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Union Calendar No. 450 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 160 
[Report No. 117–626] 
To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and to establish 
the United States Coral Reef Task Force, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2021 
Mr. SOTO (for himself, Mr. CASE, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. MAST, and Miss 
GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 14, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. CRIST, Mr. SAN 
NICOLAS, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. MURPHY of Flor-
ida, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. GAETZ, 
Mr. POSEY, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. C. SCOTT 
FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of 
Florida, Mr. DUNN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mrs. CAMMACK, 
Mr. DONALDS, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. KAHELE, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART 
DECEMBER 14, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 4, 2021] 
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A BILL 
To reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 
and to establish the United States Coral Reef Task 
Force, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Re-
storing Resilient Reefs Act of 2021’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF CORAL REEF CONSERVATION ACT 
OF 2000 
Sec. 101. Reauthorization of Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. 
Sec. 102. Modification to section 204 of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 
(16 U.S.C. 6403). 
TITLE II—UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE 
Sec. 201. Establishment. 
Sec. 202. Duties. 
Sec. 203. Membership. 
Sec. 204. Responsibilities of Federal agency members. 
Sec. 205. Working groups. 
Sec. 206. Definitions. 
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CORAL REEF 
AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 301. Coral reef conservation and restoration assistance. 
TITLE IV—SUSAN L. WILLIAMS NATIONAL CORAL REEF 
MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Definitions. 
Sec. 403. Establishment of fellowship program. 
Sec. 404. Fellowship awards. 
Sec. 405. Matching requirement. 
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TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF 
CORAL REEF CONSERVATION 
ACT OF 2000 
SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF CORAL REEF CONSERVA-
TION ACT OF 2000. 
(a) PURPOSES; FEDERAL CORAL REEF MANAGEMENT 
AND RESTORATION ACTIVITIES.—The Coral Reef Conserva-
tion Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6401 et seq.) is amended by 
striking sections 202 and 203 and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 202. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of this title are— 
‘‘(1) to conserve and restore the condition of 
United States coral reef ecosystems challenged by nat-
ural and human-accelerated changes, including in-
creasing ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, 
coral bleaching, coral diseases, water quality degrada-
tion, invasive species, and illegal, unreported, and 
unregulated fishing; 
‘‘(2) to promote the science-based management 
and sustainable use of coral reef ecosystems to benefit 
local communities and the Nation, including through 
improved integration and cooperation among Federal, 
State, and locally managed jurisdictions with coral 
reef equities; 
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