United States Code, for reasonable travel costs 
and expenses incurred in performing their du-
ties as a member. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(A) CHAIR.—The Board shall be chaired 
by a member selected by a majority of members 
voting. 
(B) QUORUM.—A simple majority of mem-
bers shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser 
number may hold hearings. 
(C) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Board shall 
employ an executive director. 
(ii) SALARY LIMIT.—The salary of an 
executive director employed under clause 
(i) may not exceed the highest rate of basic 
pay established for the Senior Executive 
Service under section 5382 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(iii) QUALIFICATIONS.—In order to be 
qualified to be employed as an executive di-
rector under clause (i), an individual must 
have demonstrated experience in the mar-
keting and promotion of food products. 
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(D) STAFF.—An executive director em-
ployed by the Board under subparagraph (C), 
with the approval of the Board, may select and 
employ such additional staff as the executive di-
rector determines necessary. 
(E) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EX-
PENSES.—Not more than 5 percent of the 
funds distributed by the Council to the Board 
each year may be used by the Board to pay its 
administrative expenses. 
(4) SEAFOOD MARKETING PLANS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30 of each year, the Board shall submit 
to the Council a seafood marketing plan that 
describes the consumer education, research, and 
other marketing activities planned by the Board 
for the following year, including the selection 
procedures and criteria the Board plans to use 
for the awarding of grants. 
(B) PURPOSES.—The Board shall design a 
seafood marketing plan submitted under this 
paragraph for the purposes of— 
(i) increasing consumer demand for 
seafood; 
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(ii) encouraging, expanding, or im-
proving the marketing and utilization of 
seafood; and 
(iii) improving consumer education, 
research, and other marketing activities re-
garding seafood. 
(C) SPECIFIC MARKETING ACTIVITIES PER-
MITTED.—The Board may include in a seafood 
marketing plan submitted under this paragraph 
marketing activities that reference a particular 
brand or trade name. 
(D) REVIEW; APPROVAL; DISAPPROVAL.— 
(i) REVIEW.—Not later than 30 days 
after the Board submits to the Council a 
seafood marketing plan under this para-
graph, the Council shall review the mar-
keting plan and approve or disapprove the 
plan in accordance with this subparagraph. 
(ii) APPROVAL.—If the Council deter-
mines that the plan meets the require-
ments of this paragraph, the Council shall 
approve the plan and make a grant to the 
Board 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
3(c)(3)(A). 
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(iii) DISAPPROVAL.—If the Council 
does not approve a plan under clause (ii)— 
(I) the Council shall provide to 
the Board the reasons for the dis-
approval; and 
(II) the Board shall submit a re-
vised plan not later than 30 days 
after the date of such disapproval. 
(5) GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVID-
UALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall make 
grants to organizations and individuals, subject 
to such terms and conditions as the Board may 
require and consistent with the purposes of this 
section and the marketing plan approved by the 
Council. 
(B) PROMOTION
OF
PARTNERSHIPS.—In 
making grants under this subsection, the Board 
shall promote cost-sharing partnerships with 
non-Federal entities and may limit grant 
amounts to a portion of the estimated cost of 
a project. 
(C) MATCHING FUNDS.—If the Board con-
ditions the making of a grant under this sub-
section on the availability of matching funds, 
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such matching funds may include funds from 
private sources, funds from State or local gov-
ernments, or the value of in-kind contributions. 
(D) DISTRIBUTION
GOAL.—The Board 
shall seek to distribute not less than 10 percent 
of the funds it distributes under this subsection 
in a fiscal year through grants to minority- 
owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, 
and small businesses. 
(6) RECORDS.—The Board shall maintain ac-
counting records of the receipt and disbursement of 
all funds of the Board, which shall be subject to the 
review of the Council. 
(7) REPORT.—Not later than September 1 of 
each year, the Board shall submit to the Council a 
report detailing the expenditures of the Board dur-
ing the previous 12 months and the results of such 
expenditures. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than September 30 of each 
year, the Council shall submit to Congress a report re-
garding the results of the operations of the Gulf of Mexico 
seafood marketing program. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
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(1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the 
Gulf of Mexico Seafood Marketing Board established 
by subsection (b)(1). 
(2) MEMBER.—The term ‘‘member’’ means a 
member of the Board. 
(3) MINORITY-OWNED
BUSINESS.—The term 
‘‘minority-owned business’’ means a business— 
(A) not less than 51 percent of which is 
owned by one or more socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals or, in the case of any 
publicly owned business, not less than 51 per-
cent of the stock of which is owned by one or 
more socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals; and 
(B) the management and daily business 
operations of which are controlled by one or 
more socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals. 
(4) SEAFOOD.—The term ‘‘seafood’’ means 
farm-raised and wild-caught fish and shellfish har-
vested in the Gulf coast for human consumption. 
(5) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small busi-
ness concern’’ in section 3 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632). 
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