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136 STAT. 2029 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 communities, marine fishery and marine mammal stock assess- ments, and for related administrative expenses. (b) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Tribal Government’’ means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, commu- nity, component band, or component reservation, individually identi- fied (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this subsection pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). SEC. 40002. FACILITIES OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION AND NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES. (a) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000, to remain available until Sep- tember 30, 2026, for the construction of new facilities, facilities in need of replacement, piers, marine operations facilities, and fisheries laboratories. (b) NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES FACILITIES.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for the construction of facilities to support the National Marine Sanc- tuary System established under subsection (c) of section 301 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431(c)). SEC. 40003. NOAA EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE REVIEWS. In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appro- priated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to conduct more efficient, accurate, and timely reviews for planning, permitting and approval processes through the hiring and training of personnel, and the purchase of technical and sci- entific services and new equipment, and to improve agency trans- parency, accountability, and public engagement. SEC. 40004. OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND FORE- CASTING FOR WEATHER AND CLIMATE. (a) FORECASTING AND RESEARCH.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to accelerate advances and improvements in research, observation systems, modeling, fore- casting, assessments, and dissemination of information to the public as it pertains to ocean and atmospheric processes related to weather, coasts, oceans, and climate, and to carry out section 102(a) of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8512(a)), and for related administrative expenses. (b) RESEARCH GRANTS AND SCIENCE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:35 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00213 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw