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 118 STAT. 2883 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 for the care and protection of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce dures set forth in that section. SEC. 205. Hereafter, none of the funds made available by this or any other Act for the Department of Commerce shall be available to reimburse the Unemployment Trust Fund or any other fund or account of the Treasury to pay for any expenses authorized by section 8501 of title 5, United States Code, for services performed by individuals appointed to temporary positions within the Bureau of the Census for purposes relating to the decennial censuses of population. SEC. 206. Of the amount available from the fund entitled ‘‘Pro mote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, $10,000,000 shall be provided to the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board, $1,000,000 shall be available for the ‘‘Wild American Shrimp Initiative’’, and $1,000,000 shall be avail able for the Gulf Oyster Industry Education Program: Provided, That: (1) the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board (hereinafter ‘‘the Board’’) shall be a nonprofit organization and not an agency or establishment of the United States; (2) the Secretary may appoint, assign, or otherwise designate as Executive Director an employee of the Department of Commerce, who may serve in an official capacity in such position, with or without reimbursement, and such appointment or assignment shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege; and (3) the Board may adopt bylaws consistent with the purposes of this section, and may undertake other acts necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. SEC. 207. (a) Hereafter, the Secretary of Commerce is author ized to operate a marine laboratory in South Carolina in accordance with a memorandum of agreement, including any future amend ments, among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra tion, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the State of South Carolina, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the College of Charleston as a partnership for collaborative, inter disciplinary marine scientific research. (b) To carry out subsection (a), the agencies that are partners in the Laboratory may accept, apply for, use, and spend Federal, State, private and grant funds as necessary to further the mission of the Laboratory without regard to the source or of the period of availability of these funds and may apply for and hold patents, as well as share personnel, facilities, and property. Any funds collected or accepted by any partner may be used to offset all or portions of its costs, including overhead, without regard to 31 U.S.C. 143302(b); to reimburse other participating agencies for all or portions of their costs; and to fund research and facilities expan sion. Funds for management and operation of the Laboratory may be used to sustain basic laboratory operations for all participating entities. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to charge fees and enter into contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and other South Carolina. Laboratories. Research and development. 13 USC 23 note.

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