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 112 STAT. 2681-641 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998. 8 USC 1101 note. for the repair or replacement of bulk fuel storage tanks in Alaska that are not in compliance with applicable— (1) Federal law, including the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 484); or (2) State law. SEC. 308. EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT. The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the Commission. SEC. 309. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. — There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to carry out the duties of the Commission consistent with the purposes of this title and pursuant to the work plan approved under section 4 under this Act, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Any sums appropriated under the authorization contained in this section shall remain available until expended. TITLE IV—AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS AND WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT ACT SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; AMENDMENTS IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. TO (a) SHORT TITLE. — This title may be cited as the "American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— The table of contents of this title is as follows: Sec. 401. Short title; table of contents; amendments to Immigration and Nationality Act. SUBTITLE A—PROVISIONS RELATING TO H-IB NONIMMIGRANTS Sec. 411. Temporary increase in access to temporary skilled personnel under H-IB program. Sec. 412. Protection against displacement of United States workers in case of H- IB-dependent employers. Sec. 413. Changes in enforcement and penalties. Sec. 414. Collection and use of H-IB nonimmigrant fees for scholarships for lowincome math, engineering, and computer science students and job training of United States workers. Sec. 415. Computation of prevailing wage level. Sec. 416. Improving count of H-IB and H-2B nonimmigrants. Sec. 417. Report on older workers in the information technology field. Sec. 418. Report on high technology labor market needs; reports on economic impact of increase in H-IB nonimmigrants. SUBTITLE B—SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN NATO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES Sec. 421. Special immigrant status for certain NATO civilian employees. SUBTITLE C—^MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION Sec. 431. Academic honoraria. (c) AMENDMENTS TO IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.— Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, whenever in this title an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).

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