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[CITE: 15USC4109]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                 CHAPTER 67--ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY
 
Sec. 4109. Coordination and review of budget requests; Office of 
        Science and Technology Policy; Office of Management and Budget
        
    (a) The Office of Science and Technology Policy shall--
        (1) review all agency and department budget requests related to 
    the Arctic transmitted pursuant to section 4107(a)(5) of this title, 
    in accordance with the national Arctic research policy and the 5-
    year program under section 4107(a)(2) and section 4108 of this 
    title, respectively; and
        (2) consult closely with the Interagency Committee and the 
    Commission to guide the Office of Science and Technology Policy's 
    efforts.

    (b)(1) The Office of Management and Budget shall consider all 
Federal agency requests for research related to the Arctic as one 
integrated, coherent, and multiagency request which shall be reviewed by 
the Office of Management and Budget prior to submission of the 
President's annual budget request for its adherence to the Plan. The 
Commission shall, after submission of the President's annual budget 
request, review the request and report to Congress on adherence to the 
Plan.
    (2) The Office of Management and Budget shall seek to facilitate 
planning for the design, procurement, maintenance, deployment, and 
operations of icebreakers needed to provide a platform for Arctic 
research by allocating all funds necessary to support icebreaking 
operations, except for recurring incremental costs associated with 
specific projects, to the Coast Guard.

(Pub. L. 98-373, title I, Sec. 110, July 31, 1984, 98 Stat. 1248.)


                  Termination of Reporting Requirements

    For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law 
requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other 
regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103-7 (in which the 
review of the President's annual budget request and report to Congress 
under subsec. (b)(1) of this section is listed on page 155), see section 
3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 
of Title 31, Money and Finance.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4107 of this title.
