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[CITE: 15USC278p]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
        CHAPTER 7--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
 
Sec. 278p. Notice to Congress


(a) Notice of reprogramming

    If any funds authorized for carrying out this chapter are subject to 
a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the 
Appropriations Committees of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, notice of such action shall concurrently be provided to the 
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

(b) Notice of reorganization

                           (1) Requirement

        The Secretary shall provide notice to the Committees on Science 
    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 
    Institute.

                (2) ``Major reorganization'' defined

        For purposes of this subsection, the term ``major 
    reorganization'' means any reorganization of the Institute that 
    involves the reassignment of more than 25 percent of the employees 
    of the Institute.

(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, Sec. 31, as added Pub. L. 105-309, Sec. 4(b), 
Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2935.)
