In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

April 26, 2016. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1523) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 

Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for 

other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. COMPETITIVE AWARDS. 

2 Section 320(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

3 Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)) is amended by adding at the end 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(4) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Using the amounts 

7 made available under subsection (i)(2)(B), the 

8 Administrator shall make competitive awards 

9 under this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION FOR AWARDS.—The Ad11 ministrator shall solicit applications for awards 

12 under this paragraph from State, interstate, and 

13 regional water pollution control agencies and en14 tities, State coastal zone management agencies, 

15 interstate agencies, other public or nonprofit pri-
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1 vate agencies, institutions, organizations, and 

2 individuals. 

3 ‘‘(C) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—In select4 ing award recipients under this paragraph, the 

5 Administrator shall select recipients that are best 

6 able to address urgent and challenging issues 

7 that threaten the ecological and economic well8 being of coastal areas. Such issues shall in9 clude— 

10 ‘‘(i) extensive seagrass habitat losses re11 sulting in significant impacts on fisheries 

12 and water quality; 

13 ‘‘(ii) recurring harmful algae blooms; 

14 ‘‘(iii) unusual marine mammal mor15 talities; 

16 ‘‘(iv) invasive exotic species that may 

17 threaten wastewater systems and cause 

18 other damage; 

19 ‘‘(v) jellyfish proliferation limiting 

20 community access to water during peak 

21 tourism seasons; 

22 ‘‘(vi) flooding that may be related to 

23 sea level rise or wetland degradation or loss; 

24 and 
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1 ‘‘(vii) low dissolved oxygen conditions 

2 in estuarine waters and related nutrient 

3 management.’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 Section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

6 (33 U.S.C. 1330) is amended by striking subsection (i) and 

7 inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap10 propriated to the Administrator $26,500,000 for each 

11 of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 for— 

12 ‘‘(A) expenses relating to the administration 

13 of grants or awards by the Administrator under 

14 this section, including the award and oversight 

15 of grants and awards, except that such expenses 

16 may not exceed 5 percent of the amount appro17 priated under this subsection for a fiscal year; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) making grants and awards under sub20 section (g). 

21 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

23 PLANS.—Not less than 80 percent of the amount 

24 made available under this subsection for a fiscal 

25 year shall be used by the Administrator to pro-
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1 vide grant assistance for the development, imple2 mentation, and monitoring of each of the con3 servation and management plans eligible for 

4 grant assistance under subsection (g)(2). 

5 ‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—Not less than 

6 15 percent of the amount made available under 

7 this subsection for a fiscal year shall be used by 

8 the Administrator for making competitive 

9 awards described in subsection (g)(4).’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1523 

AMENDMENT