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Calendar No. 248 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1254 

[Report No. 113–121] 

To amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control 

Act of 1998, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. KING, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. WICKER, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. WYDEN, and Ms. 

HIRONO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

NOVEMBER 18, 2013 

Reported by Mr. ROCKEFELLER, without amendment 

A BILL 

To amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research 

and Control Act of 1998, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Harmful Algal Bloom 

3 and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 

4 2013’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO THE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM 

6 AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL ACT 

7 OF 1998. 

8 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

9 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

10 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi11 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 

12 section or other provision of the Harmful Algal Bloom and 

13 Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 

14 1451 note). 

15 SEC. 3. INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON HARMFUL ALGAL 

16 BLOOMS AND HYPOXIA. 

17 Section 603(a) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘the following representatives 

19 from’’ and inserting ‘‘a representative from’’; 

20 (2) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

21 (3) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para22 graph (13); 

23 (4) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(12) the Centers for Disease Control; and’’; 

26 and 


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1 (5) in paragraph (13), as redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘such’’. 

3 SEC. 4. NATIONAL HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 The Act is amended by inserting after section 603 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 603A. NATIONAL HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HY8 POXIA PROGRAM. 

9 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

10 the date of enactment of the Harmful Algal Bloom and 

11 Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2013, 

12 the Under Secretary, acting through the Task Force, shall 

13 establish and maintain a national harmful algal bloom and 

14 hypoxia program, including— 

15 ‘‘(1) a statement of objectives, including under16 standing, detecting, predicting, controlling, miti17 gating, and responding to marine and freshwater 

18 harmful algal bloom and hypoxia events; and 

19 ‘‘(2) the comprehensive research plan and ac20 tion strategy under section 603B. 

21 ‘‘(b) PERIODIC REVISION.—The Task Force shall pe22 riodically review and revise the Program, as necessary. 

23 ‘‘(c) TASK FORCE FUNCTIONS.—The Task Force 

24 shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) coordinate interagency review of the objec2 tives and activities of the Program; 

3 ‘‘(2) expedite the interagency review process by 

4 ensuring timely review and dispersal of required re5 ports and assessments under this title; 

6 ‘‘(3) support the implementation of the Action 

7 Strategy, including the coordination and integration 

8 of the research of all Federal programs, including 

9 ocean and Great Lakes science and management 

10 programs and centers, that address the chemical, bi11 ological, and physical components of marine and 

12 freshwater harmful algal blooms and hypoxia; 

13 ‘‘(4) support the development of institutional 

14 mechanisms and financial instruments to further the 

15 objectives and activities of the Program; 

16 ‘‘(5) review the Program’s distribution of Fed17 eral funding to address the objectives and activities 

18 of the Program; 

19 ‘‘(6) promote the development of new tech20 nologies for predicting, monitoring, and mitigating 

21 harmful algal bloom and hypoxia conditions; and 

22 ‘‘(7) establish such interagency working groups 

23 as it considers necessary. 

24 ‘‘(d) LEAD FEDERAL AGENCY.—Except as provided 

25 in subsection (h), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 


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1 Administration shall have primary responsibility for ad2 ministering the Program. 

3 ‘‘(e) PROGRAM DUTIES.—In administering the Pro4 gram, the Under Secretary shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) promote the Program; 

6 ‘‘(2) prepare work and spending plans for im7 plementing the research and activities identified 

8 under the Action Strategy; 

9 ‘‘(3) administer merit-based, competitive grant 

10 funding— 

11 ‘‘(A) to maintain and enhance baseline 

12 monitoring programs established by the Pro13 gram; 

14 ‘‘(B) to support the projects maintained 

15 and established by the Program; and 

16 ‘‘(C) to address the research and manage17 ment needs and priorities identified in the Ac18 tion Strategy; 

19 ‘‘(4) coordinate and work cooperatively with re20 gional, State, tribal, and local government agencies 

21 and programs that address marine and freshwater 

22 harmful algal blooms and hypoxia; 

23 ‘‘(5) coordinate with the Secretary of State to 

24 support international efforts on marine and fresh25 water harmful algal bloom and hypoxia information 


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1 sharing, research, prediction, mitigation, control, 

2 and response activities; 

3 ‘‘(6) identify additional research, development, 

4 and demonstration needs and priorities relating to 

5 monitoring, prevention, control, mitigation, and re6 sponse to marine and freshwater harmful algal 

7 blooms and hypoxia, including methods and tech8 nologies to protect the ecosystems affected by ma9 rine and freshwater harmful algal blooms and hy10 poxia; 

11 ‘‘(7) integrate, coordinate, and augment exist12 ing education programs to improve public under13 standing and awareness of the causes, impacts, and 

14 mitigation efforts for marine and freshwater harmful 

15 algal blooms and hypoxia; 

16 ‘‘(8) facilitate and provide resources to train 

17 State and local coastal and water resource managers 

18 in the methods and technologies for monitoring, pre19 venting, controlling, and mitigating marine and 

20 freshwater harmful algal blooms and hypoxia; 

21 ‘‘(9) support regional efforts to control and 

22 mitigate outbreaks through— 

23 ‘‘(A) communication of the contents of the 

24 Action Strategy and maintenance of online data 

25 portals for other information about harmful 


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1 algal blooms and hypoxia to State, tribal, and 

2 local stakeholders; and 

3 ‘‘(B) overseeing the development, review, 

4 and periodic updating of the Action Strategy; 

5 ‘‘(10) convene at least 1 meeting of the Task 

6 Force each year; and 

7 ‘‘(11) perform such other tasks as may be dele8 gated by the Task Force. 

9 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN10 ISTRATION ACTIVITIES.—The Under Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) maintain and enhance the existing com12 petitive programs at the National Oceanic and At13 mospheric Administration relating to harmful algal 

14 blooms and hypoxia; 

15 ‘‘(2) carry out marine and Great Lakes harmful 

16 algal bloom and hypoxia events response activities; 

17 ‘‘(3) establish new programs and infrastructure, 

18 as necessary, to develop and enhance critical obser19 vations, monitoring, modeling, data management, in20 formation dissemination, and operational forecasts 

21 relevant to harmful algal blooms and hypoxia events; 

22 ‘‘(4) enhance communication and coordination 

23 among Federal agencies carrying out marine and 

24 freshwater harmful algal bloom and hypoxia activi25 ties and research; 


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1 ‘‘(5) to the greatest extent practicable, leverage 

2 existing resources and expertise available from local 

3 research universities and institutions; and 

4 ‘‘(6) increase the availability to appropriate 

5 public and private entities of— 

6 ‘‘(A) analytical facilities and technologies; 

7 ‘‘(B) operational forecasts; and 

8 ‘‘(C) reference and research materials. 

9 ‘‘(g) COOPERATIVE EFFORTS.—The Under Secretary 

10 shall work cooperatively and avoid duplication of effort 

11 with other offices, centers, and programs within the Na12 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, other 

13 agencies on the Task Force, and States, tribes, and non14 governmental organizations concerned with marine and 

15 freshwater issues to coordinate harmful algal bloom and 

16 hypoxia (and related) activities and research. 

17 ‘‘(h) FRESHWATER.—With respect to the freshwater 

18 aspects of the Program, the Administrator, through the 

19 Task Force, shall carry out the duties otherwise assigned 

20 to the Under Secretary under this section, except the ac21 tivities described in subsection (f). 

22 ‘‘(1) PARTICIPATION.—The Administrator’s 

23 participation under this section shall include— 

24 ‘‘(A) research on the ecology and impacts 

25 of freshwater harmful algal blooms; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) forecasting and monitoring of and 

2 event response to freshwater harmful algal 

3 blooms in lakes, rivers, estuaries (including 

4 their tributaries), and reservoirs. 

5 ‘‘(2) NONDUPLICATION.—The Administrator 

6 shall ensure that activities carried out under this 

7 title focus on new approaches to addressing fresh8 water harmful algal blooms and are not duplicative 

9 of existing research and development programs au10 thorized by this title or any other law. 

11 ‘‘(i) INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVA12 TION SYSTEM.—The collection of monitoring and observa13 tion data under this title shall comply with all data stand14 ards and protocols developed pursuant to the Integrated 

15 Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 

16 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.). Such data shall be made available 

17 through the system established under that Act.’’. 

18 SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH PLAN AND ACTION 

19 STRATEGY. 

20 The Act, as amended by section 4 of this Act, is fur21 ther amended by inserting after section 603A the fol22 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 603B. COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH PLAN AND AC2 TION STRATEGY. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

4 date of enactment of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hy5 poxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2013, the 

6 Under Secretary, through the Task Force, shall develop 

7 and submit to Congress a comprehensive research plan 

8 and action strategy to address marine and freshwater 

9 harmful algal blooms and hypoxia. The Action Strategy 

10 shall identify— 

11 ‘‘(1) the specific activities to be carried out by 

12 the Program and the timeline for carrying out those 

13 activities; 

14 ‘‘(2) the roles and responsibilities of each Fed15 eral agency in the Task Force in carrying out the 

16 activities under paragraph (1); and 

17 ‘‘(3) the appropriate regions and subregions re18 quiring specific research and activities to address 

19 local, State, and regional harmful algal blooms and 

20 hypoxia. 

21 ‘‘(b) REGIONAL FOCUS.—The regional and sub22 regional parts of the Action Strategy shall identify— 

23 ‘‘(1) regional priorities for ecological, economic, 

24 and social research on issues related to the impacts 

25 of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia; 


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1 ‘‘(2) research, development, and demonstration 

2 activities needed to develop and advance technologies 

3 and techniques for minimizing the occurrence of 

4 harmful algal blooms and hypoxia and improving ca5 pabilities to detect, predict, monitor, control, miti6 gate, respond to, and remediate harmful algal 

7 blooms and hypoxia; 

8 ‘‘(3) ways to reduce the duration and intensity 

9 of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, including de10 ployment of response technologies in a timely man11 ner; 

12 ‘‘(4) research and methods to address human 

13 health dimensions of harmful algal blooms and hy14 poxia; 

15 ‘‘(5) mechanisms, including the potential costs 

16 and benefits of those mechanisms, to protect eco17 systems that may be or have been affected by harm18 ful algal bloom and hypoxia events; 

19 ‘‘(6) mechanisms by which data, information, 

20 and products may be transferred between the Pro21 gram and the State, tribal, and local governments 

22 and research entities; 

23 ‘‘(7) communication and information dissemina24 tion methods that State, tribal, and local govern25 ments may undertake to educate and inform the 


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1 public concerning harmful algal blooms and hypoxia; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(8) roles that Federal agencies may have to 

4 assist in the implementation of the Action Strategy, 

5 including efforts to support local and regional sci6 entific assessments under section 603(e). 

7 ‘‘(c) UTILIZING AVAILABLE STUDIES AND INFORMA8 TION.—In developing the Action Strategy, the Under Sec9 retary shall utilize existing research, assessments, reports, 

10 and program activities, including— 

11 ‘‘(1) those carried out under existing law; and 

12 ‘‘(2) other relevant peer-reviewed and published 

13 sources. 

14 ‘‘(d) DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTION STRATEGY.— 

15 In developing the Action Strategy, the Under Secretary 

16 shall, as appropriate— 

17 ‘‘(1) coordinate with— 

18 ‘‘(A) State coastal management and plan19 ning officials; 

20 ‘‘(B) tribal resource management officials; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(C) water management and watershed of23 ficials from both coastal States and noncoastal 

24 States with water sources that drain into water 


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1 bodies affected by harmful algal blooms and hy2 poxia; and 

3 ‘‘(2) consult with— 

4 ‘‘(A) public health officials; 

5 ‘‘(B) emergency management officials; 

6 ‘‘(C) science and technology development 

7 institutions; 

8 ‘‘(D) economists; 

9 ‘‘(E) industries and businesses affected by 

10 marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms 

11 and hypoxia; 

12 ‘‘(F) scientists with expertise concerning 

13 harmful algal blooms or hypoxia from academic 

14 or research institutions; and 

15 ‘‘(G) other stakeholders. 

16 ‘‘(e) FEDERAL REGISTER.—The Under Secretary 

17 shall publish the Action Strategy in the Federal Register. 

18 ‘‘(f) PERIODIC REVISION.—The Under Secretary, in 

19 coordination and consultation with the individuals and en20 tities under subsection (d), shall periodically review and 

21 revise the Action Strategy prepared under this section, as 

22 necessary.’’. 

23 SEC. 6. REPORTING. 

24 Section 603 is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(j) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

2 the Action Strategy is submitted under section 603B, the 

3 Under Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that 

4 describes— 

5 ‘‘(1) the proceedings of the annual Task Force 

6 meetings; 

7 ‘‘(2) the activities carried out under the Pro8 gram, including the regional and subregional parts 

9 of the Action Strategy; 

10 ‘‘(3) the budget related to the activities under 

11 paragraph (2); 

12 ‘‘(4) the progress made on implementing the 

13 Action Strategy; and 

14 ‘‘(5) any need to revise or terminate research 

15 and activities under the Program.’’. 

16 SEC. 7. NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO HYPOXIA. 

17 Section 604 is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 604. NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO HYPOXIA. 

19 ‘‘(a) INITIAL PROGRESS REPORTS.—Beginning not 

20 later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the 

21 Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control 

22 Amendments Act of 2013, and biennially thereafter, the 

23 Administrator, through the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mex24 ico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, shall submit a 

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1 tees and the President that describes the progress made 

2 by activities directed by the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mex3 ico Watershed Nutrient Task Force and carried out or 

4 funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and other 

5 State and Federal partners toward attainment of the goals 

6 of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008. 

7 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report required under this 

8 section shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) assess the progress made toward nutrient 

10 load reductions, the response of the hypoxic zone 

11 and water quality throughout the Mississippi/ 

12 Atchafalaya River Basin, and the economic and so13 cial effects; 

14 ‘‘(2) evaluate lessons learned; and 

15 ‘‘(3) recommend appropriate actions to continue 

16 to implement or, if necessary, revise the strategy set 

17 forth in the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008.’’. 

18 SEC. 8. GREAT LAKES HYPOXIA AND HARMFUL ALGAL 

19 BLOOMS. 

20 Section 605 is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 605. GREAT LAKES HYPOXIA AND HARMFUL ALGAL 

22 BLOOMS. 

23 ‘‘(a) INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 18 

24 months after the date of enactment of the Harmful Algal 

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1 Act of 2013, the Task Force, in accordance with the au2 thority under section 603, shall complete and submit to 

3 the Congress and the President an integrated assessment 

4 that examines the causes, consequences, and approaches 

5 to reduce hypoxia and harmful algal blooms in the Great 

6 Lakes, including the status of and gaps within current re7 search, monitoring, management, prevention, response, 

8 and control activities by— 

9 ‘‘(1) Federal agencies; 

10 ‘‘(2) State agencies; 

11 ‘‘(3) regional research consortia; 

12 ‘‘(4) academia; 

13 ‘‘(5) private industry; and 

14 ‘‘(6) nongovernmental organizations. 

15 ‘‘(b) PLAN.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

17 after the date of enactment of the Harmful Algal 

18 Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amend19 ments Act of 2013, the Task Force shall develop 

20 and submit to the Congress a plan, based on the in21 tegrated assessment under subsection (a), for reduc22 ing, mitigating, and controlling hypoxia and harmful 

23 algal blooms in the Great Lakes. 

24 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The plan shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) address the monitoring needs identi2 fied in the integrated assessment under sub3 section (a); 

4 ‘‘(B) develop a timeline and budgetary re5 quirements for deployment of future assets; 

6 ‘‘(C) identify requirements for the develop7 ment and verification of Great Lakes hypoxia 

8 and harmful algal bloom models, including— 

9 ‘‘(i) all assumptions built into the 

10 models; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) data quality methods used to en12 sure the best available data are utilized; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(D) describe efforts to improve the as15 sessment of the impacts of hypoxia and harmful 

16 algal blooms by— 

17 ‘‘(i) characterizing current and past 

18 biological conditions in ecosystems affected 

19 by hypoxia and harmful algal blooms; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) quantifying effects, including 

21 economic effects, at the population and 

22 community levels. 

23 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In developing the plan, 

24 the Task Force shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) consult with State and local govern2 ments and representatives from academic, agri3 cultural, industry, and other stakeholder 

4 groups; 

5 ‘‘(B) consult with relevant Canadian agen6 cies; 

7 ‘‘(C) ensure that the plan complements 

8 and does not duplicate activities conducted by 

9 other Federal or State agencies; 

10 ‘‘(D) identify critical research for reducing, 

11 mitigating, and controlling hypoxia events and 

12 their effects; 

13 ‘‘(E) evaluate cost-effective, incentive14 based partnership approaches; 

15 ‘‘(F) utilize existing research, assessments, 

16 reports, and program activities; 

17 ‘‘(G) publish a summary of the proposed 

18 plan in the Federal Register at least 180 days 

19 prior to submitting the completed plan to Con20 gress; and 

21 ‘‘(H) after submitting the completed plan 

22 to Congress, provide biennial progress reports 

23 on the activities toward achieving the objectives 

24 of the plan.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. APPLICATION WITH OTHER LAWS. 

2 The Act is amended by adding after section 606 the 

3 following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 607. EFFECT ON OTHER FEDERAL AUTHORITY. 

5 ‘‘Nothing in this title supersedes or limits the author6 ity of any agency to carry out its responsibilities and mis7 sions under other laws.’’. 

8 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS; CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Act, as amended by section 

10 9 of this Act, is further amended by adding after section 

11 607 the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 608. DEFINITIONS. 

13 ‘‘In this title: 

14 ‘‘(1) ACTION STRATEGY.—The term ‘Action 

15 Strategy’ means the comprehensive research plan 

16 and action strategy established under section 603B. 

17 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis18 trator’ means the Administrator of the Environ19 mental Protection Agency. 

20 ‘‘(3) HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM.—The term 

21 ‘harmful algal bloom’ means marine and freshwater 

22 phytoplankton that proliferate to high concentra23 tions, resulting in nuisance conditions or harmful 

24 impacts on marine and aquatic ecosystems, coastal 

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1 tion of toxic compounds or other biological, chemical, 

2 and physical impacts of the algae outbreak. 

3 ‘‘(4) HYPOXIA.—The term ‘hypoxia’ means a 

4 condition where low dissolved oxygen in aquatic sys5 tems causes stress or death to resident organisms. 

6 ‘‘(5) PROGRAM.—The term ‘Program’ means 

7 the national harmful algal bloom and hypoxia pro8 gram established under section 603A. 

9 ‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

10 the several States of the United States, the District 

11 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

12 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Com13 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any 

14 other territory or possession of the United States, 

15 and any Indian tribe. 

16 ‘‘(7) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘Task Force’ 

17 means the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful 

18 Algal Blooms and Hypoxia under section 603(a). 

19 ‘‘(8) UNDER SECRETARY.—The term ‘Under 

20 Secretary’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce 

21 for Oceans and Atmosphere. 

22 ‘‘(9) UNITED STATES COASTAL WATERS.—The 

23 term ‘United States coastal waters’ includes the 

24 Great Lakes.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 603(a) is 

2 amended by striking ‘‘(hereinafter referred to as the ‘Task 

3 Force’)’’. 

4 SEC. 11. INTERAGENCY FINANCING. 

5 The Act, as amended by section 10 of this Act, is 

6 further amended by adding after section 608 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 609. INTERAGENCY FINANCING. 

8 ‘‘The departments and agencies represented on the 

9 Task Force may participate in interagency financing and 

10 share, transfer, receive, obligate, and expend funds appro11 priated to any member of the Task Force for the purposes 

12 of carrying out any administrative or programmatic 

13 project or activity under this title, including support for 

14 the Program, a common infrastructure, information shar15 ing, and system integration for harmful algal bloom and 

16 hypoxia research, monitoring, forecasting, prevention, and 

17 control. Funds may be transferred among the departments 

18 and agencies through an appropriate instrument that 

19 specifies the goods, services, or space being acquired from 

20 another Task Force member and the costs of the goods, 

21 services, and space. The amount of funds transferrable 

22 under this section for any fiscal year may not exceed 5 

23 percent of the account from which the transfer was 

24 made.’’. 


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1 SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 The Act, as amended by section 11 of this Act, is 

3 further amended by adding after section 609 the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 610. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro6 priated to the Under Secretary to carry out sections 603A 

7 and 603B $20,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 

8 through 2018. 

9 ‘‘(b) EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—The 

10 Under Secretary shall ensure that a substantial portion 

11 of funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) that are 

12 used for research purposes are allocated to extramural re13 search activities. For each fiscal year, the Under Secretary 

14 shall publish a list of all grant recipients and the amounts 

15 for all of the funds allocated for research purposes, speci16 fying those allocated for extramural research activities.’’. 


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Calendar No. 248 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1254 

[Report No. 113–121] 

A BILL 

To amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia 

purposes. Research and Control Act of 1998, and for other 

NOVEMBER 18, 2013 

Reported without amendment 


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