(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—INVASIVE SPECIES PREVENTION 
Subtitle A—National Aquatic Invasive Species 
CHAPTER 1—PREVENTION OF INTRODUCTION OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES 
INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES BY VESSELS 
Sec. 101. Prevention of introduction of aquatic Invasive Species into waters of 
the United States by vessels. 
Sec. 102. Armed Services whole vessel management program. 
CHAPTER 2—PREVENTION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF AQUATIC INVASIVE 
SPECIES BY OTHER PATHWAYS 
Sec. 106. Priority pathway management program. 
Sec. 107. Screening process for planned importations of live aquatic organisms. 
CHAPTER 3—EARLY DETECTION; RAPID RESPONSE; CONTROL AND 
OUTREACH 
Sec. 111. Early detection. 
Sec. 112. Rapid response. 
Sec. 113. Environmental soundness. 
Sec. 114. Information, education, and outreach. 
CHAPTER 4—COORDINATION 
Sec. 116. Program coordination. 
Sec. 117. International coordination. 
CHAPTER 5—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 121. Authorization of appropriations. 
CHAPTER 6—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 126. Conforming amendments. 
Subtitle B—Aquatic Invasive Species Research 
Sec. 141. Findings. 
Sec. 142. Definitions. 
Sec. 143. Coordination and implementation. 
Sec. 144. Ecological and pathway research. 
Sec. 145. Analysis. 
Sec. 146. Dissemination. 
Sec. 147. Technology development, demonstration, and verification. 
Sec. 148. Research to support the setting and implementation of ship pathway 
standards. 
Sec. 149. Research in systematics and taxonomy. 
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Sec. 150. State programs. 
Subtitle C—Invasive Species Council 
Sec. 161. Short title. 
Sec. 162. Statement of policy regarding Federal duties. 
Sec. 163. National Invasive Species Council. 
Sec. 164. Duties. 
Sec. 165. National Invasive Species Management Plan. 
Sec. 166. Invasive Species Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 167. Budget crosscut. 
Sec. 168. Definitions. 
Sec. 169. Existing Executive Order. 
Sec. 170. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—COASTAL HEALTH 
Sec. 201. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 202. Sewer overflow control grants. 
Sec. 203. Water pollution control revolving loan funds. 
Sec. 204. Allotment of funds. 
Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—AREAS OF CONCERN 
Sec. 301. Great Lakes. 
TITLE IV—CLEAN WATER AUTHORITY 
Sec. 401. Definition of waters of the United States. 
Sec. 402. Conforming amendments. 
TITLE V—TOXIC SUBSTANCES 
Sec. 501. Mercury reduction grants. 
TITLE VI—INDICATORS AND INFORMATION 
Subtitle A—Research Program 
Sec. 601. Research reauthorizations. 
Sec. 602. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. 
Sec. 603. Great Lakes Science Center. 
Sec. 604. Center for sponsored coastal ocean research. 
Subtitle B—Ocean and Coastal Observation System 
Sec. 611. Definitions. 
Sec. 612. Integrated ocean and coastal observing system. 
Sec. 613. Research, development, and education. 
Sec. 614. Interagency financing. 
Sec. 615. Application with Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. 
Sec. 616. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 617. Reporting requirement. 
Subtitle C—Great Lakes Water Quality Indicators and Monitoring 
Sec. 621. Great Lakes water quality indicators and monitoring. 
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TITLE VII—SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 701. Waterfront restoration and remediation projects. 
Sec. 702. Authority of Secretary to restore and remediate waterfront and re-
lated areas. 
Sec. 703. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VIII—COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT 
Sec. 801. Definitions. 
Sec. 802. Great Lakes Interagency Task Force. 
Sec. 803. Executive Committee. 
Sec. 804. Great Lakes Regional Collaboration. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Great Lakes, with about 20 percent of 
the Earth’s fresh surface water, is a treasure of 
global significance, supporting drinking water for 
millions of people, providing for commerce, and pro-
viding recreation for people from across the Nation 
and around the world; 
(2) renewed efforts and investments are critical 
to aid in fulfilling the goals and objectives of the 
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between the 
United States and Canada; 
(3) in a report issued in December 2005, a 
group of leading scientists from top institutions in 
the Great Lakes area found that— 
(A) the Great Lakes are on the brink of an 
ecological catastrophe; 
(B) the primary stressors straining the 
health of the Great Lakes are— 
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(i) toxic chemicals; 
(ii) the overloading of human waste 
and urban and agricultural runoff; 
(iii) physical changes to the shorelines 
and wetlands; 
(iv) invasive plant and animal species; 
(v) changes in water patterns; and 
(vi) overfishing; 
(C) the deterioration of the Great Lakes 
ecosystem is accelerating dramatically; and 
(D) if the pattern of deterioration is not 
reversed immediately, the damage could be ir-
reparable; 
(4) as a result of the stressors described in 
paragraph (3)(B)— 
(A) more than 1,800 beaches were closed 
in 2003; 
(B) Lake Erie has developed a 6,300 
square mile dead zone that forms every sum-
mer; 
(C) the zebra mussel, an aquatic invasive 
species, causes $500,000,000 per year in eco-
nomic and environmental damage in the Great 
Lakes; 
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