional material tnat the applicant must provide to complete the application. (c) EXEMPTION.—In the case of a program for which the recipient of a grant, contract, or other financial assistance is specified by statute to be, or has customarily been, a State or an interstate fishery commission, such financial assistance may be provided by the Secretary to that recipient on a sole-source basis, notwithstanding any other provision of law. (d) DEFINITION. — In this section, the term "nondiscretionary assistance program" means any program for providing financial assistance— (1) under which the aniount of funding for, and the intended recipient of, the financial assistance is specified by Congress; or (2) the recipients of which have customarily been a State or an interstate fishery commission. SEC. 406. PRICE FREEZE ON CHARTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF NOAA. Notwithstanding section 1307 of title 44, United States Code, the price of nautical charts or other nautical products produced or published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and sold after the date of the enactment of this Act shall not exceed the price of that t3rpe of chart or product on the date of enactment of this Act adjusted for inflation. This section shall not apply after September 30, 1994.

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