15 U.S.C. § 278p — Notice to Congress

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Congress's Appropriations Committees sometimes get notice when Institute funds are reprogrammed. When that happens, the Science and Commerce Committees must get notice too. The Secretary must also warn Congress 15 days before any reorganization moving over 25 percent of Institute staff.

(a) Notice of reprogramming: If money authorized under this chapter gets "reprogrammed" — shifted to a different use — in a way that requires notice to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the same notice must go, at the same time, to the House Science Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. (b) Notice of reorganization: (1) Requirement: The Secretary must notify the House Science and Appropriations Committees, and the Senate Commerce and Appropriations Committees, at least 15 days before any major reorganization of an Institute program, project, or activity. (2) "Major reorganization" defined: A "major reorganization" means one that reassigns more than 25 percent of the Institute's employees.

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(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.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 31, as added Pub. L. 105–309, § 4(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2935.)

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1901Enacted · Pub. L. 105-309 · 112 Stat. 2935

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