‘‘(7) use cost effective methods in carrying out 
this Act; and 
‘‘(8) develop contingency plans for the long- 
term monitoring of hypoxia.’’. 
SEC. 6. CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 
Section 102 of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hy-
poxia Amendments Act of 2004 (33 U.S.C. 4001a) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the amendments made by this title’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Re-
search and Control Act of 1998’’. 
SEC. 7. HYPOXIA OR HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM OF NA-
TIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 
(a) RELIEF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon a determination under 
subsection (b) that there is an event of national sig-
nificance, the appropriate Federal official is author-
ized to make sums available to the affected State or 
local government for the purposes of assessing and 
mitigating the detrimental environmental, economic, 
subsistence use, and public health effects of the 
event of national significance. 
(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of any activity carried out under this sub-
section for the purposes described in paragraph (1) 
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may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that activ-
ity. 
(3) DONATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, an appropriate Federal official may 
accept donations of funds, services, facilities, mate-
rials, or equipment that the appropriate Federal offi-
cial considers necessary for the purposes described 
in paragraph (1). Any funds donated to an appro-
priate Federal official under this paragraph may be 
expended without further appropriation and without 
fiscal year limitation. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At the discretion of an ap-
propriate Federal official, or at the request of the 
Governor of an affected State, an appropriate Fed-
eral official shall determine whether a hypoxia or 
harmful algal bloom event is an event of national 
significance. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making a determina-
tion under paragraph (1), the appropriate Federal 
official shall consider the toxicity of the harmful 
algal bloom, the severity of the hypoxia, its potential 
to spread, the economic impact, the relative size in 
relation to the past 5 occurrences of harmful algal 
blooms or hypoxia events that occur on a recurrent 
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or annual basis, and the geographic scope, including 
the potential to affect several municipalities, to af-
fect more than 1 State, or to cross an international 
boundary. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
FEDERAL
OFFICIAL.—The 
term ‘‘appropriate Federal official’’ means— 
(A) in the case of a marine or coastal hy-
poxia or harmful algal bloom event, the Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmos-
phere; and 
(B) in the case of a freshwater hypoxia or 
harmful algal bloom event, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) EVENT OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—The 
term ‘‘event of national significance’’ means a hy-
poxia or harmful algal bloom event that has had or 
will likely have a significant detrimental environ-
mental, economic, subsistence use, or public health 
impact on an affected State. 
(3) HYPOXIA
OR
HARMFUL
ALGAL
BLOOM 
EVENT.—The term ‘‘hypoxia or harmful algal bloom 
event’’ means the occurrence of hypoxia or a harm-
ful algal bloom as a result of a natural, anthropo-
genic, or undetermined cause. 
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SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 609(a) (33 U.S.C. 4009(a)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘, and $22,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023’’ before the period at the end. 
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