I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3389
To reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 30, 2001
Mr. GILCHREST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program
Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Sea Grant
College Program Act Amendments of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FINDINGS AND OBJECTIVE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 202(a)(6) of the National
Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1121(a)(6))
is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting
‘‘, including strong collaborations between Administration
scientists and scientists at academic institutions.’’.
(b) OBJECTIVE.—Section 202(b) of the National Sea
Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1121(b)) is
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘multidisciplinary’’,
and by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, and
the conservation and management of coastal and ocean re-
sources.’’.
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL SEA
GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM.
(a) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Section 204(b)(4) of the
National Sea Grant College Program Act (33 U.S.C.
1123(b)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) the coastal ocean research program, a na-
tional competitive research program to support ac-
tivities designed to improve our understanding of
and ability to manage coastal and Great Lakes re-
sources and to promote partnerships between the na-
tional sea grant college program and other programs
within the Administration.’’.
(b) 
FUNCTIONS
OF
DIRECTOR.—Section
204(d)(3)(B) of the National Sea Grant College Program
Act (33 U.S.C. 1123(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of clause (ii) and
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iv) encourage and promote coordi-
nation and cooperation between the re-
search, education, and outreach programs
of the Administration and those of aca-
demic institutions; and’’.
SEC. 4. COST SHARE OF COASTAL OCEAN RESEARCH
GRANTS.
Section 205(a) of the National Sea Grant College
Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1124(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘section 204(d)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 204(c)(4)(F)
and in the case of grants under subsection (a) of this sec-
tion to assist coastal and ocean research’’.
SEC. 5. TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP FOR SEA GRANT REVIEW
PANEL.
Section 209(c)(2) of the National Sea Grant College
Program Act (33 U.S.C. 1128(c)(2)) is amended by strik-
ing the first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The
term of office of a voting member of the panel shall be
3 years for a member appointed before the date of enact-
ment of the National Sea Grant College Program Act
Amendments of 2001, and 4 years for a member ap-
pointed or reappointed after the date of enactment of the
National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of
2001. The Director may extend the term of office of a
voting member of the panel appointed before the date of
enactment of the National Sea Grant College Program Act
Amendments of 2001 by up to 1 year.’’.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a) and (b) of section
212 of the National Sea Grant College Program Act (33
U.S.C. 1131) are amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this
title—
‘‘(A) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
‘‘(B) $77,500,000 for fiscal year 2005;
‘‘(C) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
‘‘(D) $82,500,000 for fiscal year 2007;
and
‘‘(E) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
‘‘(2) ZEBRA MUSSEL, OYSTER, AND HARMFUL
ALGAL
BLOOM
RESEARCH.—In addition to the
amount authorized under paragraph (1), there is au-
thorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years
2004 through 2008—
‘‘(A) $5,000,000 for competitive grants for
university research on the zebra mussel biology
and control;
‘‘(B) the amount appropriated under this
title for the fiscal year.
‘‘(2) USE
FOR
OTHER
OFFICES
OR
PRO-
GRAMS.—Sums appropriated under the authority of
subsection (a)(2) shall not be available for adminis-
tration of this title by the National Sea Grant Of-
fice, for any other Administration or department
program, or for any other administrative expenses.’’.
(b) REPEAL.—Such section is further amended by re-
pealing subsection (c) and redesignating subsections (d)
and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively.
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