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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5266 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2014 

Received 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the National Estuary Programs, 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. COMPETITIVE AWARDS. 

2 Section 320(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Con3 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)) is amended by adding at the 

4 end the following: 

5 ‘‘(4) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount made 

7 available under subsection (i)(2)(B), the Ad8 ministrator shall make competitive awards 

9 under this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION FOR AWARDS.—The 

11 Administrator shall solicit applications for 

12 awards under this paragraph from State, inter13 state, and regional water pollution control agen14 cies and entities, State coastal zone manage15 ment agencies, interstate agencies, other public 

16 or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, orga17 nizations, and individuals. 

18 ‘‘(C) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—In se19 lecting award recipients under this paragraph, 

20 the Administrator shall select recipients that 

21 are best able to address urgent and challenging 

22 issues that threaten the ecological and economic 

23 well-being of coastal areas. Such issues shall in24 clude— 


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1 ‘‘(i) extensive seagrass habitat losses 

2 resulting in significant impacts on fisheries 

3 and water quality; 

4 ‘‘(ii) recurring harmful algae blooms, 

5 unusual marine mammal mortalities; 

6 ‘‘(iii) invasive exotic species which can 

7 threaten wastewater systems and cause 

8 other damage; 

9 ‘‘(iv) jellyfish proliferation limiting 

10 community access to water during peak 

11 tourism seasons; 

12 ‘‘(v) flooding which may be related to 

13 sea level rise or wetland degradation or 

14 loss; or 

15 ‘‘(vi) low dissolved oxygen conditions 

16 in estuarine waters and related nutrient 

17 management.’’. 

18 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 Section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

20 Act (33 U.S.C. 1330) is amended by striking subsection 

21 (i) and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

24 appropriated to the Administrator $27,000,000, for 

25 each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 for— 


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1 ‘‘(A) expenses relating to the administra2 tion of grants or awards by the Administrator 

3 under this section, including the award and 

4 oversight of grants and awards, except that 

5 such expenses shall not exceed 5 percent of the 

6 amount appropriated under this subsection; and 

7 ‘‘(B) making grants and awards under 

8 subsection (g). 

9 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

11 PLAN.—The Administrator shall provide not 

12 less than 80 percent of the amounts made avail13 able for this section for each fiscal year referred 

14 to in paragraph (1) for the development, imple15 mentation, and monitoring of each conservation 

16 and management plan eligible for grant assist17 ance under subsection (g)(2). 

18 ‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—The Admin19 istrator shall provide not less than 15 percent 

20 of the amounts made available for this section 


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1 in each fiscal year to make competitive awards 

2 described in subsection (g)(4).’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 12, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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